The Clothing Reconstruction Workshop
is a small node in a huge network of people exploring conservation,
design, and progress.
WE LIVE IN A BIG WORLD
Similar events happen nation-wide all the time,
check them out:
http://www.gaiatreehouse.com/events.htm
EPA Recycling Publications:
http://www.epa.gov/msw/recpubs.htm
Freecycle: changing the world one gift at a time:
http://www.freecycle.org
The Scrap Exchange promotes creativity, environmental awareness,
and community through reuse.
http://www.scrapexchange.org/
Happen's Toy Lab: children creating their own toys from recycled
parts.
http://toy-lab.com/about/index.html
treehugger: The future is green. Find it here.
http://www.treehugger.com/
International Bicycle Fund: Encouraging Bicycling and Sustainable
Transport:
http://www.ibike.org/encouragement/
Redefining Progress works with a broad array of partners to shift
the economy and public policy towards sustainability:
http://www.rprogress.org/
[re]design is a not for profit organization established by designers
with a passion for friendly, sustainable design:
http://www.redesigndesign.org/
INSPIRATION & IDEAS
"Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt"
available at Powells.com
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=62-0761137858-0
"Tease: 50 Inspired T-Shirt Transformations by Superstars
of Art, Craft & Design"
available at Powells.com
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0399532161
"Rip It How to Deconstruct & Reconstruct"
available at Powells.com
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0743268997
SuperNaturale is an independent site dedicated to the Do It Yourself
culture in all its glorious forms:
http://www.supernaturale.com/
Craftster.org: crafty hipsters share clever ideas:
http://www.craftster.org/
getcrafty: home of the craftistas
http://www.getcrafty.com/
Kintting Pattern Central: Directory of Free Knitting Patterns
http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/directory.php
LOCAL IMPACT
Wooly Bully:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=49608836
Tallahassee Progressive Center:
http://www.tallprogcen.com/
Ten Thousand Villages events for Tallahassee:
http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/php/stores.festivals/store.detail.php?store_id=608
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