socks and sustainability at the city of sydney by alison dexter
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City of Sydney Library Learn/Grow/Create/Connect
Socks and Sustainability Ali Dexter, Library Programs
Create
Green Villages & Libraries Sustainability Programming
Natural Cleaning and Worm Farming
• 140 participants, 5 workshops, across 4 branches (Jul 14-Feb 15)
• 81% wanted to learn a new skill
• 82% confident in applying new skills
• 100% changed their behaviour (Natural Cleaning)
• 84% changed their behaviour (Worm Farming)
I learned what to do and how to do it via a person that is ‘hands on’
…I went from a worried first timer thinking this is probably beyond
me to a confident adventurer
I can’t express how invaluable this experience has been to me, life
changing! All of my toxic products have now been thrown out…
and my house has never looked so good, smelled so good…
Socks for Centenary
Example Picture title slide 55 socks
ages
Social Services
15-85
History/Curatorial
Library
1000+ hours volunteered
Connecting Maker Activities with Community, Collections & History
Connecting Maker Activities with Community, Collections & History
The Grey Sock (pattern) 1914,
Mitchell Library, State Library NSW
Grace Cossington Smith, Sock Knitter, 1915
Collection of the AGNSW
Enjoy knitting and good to know someone’s feet will be
a bit warmer this winter- an excellent City of Sydney
initiative (Liz, Gundaroo)
My great grandfather...fought with the 5th Australian light trench mortar
battery. I made these socks in honour and in memory of my great
granpop and hope fervently that someone made him socks and sent them
to him while he was fighting in the trenches. (Caele, North Carolina)
Love knitting socks and knowing they are going to
somebody who needs them (Donna, Eschol Park)
To participate in the recognition of WW1 community
support on the homefront. Nostalgia. And to rekindle
a love for this craft that will also benefit a person in
need. (Karin, Hazelbrook)
6 print media mentions/ 643,550 circulation
Sky News feature 13m page impressions
+ 2m unique browsers per month
Media
Spaces
Resources
Connections
Partnerships
Thank You
Lessons Learned