Buy Nothing Day: Make Your Own Gift Workshop – 24 November

Shop less – live more! Come and join us for a free, fun alternative to Christmas shopping. Get creative and learn some new skills... 11am–5pm, Sat 24 Nov 2007 at the Cowley Club, 12 London Road, Brighton.

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Free workshops on the day:

11.30am Paper making
Dipped and moulded candles

1pm Sewing and clothing re-design (Bring clothes to mend/revamp/freecycle)
Renewable energy toys

3pm Jewellery making
Rag rug weaving

Plus: Recycled Tetra Pac wallets, make your own Christmas cards, recipes for food gifts to take away and more...

Bring books to exchange at our Bookcrossing stall...bring something to Freecycle and browse our free shop... make some friends and come away with something unique...

Buy Nothing Day is an annual event started in 1992 as a means to highlight excessive consumerism in today’s Western culture. This event is part of an initiative to reduce consumption by Transition Brighton and Hove, a group of volunteers aiming to start a city-wide community response to the challenges of climate change and peak oil.

We are running this event for free and with no funding. Donations are welcome, both monetary and of materials. A list of things we require is as follows...

Unwanted clothes, books and other items,
small picture frames,
some kind of receptical big enough to fit a picture frame in;
used office paper (not recycled, the less printing the better);
old tights,
stuff to put in paper (flower petals work well),
tetra-paks,
anything useful for card-making (card, things to stick on, glitter, glue, etc)
material (any kind, large, small or scraps),
candle makling stuff (wax, moulds, wicks, scents),
beads, thread and other jewellery-making stuff,
anything else that may be of use.

We will freecycle anything that doesn't get used.

For more information email here.
Invite people to this event on Facebook here.

Links to past actions and what it's all about here.
Buy Nothing Day UK website here.

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