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You gotta put this up in the Zero Waste Toronto Facebook group, they’ll be all over this: m.facebook.com/groups/466832…
Zero wasters love mason jars, especially second hand ones 🤣#LetsGetWasteless
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#ImOldEnoughToRemeberWhen you had to go to a store and buy all your own tools for a project. Even if you only needed them once. WOW.
Thankfully there are libraries for that now, phew #BorrowDontBuy #LibraryOfThings
torontotoollibrary.com
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Just in time for #BackToSchool, we're back at @WithrowMarket this month to host our 2nd Kids' Stuff Swap: facebook.com/events/20874890…
Pick up new-to-you items your kids need while recirculating the things they're finished with💙🤗 #TorontoKids #WasteLess #BuyLess
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Repair cafes, vendor fair & free/PWYC hands-on demos! This #ZeroWaste festival hosted by @GToolLibrary looks like the perfect place to learn more about #LowWaste living.
Our Zero Waste Events Coordinator @ YourEcoFriend (on Insta) will be speaking: facebook.com/events/65392672…
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Did you know our Makerspace at 192 Spadina ave is fully air conditioned thanks to the good folks at @csiTO?
Beat the heat and learn a new skill, get help with a project or just stop by to chiiiiilll. Our free Community Night runs 5-10pm every Wednesday! #torontomakers
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Looking to get a little wasteless in Toronto this #PlasticFreeJuly? Here's the ultimate guide, updated and refreshed by our community manager @itsahashtaglife 🙌 >> bit.ly/TOZeroWasteGuide #LetsGetWasetless
Any #ZeroWaste tips, tricks or hacks we should add? Let us know!
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It's #PlasticFreeJuly and there's a new set of Rs in town: Reduce, Reuse, Recirculate, Repair & Repurpose.
Here are all the places in Toronto that empower you live by those Rs: bit.ly/RsforACircularEconomy
Any we’re missing? Let us know & we’ll add them!
#circulareconomy #wasteless
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So ridiculously tempted to start reciting Hamlet right now 💁♀️💀
You can meet the maker of this skull Sun, July 7 during Intro to #3Dprinting from 1-4pm: bit.ly/3DPrintingJuly
Follow the talented @ qmodo1 on Instagram to see more of his amazing prints #torontoartists
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It's a fry-an-egg-on-the-pavement kinda day, but our summer camp kids are staying cool inside our makerspace getting creative w/ @STEAM_Labs! Check out their DIY laser cut music boxes 🎼
Check out all upcoming #MakerEd programs for July/Aug: bit.ly/SummerCampsTTL #TorontoKids
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The perfect (and easy!) DIY project for balconies, patios or anywhere lacking in green space! TTL member @MusondaYamfwa borrowed a staple gun from the Tool Library & replicated a Pinterest version of the vertical pallet garden.
Project photos: instagram.com/p/BzgVtwtAkrO/
#TTLmade
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That time @robshirkey rebranded linseed oil as linSING oil during one of our Intro to Woodworking courses 🤣
Want to learn #woodworking in a safe and fun environment?
Join us for our 8-week intro course:
Thursdays bit.ly/WoodworkingJulyThurs
Sundays bit.ly/WoodworkingJulyAug1
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Building anything with your bear hands this #LongWeekend? Get all the tools you need for your projects on Saturday, we'll be CLOSED at all locations on Sunday to give our volunteers a break!
And remember to measure twice, cut once! Safe and happy building this #CanadaDay 🇨🇦🎉
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Just add oil 😍 a completed cutting board made by one of the students of our 8 week Intro to Woodworking course.
We just listed TWO MORE courses, one that runs Thursdays (bit.ly/WoodworkingJulyThurs) and one that runs Sundays (bit.ly/WoodworkingJulyAug1) #madeintoronto #maker
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We are so incredibly grateful to Hillary for all the energy, patience and creativity she brought to this role and our team 💙 We wish her the best of luck in her next chapter pursuing a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies.
@HillaryPredko we will miss you!
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This month we had to say goodbye to our incredible Executive Director, @HillaryPredko, who has been our rock throughout all the major changes our organization has undergone over the last year.
(losing the Danforth space, rebuilding the Makerspace, organizational restructuring)
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School's out, maker school is in! @STEAM_Labs has a lineup of summer camps scheduled for every week in July & August at our 192 Spadina ave Makerspace:
🤖 Robotics camp
👾 Minecraft Pro camp
🎮 Video Game Programming camp
REGISTER: bit.ly/TTLSummerCamp #TorontoKids #TDSB
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The final PA Day for #TorontoKids is June 28 & we've teamed up w/ @STEAM_Labs for a Robotic Shadow Box Making wrkshp at our 192 Spadina ave location!
Young makers will construct a whimsical scene using 2D design, a laser cutter & electronic components: bit.ly/TTLPADays
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Interested in the #CircularEconomy, #MakerMovement & building resilient communities through sharing?
Join our team for the summer! Thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program, we’re hiring for 3 positions. Check them out & please SHARE: bit.ly/IRBECanadaSummerJobs #torontojobs
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#MeetTheMaker 👩🔧
Heidi of @paperpowered joins us this Sunday to teach a workshop on how to make your own recycled paper using upcycled 🔄 & plant materials 🌱
Heidi brings a passion for the environment + a strong creative streak to her work. Learn more: instagram.com/p/ByaiyK0Ajne/…
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For those who have taken our Lathe Certification class, our Advanced Lathe class will teach you how to make bowls, plates, platters and introduce you to other advanced woodturning techniques.
REGISTER: bit.ly/AdvancedLathe
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.@paper_powered joins us for a special workshop on the ancient craft of papermaking. Using a variety of upcycled & plant materials, she’ll walk you through how to make your own unique stash of environmentally friendly paper!
MAKE IT YOURSELF on June 9: bit.ly/DIYpapermaking
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Plastic pollutes at every step in its life cycle + it can only be recycled so many times before the material becomes too weak & can’t be recycled anymore. Only 9% of plastics worldwide get recycled. Most cities don’t recycle straws.
If you don’t need them, please #StopSucking
A little #WednesdayWisdom from @ceisenstein 💙
We join @CinemaPolitica at @CarltonCinema 6:30pm TONIGHT for GIFT + a post-screening discussion exploring real life gift economies like our lending libraries 🤗 #RicherWhenWeShare #sharingeconomy
GET TICKETS facebook.com/events/16827028…
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Meet our ZERO WASTE WRAPPER 🤙 at #SpringIntoParkdale today - she’ll teach you all the wisdom of #Furoshiki #ZeroWaste Wrapping techniques, just in time for Mother’s Day gifts!
Our table is at Queen & Dufferin as part of the #ZeroWasteFair until 6pm.
#LetsGetWasteless
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#LetsGetWasteless Parkdale 🤙
We’re here at Queen & Dufferin for the #ZeroWasteFair at #SpringIntoParkdale until 6pm tonight!
Fill your jars with package-free soap, make some DIY buttons & learn #Furoshiki wrapping techniques from our #ZeroWaste events coordinator 🙌
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BJOY - bring your own jars - to the Zero Waste Fair at @GreenParkRoncy’s #SpringIntoParkdale tomorrow! We’ll have a table set up with our package-free Saponetti soap station. Read about our soap station here: bit.ly/SaponettiTTL
#ZeroWaste #WasteLess
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Come hang out with us at the 2nd annual #ZeroWasteFair this Sat 11am-6pm, part of #SpringIntoParkdale! Bring your own jars to fill up on our bulk soap selection & learn Furoshiki #ZeroWastE wrapping techniques (just in time for Mother’s Day!)
DETAILS: m.facebook.com/events/273443…
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#MayTheFourth of sharing be with you always ✌️
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#BorrowDontBuy #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #Maythe4th
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What happens when picking up trash & jogging get together? PLOGGING!
Join us at our 830 St Clair W location this Sat @ 11am for a unique #JanesWalk in collaboration w/ @CedarvalePark & @wholegoals.
Help clean up & connect with community: facebook.com/events/29463917… #torontokids
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AWESOME being amongst so many amazing people & orgs today at #StrikeON #StopDougFord ✊ to say F*CK NO to all the cuts this gov’t has been making to essential services (like libraries).
Dougy gives out his #, so someone shared it today. Call him up, let him know #FordCutsHurt 👇
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On May 1, we’ll be shutting our Makerspace for #StrikeON. We will be striking in support of education, healthcare, libraries, the climate & in solidarity w/ all the folks #FordCutsHurt.
We’ll reopen 192 Spadina ave for our free Community Night from 5-10pm - STRIKERS WELCOME ✊
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LAST CHANCE SWAPPERS! We'll be selecting a winner for our #SwapHaul giveaway tomorrow - so if you haven't entered yet, now is the time!
Full details & giveaway items here: bit.ly/SwapHaulGiveaway
We accepted approx 2,500 items & over 50% found new homes!! #buyless #wasteless
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#EarthDay may have come and gone and #EarthWeek will be wrapping up soon - but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate like it’s #EarthDayEveryDay 🙌🌎
Earth Day isn’t an event you attend. It’s a lifestyle. Here’s how to get started: bit.ly/EarthDayLifestyle
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JUST LISTED: TWO opportunities for you to learn how to use our amazing CNC Machine 👇
💥CNC Router Certification Class, register: bit.ly/CNCVcarveClass
💥CNC Cutting Board Workshop, register: bit.ly/CNCCuttingBoard
#madeintoronto #makermonday #makesmthng
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SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT!
Post your #SwapHaul from Swap, Mend & Make to social media for your chance to win our amazing #ZeroWaste prize pack with goodies donated from @CommonSort, Fresh Fashion Library, bare market, Hera&Co and @PatagoniaTornto.
DETAILS: bit.ly/SwapHaulGiveaway
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Celebrating #EarthDay a day early by coming together as a community to recirculate and care for materials that already exist - swapping, mending & making over here at @csiTO 192 Spadina ave until 3pm.
Stop by & #SwapTillYouDrop!
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Get ready to #SwapTillYouDrop 🙌
TODAY: we’ll be swapping, mending & making from 10am-3pm at @csiTO 192 Spadina ave.
Declutter, pick up some new-to-you-treasures, get something mended, #MakeSmthng and enter to win our #ZeroWaste prize pack!
bit.ly/SwapHaulGiveaway
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We will be CLOSED on #EasterSunday April 21 across all locations (our Spadina location will be open for the swapping event only).
We’ll be off hunting for eggs. Here’s hoppin’ the Easter bunny shares some loooove with you 💓
Happy Easter long-weekend!
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GIVEAWAY time! Show us your #SwapHaul for your chance to win:
- $25 @CommonSort gc
- bare market package-free laundry soap + dryer balls
- @heraandco laundry stain stick + clothes pegs
- Freshrents free rental
- @PatagoniaTornto rain jacket
DETAILS: bit.ly/SwapHaulGiveaway
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You want a mitre saw for $200 that's going to sit around in your basement or garage?
Or you want a membership to a tool library that will give you access to the mitre saw plus 10,000 other tools for $55/year?
Smart people borrow: bit.ly/TTLStartBorrowing #BorrowDontBuy
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Long lines suck - so why not skip them?
Drop off your items for Spring Swap, Mend & Make in advance during open hours at our 192 Spadina ave location this week, beginning tonight! Hours can be found here: torontotoollibrary.com/locat…
Swap details are here: facebook.com/events/42931427…
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It’s our turn! Stoked to be hosting Innovator Drinks with the @csiTO community at 192 Spadina ave tonight 🙌🎉
Drinks kindly sponsored by the awesome folks at @LongsliceBrews. You da best 😘
See you there to talk all things social innovation 🍻
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Skip the mall & swap into Spring at Swap, Mend & Make on April 21!
Swapping is a great way to not only recirculate clothes that already exist (reducing waste) it’s also a way to avoid the exploitative #FastFashion industry.
SWAP TILL YOU DROP: facebook.com/events/42931427… #FashRev
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Just a little #WednesdayWisdom from our Makerpace manager, Jen. She makes a mean meme 🤣
Save money ✔️
Save the planet ✔️
Save space in your home ✔️
Strengthen your community ✔️
Stop buying // start borrowing. Become a member: bit.ly/TTLStartBorrowing
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We'll have a mending station at our Spring Swap, Mend & Make to help you make minor repairs to items! facebook.com/events/42931427…
Skills like mending and repairing textiles used to be common - we need to come together as a community to share these skills with each other again 🤗
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Do you have a sudden strong urge to make your own pens, bowls, plates and other amazing round items?
Then our Lathe Certification training might be for you: universe.com/events/lathe-wo… #madeintoronto #torontoworkshop
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1) it's free of obvious stains
2) it's free of holes and rips
3) it's not completely misshapen beyond wear
4) a consignment store would accept it
5) you feel that someone would be excited to bring it home
See you on April 21! Happy swapping 🔄💚
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Meet Sunny, our most loyal volunteer, rocking our TTL shirt like no doggy’s business 🐶
Our #LibraryOfThings is primarily volunteer run. Interested in joining our sharing revolution? Email contact@irbe.org & introduce yourself!
🎶🎵 by @G3NERIC >> youtu.be/_HmTXw9gDm8
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Rey saving you money like 💥💥💥
Buying stuff you only need access to occasionally is for hoarders (and rich people who don't care about the planet) #BorrowDontBuy
Stop buying, start borrowing. Become a member of the Toronto Tool Library & Sharing Depot: bit.ly/TTLStartBorrowing
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Clear out your closets, book shelves & treasure chests and swap for new-to-you treasures! We're partnering with Birth Mark & @csiTO to bring you the swapping event of the season on Sunday, April 21!
Swap categories, advance drop off & more here >> facebook.com/events/42931427…
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SUMMER CAMPS!!! And they're $80 off if you register before April 1st! Running at our 192 Spadina ave location:
👾 Minecraft Pro >> bit.ly/MinecraftProCamp
🎮 Video Game Programming >> bit.ly/VideoGameCamp
🤖 Robotics >> bit.ly/RoboticsSummerCamps
#TorontoKids #MakerEducation
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The rumours are true - our co-founder Lawrence Alvarez is leaving us for the love of his life and they are moving to Sweden in a week!
Say goodbye and join us in celebrating all that he has given our community TONIGHT at 192 Spadina ave, 5-10pm: facebook.com/events/20885511…
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Feel like everything around you is broken?
We have over 5,000 tools for that. Maybe we should host a @RepairCafeTO event at Facebook and Instagram headquarters 😂 they might learn a thing or two.
#daretorepair #facebookdown
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Not sure we’re ready to have an “intimate relationship” w/ @Nestle @ProcterGamble @pepsi @Unilever @CocaCola etc 🤔 Not the most pple & planet-friendly companies. Could there be a more local community approach to #packagefree? @TerraCycleCA @TheCurrentCBC
greenbiz.com/article/loops-l…
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We’ve included a price list at the bottom of this feature on our Saponetti soap refill stations, available at both our #StClairWest & #Spadina ave locations! bit.ly/SaponettiTTL
For when you want to keep yourself (or home) clean but the planet cleaner - #PackageFree soaps!
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Each time we buy a bottle of liquid soap, another plastic container enters a big, dirty waste stream.
This is why we host Saponetti Soap Refill stations, with Canadian soaps! Keep clean, but keep the planet cleaner >> bit.ly/SaponettiTTL #BreakFreeFromPlastic #ZeroWaste
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Looking for something unique to occupy your kids over #MarchBreak? Check out the 6 different #MakerEducation programs from our friends at @STEAM_Labs! The #Minecraft Pro workshop runs out of our 192 Spadina ave location March 11-15 >> bit.ly/MarchBreakTTL2019
#TorontoKids #TDSB
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4 beautiful antique violins were donated to our 192 Spadina ave location at @csiTO.
If you would like to have them & repair them, please find Marc in the back corner of the 3rd floor (near the telephone booth). He shall be distinguishable by the pile of violins on his desk...
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Many of you know we have Saponetti #PackageFree Soap Refill Stations at our #Spadina & #StClairWest locations. They also deliver soaps milkman style and now even have their own storefront!
Keep yourself clean, but the planet cleaner👉bit.ly/SaponettiTTL
#ZeroWaste
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We've partnered with @STEAM_Labs & @TheMakerBean to bring you 6 #MakerEducation programs that will keep your creative kidos busy all week while school is out for #MarchBreak.
Sign up for a one day program or for a full week here >> bit.ly/MarchBreakTTL2019
#TorontoKids #TDSB
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There is ONE SPOT left in this month's Intro to the Lathe class. Runs Sunday, March 10, 1-3pm.
Sign up, learn how to make all the round things >> universe.com/events/lathe-wo… #madeintoronto #torontoevents
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TONIGHT during our free Community Night, @onesandzerosca will be dissecting pencils to make light dimmers and printing stickers out of thermal shipping labels - and you're invited!
Join us at our 192 Spadina ave #Makerspace from 7-10pm! It's gonna be lit💡 #TorontoEvents
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We just listed three new Intro to Woodworking courses - this will take you from beginner to hobbyist! Choose either the Thursday, Friday or Sunday option:
THURSDAYS >> bit.ly/IntroToWoodworkingMar…
FRIDAYS >> bit.ly/IntroToWoodworkingFri…
SUNDAYS >> bit.ly/IntroToWoodworkingApr…
#madeintoronto
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“This is about making sure technology stays in the hands of the people, and it’s about making sure people have access to a fair and equitable approach to their products when it comes to their repair.” - @coteau
Exactly ✊ #RightToRepair
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We’ve had @iFixit’s Repair Manifesto hanging in our spaces for years.
We are looking forward to helping raise awareness for & supporting @coteau’s #RightToRepair legislation in Ontario. #ONpoli #zerowaste
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#Repair is critical to a) keeping stuff out of landfills & in circulation longer b) holding corporations accountable for their disproportionately large contribution to the waste crisis and c) empowering communities with knowledge and choice.
This is why we need #RightToRepair.
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OR build a #NewEconomy that provides access to longer tables, so no one needs to rely on ‘more fortunate’ folks being generous w/ their unequal share of the pie.
We have enough resources for everyone. This is a hoarding & distribution problem. Let's fix it 🛠 #RicherWhenWeShare
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We closed up shop last night because of the #TorontoWeather but our weekly free community night is a go tonight at out 192 Spadina ave #Makerspace (7-10pm every Wed).
Drop by to work on a project or just test out some tools, all with the help of our knowledgeable volunteers!
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Indeed it is, will make a post!
Join us to make all the things with all the tools! #TTLmade #RicherWhenWeShare
You can celebrate your loved ones with cheap teddy bears, blood diamonds and flowers that inevitably die..
OR you can celebrate your loved ones the wasteless way this #ValentinesDay
Here's how to have a #ZeroWaste Valentine's Day: bit.ly/ZeroWasteVDay #LetsGetWasteless
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Looking for used fabric? Creative Reuse Toronto is hosting several fabric scrap sale fundraisers to help them launch Toronto's 1st official reuse centre (where materials would be repaired, refurbished & upcycled under one roof).
Support them!👇
facebook.com/events/22878583… #zerowaste
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Are you ready for the next PA Day? @STEAM_Labs has two #MakerEducation programs running out of two locations this Friday:
🤖 KALEIDOSCOPE MAKING at @TOToolLibrary
🕹 MINECRAFT at @TheMakerBean
Learn more & sign up >> bit.ly/TTLPADays #TDSB #TorontoKids #TCDSB
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Because SAFETY FIRST - we do not want to encourage anyone to go out into the extreme #TorontoWeather! Any items borrowed that were due back today will now be due back on the next open day (NO LATE FEES!).
Thanks everyone and please stay safe out there 🌬🥶 #SnowTO #torontostorm
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The Toronto Tool Library & Sharing Depot will be CLOSED today across all our locations.
Any item due today will now be due the next open day, no late fees.
Please stay safe and warm out there everyone, this weather blows! 🌬❄️ #ontstorm #torontoweather #torontostorm #snowTO
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