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Finding a space to serve as community and school resource for cheap/free art supplies and recycled materials. Offer free/sliding scale classes such as sewing and gardening, etc.
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Latest Activity: Oct 1
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Check out the School and Community Reuse Action Project in Portland and also the Creative Reuse Warehouse in Chicago.
These are an excellent tool and provide options for art supplies at a low cost and frequently incorporate donated and recycled materials which keeps items out of landfills and puts them in the hands of people who can make good use out of them. The Creative Reuse Warehouse was an invaluable resource when I was living in Chicago and our house made lots of visual and noisy props for protests after September 11.
Commercial, Municipal, and Residential Recycling
CHA Recycling
Blackstone Bicycle Works (former Resource Center Program)
Prepared and Perishable Food Recovery
City Farm
Urban Composting and Community Gardening
Creative Reuse Warehouse
Jobs (creates jobs, one which was held by my excellent roommate)
Resource Center
These are an excellent tool and provide options for art supplies at a low cost and frequently incorporate donated and recycled materials which keeps items out of landfills and puts them in the hands of people who can make good use out of them. The Creative Reuse Warehouse was an invaluable resource when I was living in Chicago and our house made lots of visual and noisy props for protests after September 11.
Commercial, Municipal, and Residential Recycling
CHA Recycling
Blackstone Bicycle Works (former Resource Center Program)
Prepared and Perishable Food Recovery
City Farm
Urban Composting and Community Gardening
Creative Reuse Warehouse
Jobs (creates jobs, one which was held by my excellent roommate)
Resource Center
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Comment by Madonna of the Doves on June 19, 2009 at 7:17pm
- love the concept-too much waste out there- and mass production is Killing Mother Earth..
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Comment by Lolly on October 1, 2008 at 8:45am - Community Forklift is a similar organization in Hyattsville that also works with building materials and might have some interest in collaborating. They also have some space available, but it's a little bit difficult to get to without a car. I talked to some people at Crafty Bastards who sounded interested and also there are some arts groups that are trying to get use of some of the closed down schools for art spaces.
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Comment by Christian MacAuley on September 23, 2008 at 11:49pm -
Check out this link: Green Reuse Marketplace
They are a client of mine, and currently are connecting salvaged materials with builders. Seems like there may be some overlap / room for synergy.
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