Goodbye landfill, goodbye drafts: Textile recycling project & upcoming events
- Carlos Pena
- Sep 17, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 24, 2024
This summer we have been having a wonderful time in community offering free workshops and information around creative reuse of textile waste to support weatherization thanks to a grant from Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.
Scroll down to see upcoming events and workshops Fall 2024! All Free, all welcome!
Fall 2024 Textile Reuse Weatherization Workshops
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Saturday October 5th, 12-1pm at the Artery in downtown Holyoke MA
Saturday and Sunday October 12 and 13, Swanson Fabrics in Turner's Falls MA
Saturday and Sunday October 19 and 20 at the Paper City Food Festival, Holyoke MA
More about past community events
During the summer, we've explored two approaches:
Give-aways at farmers markets and free community events: Our staff sews the envelopes for door draft stoppers using 100% reclaimed textile waste, and tables at local events to give these to attendees together with instructions on how they may stuff them at home. Folks often don't know what to do with torn or stained clothing and fabric, and this option becomes the perfect solution!
Craft workshops: Our staff shares the pattern for sewing the door draft stopper from start to finish, and guides participants in how to stuff the envelope so they walk out with a functional door stopper they made from scratch. This approach has been possible thanks to a partnership with Swanson Fabrics Stash House in Turners Falls MA, located in a neighboring county that is also an Environmental Justice community like Holyoke.
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