Edition#4

COP26

What COP?
(for Climate Justice & Social Change?)

The C—19 pandemic and the resulting global lockdowns
during 2020/21 have served as an aperture through
which many people in many places have glimpsed
new possibilities. The restrictions that were
imposed necessitated — not only hypothesis but — an
actualisation of new ways of working and living.
Promissory notes from social movements of the past resurfaced
about work patterns, shop local and make and mend.
Building on a huge growth of interest and engagement in craft
in the last decade — of which knit, sew and repair workshops
featured heavily — the idea of doing stuff for yourself with
your hands found currency during lockdown. Mainly emerging
from a ‘get creative’ and mental health angle while — at
least initially – anti consumerism and the environment
weren’t a big part of the conversation. In fact — the
contrary — as the craft scene became a massive
section within consumerism. Shops and on—
line suppliers of specialist materials
who previously stacked their shelves
with basic stuff like dods of charcoal,
putty rubbers and paper expanded to stock
expensive and extraneously pre—packaged kits,
alongside a lot of ditsy stuff for whole craft room set ups.
This was targeted at people who had a little money to spend on this
along with a craving to do something creative with the even littler
‘leisure’ time they had. Unfortunately, they had a whole lot less by
the time they were done online/virtual shopping for craft supplies.
Taking an extensive supply of discards as our starting point, ReMode
have set out to fold the craft thing into a movement that values
discard as rich resource. One with a social aspect and practical
strategies to generate agency rather than another opportunity to
consume/generate capital — perhaps even social change. (check out our
alternative Make Packs from discards at https://remodeyouth.org/diy—
makes/).
We hope this edition of Clout! embodies these ‘do with, what you have,
in the time, you have to do it’ aspirations. For the work involved
in this COP26 edition we offer thanks to facilitators; Artist Keng
Keng Watt, Journalist Jennifer Jones and Designer Niki Taylor. Also,
our contributors who have worked collectively amidst; work, study and
other projects/events they are organising to pull this edition out
of the hat in 2 weeks. Some are presenting here their first foray
into journalism. It is amazing what can be achieved in a very short
time when energy, faith and cooperation are thrown whole heartedly
into the process. And so, we send our good wishes and hopes to those
representatives of global nations gathering this month — all be it on
a grander scale — that they might do likewise for us all.
Gillian Steel Creative Director at ReMode
SUITING UP FOR CLIMATE CHANGE!
Sew Unique in Preparation for COP26
ReMode on Paisley’s High Street turns waste
into cool clothing and offer sewing, film
making and sound production workshops for young
people. With COP-26 starting on Oct 31st we
were interested in the action and people behind
the scenes. From the outside it looked busy and
we wanted to know more about their mission. We
spoke first with Creative Volunteer Coordinator
Carolyn Edmondson who told explained this, and
why it’s important to tell people how fashion can hurt the planet.
“We’re a Community Interest Company who teach our communities about
the environmental impact of fashion textile industries — how bad it is
for the planet. We come up with ways that help people to minimise that
but still look great and wear cool clothes. We do what we do so that
people know they can make better choices — I think many aren’t aware
their actions are part of a bigger effect. People tend to think ‘I
am just one person, so what
can I do? — I’m not going to
change anything’, but small
things you do have a bigger
impact — especially that
ripple effect when you tell
your friends.” The volunteer
programme is Carolyn’s
responsibility and it’s a
job that means a lot as she
was herself a volunteer.
Nuala Forde is a volunteer maker/mender and active ReMotivator at ReMode, currently working as
payroll coordinator, doughnut delivery driver, and studying for a degree in Data Science. Mohammed
Kunaid is a school pupil with a keen interest in the arts, activist filmmaking and stitch too!
“I volunteered with Remode specifically because I wanted a job in
ethical fashion, and it seemed like a way to get my foot in the door.
I was volunteering in various places and did that for about a year
alongside freelance work. When a job came up with ReMode I applied.”
The isolation of the pandemic has been hard on young people and
Carolyn’s programme of lockdown on-line sessions has provided
connection to others.15-yr-old Eve told us “I started sewing with
Carolyn during lockdown — then when things re-opened I started coming
in to ReMode” Clearly it’s a space that they are comfortable in to
socialise and make friends while skilling up. Working on an embroidery
for a ‘remoded’ hoodie, 14-yr-old Loki added “I came here with my
friend then, slowly began making more friends”
To find out about volunteering opportunities at ReMode visit
https://remodeyouth.org/
MENODGES — MERGING THE PRIVATE /
PUBLIC NATURE OF MONEY
Gillian Steel in Interview with Terry McTernan, Angela Chivers and
Mandy Chappell of the Darkwood Crew in Ferguslie Park
One of the things I love about ReMode is that clothing is a great
route into talking about all kinds of stuff.
Before credit was broadly available to those in lower income
households there was the traditional Scottish Menodge — an arrangement
that made the business of saving and ‘borrowing’ something of a public
matter. How much, exactly what for and whether you defaulted on your
payments were details which, many of your neighbours were privy to.
The rise of widely available credit and other banking services during
the eighties created much clearer boundaries between the private
and public nature of money. Here Gillian Steel is talking to Terry
McTernan, Angela Chivers and Mandy Chappell of the Darkwood Crew in
Ferguslie Park about the pros and cons of these locally based savings
clubs which became popular among mums and housewives in the post-war
period across Glasgow and West Central Scotland and had a heyday in
the 70’s. (Menodge is a Scottish-isation of the French word menage,
meaning housework)
G.S I first heard about Menodges from my mum who worked in the
Scottish theatres as a dancer way back. They weren’t paid very well
and had to save up for the style they wanted to flaunt in their
everyday wear. So, I’m interested in Menodges as a way of encouraging
folk to save and buy clothes of good quality. Tell me how they worked.
M.C I have been a part of Menodges many times - it was a way of
saving and borrowing without being charged interest - I would start
paying in January then opt for getting my pay out 2 weeks before
Christmas… which helped out a lot as I had 4 weans… I’m not in one now
but would like to get into one again.
T.McT — What always struck me about them was the local politics
involved. Everyone knew for example that say ‘Margaret’ got her’s
(pay out) in April because that’s her daughter’s birthday, so it
involved to some extent exposing all your business to other people.
Even throughout the Thatcher years when the ‘stuff your neighbour
— as long as I’m all right’ societal attitude took root and changed
things, people still recognised the value of the Menodges and held
them with regard in communities like Ferguslie Park. That’s because it
was about ‘accessibility’. If you were blocked from getting reasonable
credit for example because of your address and couldn’t afford costly
credit provided by folk like Providence and Shop’a’check then your
only option was to pay your £x/per/week to the woman round the corner,
because you know you are going to need that money for Christmas or
whatever.
M.C I’ve been there and done debt!…
T.McT So — there’s an element of collective responsibility involved,
and by that I mean, we all have fantastic intentions to save at the
start of a new year, say a tenner a week and it goes no bad until you
get to March and the washing machine breaks down. You feel you need
to respond to immediate emergencies or needs but if you are part of
a Menodge there is a peer pressure — it’s a savings club for a while
then it’s a debt — depending on when in the year you get your pay
out. After you get yours you are then in debt to the Menodge. For
me there’s a real community honesty in that — calling upon my peers
to support me in my endeavours to save for the wedding/communion or
whatever… my motivation will be to not let the woman that runs the
Menodge down by missing payments.
G.S I guess it’s the kind of thing Thatcher didn’t like within her
‘no such thing as society’ world view.  For people to be reliant on
one another - for one thing, and through that to avoid ‘credit at a
cost’ business model of credit cards. So, we have talked about the
limited choices that created hyper local organisations like Menodges
coupled with the nature of their set up that meant everyone knew your
business as potential negatives - what were and could still be the
advantages?
A.C I was never involved in one myself, but my mum was and a possible
downside — in her case — was that she was burned by it when the
collector did a bunk with the money! That always put me off, yet I
know a lot of people who have done it and it works well. They feel
assured that the pay-out will be there when they need it. Your need to
have trust in the set-up.
T.McT But we touched on this before — that thing of your neighbours
knowing your business — we tend to look at negatively but the reality
is knowing those personal things involves you at an emotional level.
It’s a much more personal affair rather than a corporate/business
transaction that is emotionally distanced from the personal.
G.S … and then there is the fact that those self-same corporate
businesses — banks — who we tend to trust actually did run off with
our money! Many folk felt so distanced from the reality of that-
they would say ‘oh I personally didn’t lose anything’ — while calmly
accepting the austerity measures, lack of prospects and loss of
income!
The suffering of many people as a direct result continues to be very
personal — but not for the banks and individuals involved in the
heist! It’s good to talk about the possibility of things going wrong
but I wonder if we trust people in our community — our neighbours and
even friends — much less that we tend to trust some hedge-fund manager
we have never met! That lack of trust in the local seems to suit the
purposes of the large scale, corporate and remote. The social side of
the Menodge seems to have been important…
T.McT I would say so… originally, Menodges came from a time when
there might be one telephone in the whole street and not this constant
connectedness we have now. So, the woman who came around, religiously
on-time to collect the money every week — so the kettle went on — God
only knows she must have pissed like a racehorse with the number of
cups of tea she drank by the end of the day! She was like a walking
community newsletter - passing on news from one member to the next,
keeping everyone in the picture - she would tell you it had been so
and so’s confirmation or birthday. It was almost an accepted part of
the job and - again - keeping folk emotionally connected with one
another.
G.S so the setup kind of reinforced those connections and reduced the
chances of someone taking advantage of it. Because you wouldn’t want
to do something bad to a neighbour and you wouldn’t want that to be
known by your whole community!
Do you think Menodges could play an active role in communities
today? Not just as savings clubs but as a way of encouraging more
positive feelings about ourselves, how we relate to one another in our
communities, to our material needs, big companies, big banks and big
shopping.
T.McT Oh, we still have Menodges — my next door neighbour has been
part of one for about 20 years, also the idea — while maybe not
defined in the same way — has popped up in various forms. Take for
example last year (throughout lockdown) the Darkwood Crew’s Bingo Bus
was awarded just under £3K to cover its running costs over 8 months,
but in reality we spent almost £5086 on the bingo bus — so where did
the other £2k odd come from? From the community of course! We didn’t
charge to take part but had a wee collection at the end of each
session — nobody was obliged but because people felt they were getting
something they were happy to contribute and bring the bus back again.
People in our community understand at a very realistic level that
things don’t just fall out of the sky for free and that everything has
a cost attached to it. It’s because of that profound understanding
that for us starting the community market with three quid and a half
dozen volunteers was not an impossible task!
G.S Some might say — oh! Menodges don’t exist anymore because the
idea failed — or are just a marginal thing now, when really, it was
an idea that took root and then popped up again — as you said — as new
variants or versions. It didn’t fail it adapted.
T.McT You could argue that Menodges have just been renamed Credit
Unions. It’s not so common now but historically if the Menodge ran for
30 weeks then the person who ran it got their ‘turn’ (pay out) for
free — everyone else who paid a tenner a week got a pay out of £290
because one of your tenners went to the organiser.
So, it’s much the same as credit unions — an extremely low interest
rate and you can only borrow what you have saved. But, what has come
out of that — as happens in the third sector — is that somebody ‘wants
a job out of it’ even though it worked perfectly fine without someone
doing it as a ‘job’.
GS Although I can imagine that might have generated a bit of income
for an Organiser — something that could be fitted amongst the
commitments of home and childcare for example…? But you feel the loss
of that informality has ruled that out?
T.McT Yes.
M.C I had a friend who didn’t know that was the set-up — didn’t
tell her at the start that she paid an extra week to compensate the
organiser for their time — but she kept doing it anyway, paying in
year on year!
T.McT that’s the kind of thing that can create ambiguity — not all
Menodges do it that way. Everyone needs to be told the rules at the
beginning. If everyone knows at the outset, then everyone accepts
them. However, if these things get woven into the arrangement halfway
through, then folks end up feeling a bit aggrieved. It’s the sort
of situation that gave rise to a market for your credit unions —
compounded by the real issue around access to affordable credit —
which was why the Menodges emerged in the first place. Perhaps credit
unions, to some extent, then have nullified the need for Menodges
in the traditional sense but they have not nullified the need for
collective responsibility and a community wide attitude of ‘perhaps
individually we can’t do this but collectively we can’. This still
manifests in various ways, like The Mother and Toddlers Group,
regeneration of the park or the Community Gala Day that everyone chips
into and works to achieve.
G.S there’s room for loads of these things… As you have talked about
the Menodges I’ve realised that there was a lot more to them - the
nuances around the ways they were set -up and run, in ways that really
connected the people involved at a personal level. Things that credit
unions perhaps don’t do - but there’s definitely room for both.
M.C The way I look at it is — I could easily squander £20 a week on
rubbish, going to the shops and buying something I didn’t need. I am
as well sticking it in the Menodge and get something I do need!
G.S Do you think it still has currency as a way of saving up for good
quality clothing?
T.McT I think so — in particular among young people. I remember my
mum being in a Menodge, paying a fiver a week and at the end of the

ten weeks she could take her £50 to Kirkwoods in the West-end and buy
herself a wee two piece for that wedding in August or whatever… it
was a really exciting thing for her because it was one of the very
few times she got to go shopping for herself — what with 3 kids. I
know that if mum hadn’t been in that Menodge she probably wouldn’t
ever have got any new clothes because there would always have been
some kind-of-crisis, or household emergency popping up — it was a way
of guaranteeing that she at least got one new outfit a year. Also,
nowadays parents are under such immense pressure — teenagers out
there pressurising their parents into buying expensive clothing is a
reality...
A.C yes absolutely! I’ve seen it working in TKMaxx — kids come in and
they want the brand name, luckily my kids have always been happy with
what they get but I’m beginning to notice with my son — who is nearly
18 — his friends are all wearing these £90 trainers so he wants them
too!
G.S Would you spend £90 on a pair of trainers for yourself?
A.C No! (laughing)
GS On that note lets wrap this up — thanks everyone — lots to think
about in there on the power of the hyper-local and the mighty Menodge!
Gillian Steel is an artist, researcher and Creative Director at
ReMode.
CROSS STITCH FOR ACTION
Keng Keng Watt
I am an experimental milliner and community art activist. I originally
come from Yunnan in South West China and recently moved to Scotland
after 13 years in London. Over the past few weeks I have been working
with a group of young people at Remode on a project combining cross-
stitching, up-cycling, and climate action messaging. 
My interest in creativity and the arts stems from my upbringing in
China, a controlling environment in which any form of individual
expression was quashed. I learned the importance of creativity as an
alternative form of resistance. I was initially drawn to millinery
as a particularly ‘pure’ form of expression, which enabled me to
create futuristic headpieces based on abstract forms using a mix of
traditional and experimental materials.  
After some years as a milliner in the fashion world, I began to work
on a number of large-scale film productions - including Star Wars, and
some Disney productions. This gave me amazing insight into a completely
new way of working, and it was exhilarating to be part of such vast
production processes.
But I was also shocked at the often very wasteful practices of the film
industry - huge amounts of effort and material were needed to make just
one short scene. And so I began to think about the environmental and
social impacts of my work. Who was actually benefitting from all this
work? 
These worries about the environmental effects of my work drew me to the
climate action movement. I eventually became the Arts Coordinator for
Extinction Rebellion and was able to use my skills to help in the fight
for environmental justice! Through my connection to these networks I
met many other activists involved in a range of campaigns, and began
to see the power of community based arts activism. I began to run all
sorts of workshops - banner-making, block printing, clothes mending -
and found that these hands-on experiences were an approachable way for
people to express their political and social identities. A more gentle
form of activism.
After two years of community arts activism I moved
from London to Glasgow, and very quickly became
involved with number of community arts projects -
community gardens, women’s organisations, migrant
justice campaigns. With the current project at
Remode, ‘Cross stitch for Action’, I use cross-
stitch as a traditional needlework method to bring together climate-
action messaging with up-cycling and sustainable fashion approaches. 
Cross-stitch is a basic embroidery technique found across the world and
is often used as a way for various cultural groups to express their
identities and as a method of expressing social injustice. It can be
a powerful
visual means CHARITY SHOPPING; THE DO’S AND THE DON’TS
of recording Jack Patton
historical
struggle and
resilience.  Second hand. Pre-loved.
Vintage. Whatever you
In the lead up call it, slow fashion and
to COP26 we sustainability is extremely
have held six important nowadays. However,
‘cross stitch with people struggling
for action’ financially during the global
sessions, pandemic, fast, cheap and
discussing as throwaway fashion companies
a group how to have been polluting, the
Buying second hand can be
bring powerful market, and the planet, like
lots of fun, but it should
messages to never before. Could the humble
also be rewarding, in many
the street high street charity shop be a
ways. Every time you buy
in an eye- key player in reimagining our
clothing second hand you
catching way, relationship with clothing and
save it from being thrown
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same time too late?
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new stitching
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hopes, and demands of young people in the run-up Second-hand shops are also key to communities. They
to COP26, a crucial moment in securing a liveable often are non-profit, with the money going towards
future for all generations. charities. They are usually staffed by volunteers,
creating community links and allowing opportunities
Keng Keng Watt is an experimental milliner and for people to get involved meaningfully within their
community art activist. community.
https://www.kengkengwatt.com/hats-masks

All images credit to Keng Keng Watt

 What’s more, less clothing in landfills means
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therefore more money will be available to be
spent in the community. How can you argue with Glasgow is awash with adverts featuring motivational green slogans.
that? They have sprung up in timely appearance on subways and buses, for the
United Nations Climate Change conference here. This feels slightly
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6 is co climate change under control,
balance. COP2 cy cl e of convene and he lp s agreement from each nation to cut
out of this heals and it will be the first time since
it takes us li be ra ti ng action that down their carbon emissions by
rect, the Paris agreement (2015) that
instead to di the next conference. COP 26 which
yo ne . world leaders will discuss
ev er was originally meant to be held bringing down their emissions of
in 2020 was postponed due to the greenhouse gas.
Amy is an artist and currently holds a Kickstart position at ReMode. pandemic - thus providing world
leaders with some extra time to
Illustration Amy Gardner reach their proposed goals.
Those in attendance will include
US president Joe Biden and several
of his officials, members of the
Royal family, First minister
Nicola Sturgeon, Prime Minister
Boris Johnson, Australian Prime
Minister Scott Morrison, David
Attenborough and Greta Thunberg.
There are also a few key leaders
and figure heads who (at the time
of writing this) plan not to be in
attendance. These include; Russian
President Vladimir Putin, China’s
President Xi Jinping, Brazilian
President Jair Bolsonaro and Pope
Francis, all of whom will be sending delegates
to attend and negotiate in their absence.
Due to these absences many have voiced
concerns regarding the potential success of
the critical climate emergency aims of the
conference.
COP 26 will be the largest summit ever held in
the UK. As well as being described as the most
significant climate event since the 2015 Paris
Agreement, it is very clearly our last chance
to slow down climate change.

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