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Creative Reuse Toronto was at the Maker Festival 2018 at the Toronto Reference Library July 7 & 8
We won one of the Best in Show Awards, and our participants diverted 150 lbs. (68 kilos) of mixed materials and textiles in 2 days. We were able to teach new skills such as sewing, creativity, making t-shirt yarn and more. We weighed the projects - even the tiny ones. We may have missed about 50% of the projects that went home for our weigh-in. Ounce by ounce, gram by gram we can make a difference. The tables were almost constantly busy and we had almost 20 amazing volunteers to come out and help us. Our email newsletter list has grown by leaps and bounds and we connected with both makers and learners. Many thanks to Eric Boyd, our volunteers and to the Maker Festival for transporting us, and assisting with logistics. |
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We are currently working on setting up Creative Reuse Toronto and are at the planning stages. We hope to partner with other initiatives and groups that have the same objectives and vision in order to create a larger scale sustainable program.
While we work on feasibility, governance models, legal issues, and all of those details, Phase I is beginning with teaching creative reuse programs and skill sharing, mostly in the Parkdale area of the City of Toronto. See the diagrams below for part of the facility concept we are working toward.
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