Hey, are you thrifty, creative, and concerned about the amount of energy wasted and junk accumulating on the planet? Join the Swap Sisters for our 2nd annual Waste Less Bonanza event all about reducing waste. The bonanza will focus on how to waste less energy and materials by fixing, maintaining, reusing, sharing, repurposing, and coming up with creative alternative solutions. We'll offer a series of short presentations and discussions by community members about fun and practical ways to reduce waste. We'll post more details about actual presentations as they are confirmed. We'll also have a craft materials swap at the end- bring any non-toxic craft materials that no longer serve your purposes and swap them out for something new and exciting (fabrics, paper, yarn, ribbons, buttons, art supplies...)
Here are some of the confirmed presentation planned for the Waste Less Bonanza (there are a few more that are still unconfirmed):
-How to build simple systems for catching, storing, and solar heating water
-Brainstorm session about what to do with cans, bottles, bailing, twine, ....insert junk here
-What's it like living without a car in VT? Ride-sharing and hitch hiking
-What can we share? A look at how we can share resources as neighbors, including the example of tool sharing by the Small Farmer's Guild
-What else can be recycled at ARCC in Barre?
-How to turn old sweaters into yarn
-How to turn a tin can into a stove
-How to re-bind book covers into a recycled notebook
-The ins and outs of dumpster diving
This is a FREE event open to all! For more info check out swapsisters@ Facebook. Tell your friends! Thanks!