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Love for climate care from Reepham to Ghana 

A small, crafted, green heart from Reepham has been shared on Twitter from Ghana by the Rt Rev Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich, as part of a climate care campaign on Valentine's Day.

People across the country and all around the world are feeling the impacts of climate change and spiralling costs of living, but are united in wanting to see a safer, greener future. Each year, the Climate Coalition uses Valentine’s Day as a hook for people to #ShowTheLove for people and places under threat from climate change.
 
Bishop Graham has joined the campaign by Tweeting from Ghana, where he is attending the Anglican Consultative Council, with a handcrafted green heart from Scrapbox – Norfolk that was made specially for him.
 
Bishop Graham Tweeted: “We need our governments to #ShowTheLove in combatting climate change – visible impacts of which can be seen here in Ghana. #ACC18 My heart is made from business waste by the wonderful Scrapbox-Norfolk.”
 
Tula Chenery, Manager of Scrapbox – Norfolk said: “As a registered charity, promoting the reuse of reclaimed resources, Scrapbox fully supports the Show the Love Campaign 2023 by striving to keep as much perfectly reusable waste out of landfill as possible, to protect and preserve our environment for future generations.
 
“Creating the heart for Bishop Graham was great fun: it’s my favourite sort of reuse,” she said. Among other items, the small heart was crafted from: felt from an old poker gaming mat, sequin waste, part of a zipper, plastic netting from an old kiwi fruit net, embroidery thread, a scrap of organza ribbon, a metallic twisty tie and buttons. Without organisations such as Scrapbox, all of this could have gone into landfill.
 
The Climate Coalition, a group of over 130 organisations — including the National Trust, Women’s Institute, Oxfam, and RSPB – is asking people to “Show our love for all the things we want to protect from climate change, and to ask politicians to put aside their differences and commit to doing whatever is necessary to protect them.” This is done by creating a green heart and sharing this by either sending it to your MP with a letter urging them to take action, or sharing a picture of it on social media – throughout February.
 
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Pictured above is Bishop Graham Usher with the green heart from Scrapbox while out in Ghana.


 


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