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Terracycle at the Tool Library!
East Linton Tool Library is now operating a collection point for writing instruments, dental products and contact lenses for Terracycle!...
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eastlintontoollibrary
- Jan 10, 2022
- 1 min
Tools for Every Season!
It's all happening at East Linton Tool Library! Our first day back after the holidays, 8th January, was our busiest day ever and we were...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
How Green is your Christmas Tree?
While some revel in the scent of a real tree and the joy of picking one out at a local garden centre others prefer the simplicity of...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
East Linton Tool Library @ 6 Months
East Linton Tool Library is going from strength to strength. Since opening in May 2021, the number of items on our inventory has more...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Nuclear Power 40 Years On
- By Sheila Durie, author of 'Fuelling the Nuclear Arms Race: The Links Between Nuclear Power and Nuclear Weapons' (Pluto Press. 1982)....
eastlintontoollibrary
- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Eco-Worrier Reviews "The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet"
THE NEW CLIMATE WAR: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet. Michael E Mann. Scribe UK. 2021. £16.99. The announcement of the latest IPCC...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Making Flower Pot Holders from Waste Decking Wood!
East Linton Tool Library volunteer, Dave Foley, talks us through how to make cost effective, environmentally friendly flower pot holders...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
Another Brilliant Bike Workshop!
Thanks to Mark and Dan for teaching a great array of bike repair and maintenance skills, including the basics of gear indexing, puncture...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Sep 21, 2021
- 5 min
Fatal Distraction!
How Politicians and the Media are Misleading Us Over the Causes of the Climate Crisis... As the clock ticks down to the pivotal COP26...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Sep 19, 2021
- 1 min
New luxury hotel opens in East Linton!
Early visitors have left glowing reviews complimenting the tasteful decor - the spacious columns and tubes, the crevices under bark, the...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Sep 18, 2021
- 1 min
All Sewn Up with Sashiko!
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Sashiko Embroidery Mending workshop this morning and to Millie Scott for sharing her creative...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Sep 4, 2021
- 1 min
Bringing the cutting edge to East Linton!
Thanks to all who attended our Tool Sharpening Workshop this morning and to Chris Chapman, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, for...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Aug 28, 2021
- 1 min
Marvellous Bike Masterclass with Mark!
Thanks to all who came along to our 'Fix Your Own Bike' workshop this morning for 2.5 hours of intensive bike repair skills with Mark...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Aug 26, 2021
- 4 min
How to Make a Bird Feeder
East Linton Tool Library volunteer, Brian Suttie, teaches us how to make a bird feeder from stuff we have lying around the house! I have...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Aug 19, 2021
- 7 min
What Makes Good Climate Fiction?
Climate fiction – or “cli-fi”, as it is popularly stylised – is the new realism. The stories that I have read that are typified as such...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
Rain, Bikes & Tools - Again!
All happening at our Bike Repair Workshop this morning. Despite landing on another grey, drizzly day, we had our best turnout yet! Thanks...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Jul 7, 2021
- 1 min
Presenting our bricklayer's hammer and corded orbital sander!
Chris Chapman, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, using the bricklayer's hammer to reclaim and refurbish some old bricks covered in...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Jun 26, 2021
- 1 min
Rain, Bikes & Tools!
Thanks to all who braved the rain to come along to our Bike Repair Workshop at The Mart on Saturday 26th June - and to bike repairers...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Why join East Linton Tool Library?
(Many thanks to Hanna Veers, East Linton Tool Library volunteer, for the photos in this post and making our tools look their best!)... As...
eastlintontoollibrary
- Jun 6, 2021
- 11 min
What does 'repair' mean to you?
East Linton Tool Library talks to Millie Scott, local designer and member of Fashion Revolution Scotland, about Slow Fashion, the...
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