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eastlintontoollibrary
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20217 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 202111 min read
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...
eastlintontoollibrary
Jun 3, 20211 min read
Introducing ELTL's Pressure Washer!
Dave Foley, East Linton resident and volunteer at East Linton Tool Library, sings the praises of our Karcher Pressure Washer... "We had...
eastlintontoollibrary
May 26, 20211 min read
ELTL Wrecking Bar 1: Rotten Shed 0
"A perfect example of a project made much, much easier with the right tool; a tool that we'll probably only need for this one job and not...
eastlintontoollibrary
May 17, 20211 min read
Why Buy when you can Borrow?
Beautiful sunny evening to open the doors of East Linton Tool Library for the first time! Opening hours 5-7pm Tuesdays and 10-midday...
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