@susankayequinn Thanks for posting. Tagging for an early #SolarPunkSunday!

@susankayequinn I remember a long time ago there were initiatives to do city maps where ’third spaces’ and these type of projects were marked. I think that was before data processing was accessible but now maybe there are such maps?

@susankayequinn *sharp intake of breath* I want that card-catalogue drawer set. Like oxygen, y'know? They're so lovely and useful and library-tastic.

@susankayequinn Baltimore's craft specific donation center/ thrift shop is called Scrap, and it is delightful. I learned about it from friends working as city public school teachers. So far over the years, I have donated one sewing machine needing minor repair and about a shopping cart of inherited yarn, and in turn bought some stamps and ink and gift wrap supplies and upgrades for my circulars. Everybody wins!

https://baltimore.scrapcreativereuse.org

@susankayequinn
We have a local "circulatory" here too which provides items to asylum seekers so that they can set up when they find housing. I went down the other day to donate coffee cups, a teapot and cutlery that would have gone to landfill otherwise as they weren't much good to the charity shops. Everything at the circulatory is given away free, they survive on donations and run the community fridge too. We have a cycle refurbishment place which fixes up unwanted bikes and gives them away to people who need transport too.

It's amazing to know these places exist and are maintained by communities. Real hope for the future.

@susankayequinn
We have a local "circulatory" here too which provides items to asylum seekers so that they can set up when they find housing. I went down the other day to donate coffee cups, a teapot and cutlery that would have gone to landfill otherwise as they weren't much good to the charity shops. Everything at the circulatory is given away free, they survive on donations and run the community fridge too. We have a cycle refurbishment place which fixes up unwanted bikes and gives them away to people who need transport too.

It's amazing to know these places exist and are maintained by communities. Real hope for the future.

@susankayequinn in #Portland, we have the ReBuilding center. Basically, all reclaimed, donated, etc. building materials for home projects.

https://yelp.to/qiMv-pcA3i

@susankayequinn There's one here in Seattle that's specifically focused on art supplies. It's not as big as the one you're showing, but always has neat little things to pick up. I just grabbed some embroidery thread this weekend for some #VisibleRepair projects.

I picked up some yarn for darning & recognized these zines from Pittsburgh's Zine Fair! ("Art is Our Insides")

https://www.instagram.com/leftoverllunch/