http://eco-chick.com/2006/11/08/communal-tool-sharing/ Because Mother Earth Is A Woman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://eco-chick.com/2006/11/08/communal-tool-sharing/#comment-543952 Sharing, A Truly Radical (and Green) Idea » Eco-Chick Wed, 14 May 2008 02:55:12 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=593#comment-543952 [...] service. Tools. When I lived in Berkeley, California in 2000, the city had sensibly put together a tool-sharing library. It’s still going strong, and these borrowing schemes have popped up around the country, in [...] [...] service. Tools. When I lived in Berkeley, California in 2000, the city had sensibly put together a tool-sharing library. It’s still going strong, and these borrowing schemes have popped up around the country, in [...]

]]> http://eco-chick.com/2006/11/08/communal-tool-sharing/#comment-27854 Starre Thu, 09 Nov 2006 03:36:48 +0000 http://www.eco-chick.com/?p=593#comment-27854 I used tools from this very library when I lived in Berkeley. It was so great to have such a resource, saving money and resources (why do you need to buy a power tool to have it sit in your garage 99% of the time? The only one that benefits is the tool companies and hardware stores). The other cool thing about this kind of library is that community groups (like gardens, for example) can use the tools and spend their money on other things. My good friend helped run one of the community gardens there and used the tools for education programs for local school kids. It was a great cycle of people borrowing tools, learning to grow food, and sharing the food and gardens. Talk about a great use of tax dollars! I used tools from this very library when I lived in Berkeley. It was so great to have such a resource, saving money and resources (why do you need to buy a power tool to have it sit in your garage 99% of the time? The only one that benefits is the tool companies and hardware stores). The other cool thing about this kind of library is that community groups (like gardens, for example) can use the tools and spend their money on other things. My good friend helped run one of the community gardens there and used the tools for education programs for local school kids. It was a great cycle of people borrowing tools, learning to grow food, and sharing the food and gardens. Talk about a great use of tax dollars!

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