Here in the UK (and beyond) you may have heard about Antony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth art project called ‘One & Other‘. The project involves a different member of the public standing on the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days to make a living monument. Each individual may use their hour on the plinth as they wish.

Here in Nottinghamshire a local artist and actress, Hazel Ellerby-Sansom, has been chosen to stand on the plinth on Wednesday 12th August at 3pm. Hazel has decided that she wants to spend her time celebrating women of the East Midlands (UK) and the traditional craft of patchwork.

So, Hazel wants women of the East Midlands to create patchwork squares which will be sewn together to make a quilt. She will display the quilt on the plinth whilst reading out a message for each square. After its time on the fourth plinth the quilt will travel around art galleries in the East Midlands and will finally be auctioned off with the proceeds going to charity. Details of art galleries, dates of auction etc are still to be confirmed as this will be an ongoing project.

If you’re a woman living in the East Midlands of the UK (it really does need to be the East Midlands only please) then how about you send a green message from the Fourth Plinth? All you need to do is create a patchwork square sized 12″ x 12″ of any design with a short message attached. Tell London and the world about how important the environment is to you. Keep it short though (just a few words) as Hazel only has an hour to read them all out.

Please send your completed square (one per person please) to Hazel Ellerby-Sansom, 17a Fisher Lane, Bingham, Nottinghamshire, NG13 8BQ by 1st August to be displayed on the plinth. Hazel will accept squares after this date for the quilt’s longer term plans but they may not be included in the plinth display.

I’ll be making my patchwork square this weekend and I’m very excited to be involved!

The Fourth Plinth project began on 6th July and will end on 14th October 2009. You can watch the footage 24/7 online at www.oneandother.co.uk.

The Rainforest Foundation UK will be holding the first Hot & Bothered Comedy Event on Tuesday October 14 at the Leicester Square Theatre.

Hosted by Alex Zane the show’s comic stars include Josie Long, Patrick Monahan, Natalie Haynes and Janey Godley, all lending their talents to what promises to be a night of hilarity, and all in the name of a good cause.

The event is part of the Rainforest Foundation UK’s Hot & Bothered campaign aimed at getting everyone who is bothered about climate change to stand up and make a difference. All profits go to the campaign.

Find out more at the Rainforest Foundation website

After months and months of planning the U.K Aware Greener Living Expo will take place at the Barbican in central London on the weekend of May 10th & 11th. It is set to be one of the biggest events of its kind and I for one have already been caught up with the excitement of it all.

U.K AWARE are delighted to be able to offer all Green Girls Globals visitors an exclusive two-for- one ticket offer. Simply visit www.ukaware.com and enter the code ‘SUB241’ to obtain your discount. The weekend will be a melting pot of world class speakers and ground-breaking exhibitors, environmentalists, business and innovative design. LONDON AWARE 08 promises hundreds of exciting green products for you to see, touch, feel, taste and smell, and with their 2-for-1 tickets you can bring along your family and friends!

I am going to be setting up my GreenFinder showcase stall there and can’t wait to see whats on offer. I’ve already chosen which speakers I’m planning to go and see and must confess that Trevor Bayliss the inventor of the wind up radio is top of my list.

See you all there!!!!