Brisbane Tool Library in South Brisbane, Queensland | Community organisation

Brisbane Tool Library

Locality: South Brisbane, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 3842 9403

Address: Stanley Place, Cultural Centre, Southbank 4101 South Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://brisbanetoollibrary.org

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24.01.2022 We have heaps of old school tools... what should we do with them? Shall we keep them and organise an exposition? Shall we sell them? Do you reckon that some people would buy them? Shall we... let go... and stop accumulating them?

23.01.2022 While we add more tools to our inventory, the team at The Edge, SLQ is adding more resources too! It's such a privilege to have a free public makerspace (situated in our same building, and same floor)! Check them out!

22.01.2022 Every day is a good day to discuss some important issues, such as the still too obvious gender gap that exists in many forms in our patriarchal society. On the 19th November, Sabrina Chakori will be speaking alongside other great women entrepreneurs: Anne-Marie Birkill, Rachael Dagge and Holly Tattersall. Sam Jockel will be the facilitator. Thanks to The University of Queensland & UQ Ventures for the invite. ... The event will be online (and face-to-face at UQ). More info here: https://ventures.uq.edu.au/mind-the-gap

21.01.2022 We will have more camping inventory ready for you and for you summer trips! Our awesome Carmen spent the week checking some freshly donated camping gear! Thanks!!! Remember that in order to book the items, you need to sign up on our website: http://brisbanetoollibrary.org

20.01.2022 What do you think about this? Consumers in Australia deserve the right to have faulty goods repaired by a manufacturer or third party, or in some cases to undertake self-repair The Right To Repair is well overdue in Australia! Not only a Right to Repair would benefit consumers, but it would also reduce resource use and decrease waste creation!... Today, at the Griffith University, we had a stakeholders forum that gathered few tools libraries, repair cafes, academics, Brisbane City Council representatives, reuse/repair centres from Brisbane and Sydney... through this forum, and a previous one held in February, we are trying to work towards improving the Right to Repair framework in Queensland. We will keep you posted, or if interested reach out to us! A special thanks to Professor Leanne Wiseman for organising the event and for fighting this important battle! We also attached a picture of the #RightToRepair manifesto! Here some readings that might inform you further on the topic: https://theconversation.com/us-and-eu-laws-show-australias- https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49884827 https://www.channelnews.com.au/when-will-australians-get-t/ #righttorepair #repaircafes #repair #reuse #sustainability #climatechange #waste #waronwaste #circulareconomy #internationalrepairday

15.01.2022 How are you spending your Saturday? We are here getting ready to re-open! NEXT SATURDAY 14 November gonna be our re-opening day (10am -2pm). If you're a member, you can start booking the items again! More info soon.

12.01.2022 "Few days ago I received this in the mail. I just liked the idea to look through it to see the city... beyond trophies, that's what really matters, the impact on society." - Sabrina Chakori Thanks again to 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards QLD (7NEWS Australia) and The University of Queensland. Great view from State Library of Queensland where we are located.

10.01.2022 Thanks to UQ Ventures (The University of Queensland) for publishing this short article about our award! I believe that we can change the economic system. And that begins with re-localising the economy and putting people before profit. This award makes our work more visible. It, as well as the work done by the other finalists, gives me hope and a drive to continue. 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards QLD

09.01.2022 We are reopening this Saturday! Due to COVID safety measures, our way of operating had to change: you will be able to borrow just if you booked your items in advance! All our members have access to their personal account in our software, so place your BOOKING in and see you when you come to pick them up! New opening hours below ... Not a member yet? Sign-up online, pay the membership & start borrowing: http://brisbanetoollibrary.org/#membership-anchor For any inquiries or support, don't hesitate to contact us! Thanks for your patience and see you all very soon!

09.01.2022 Register to the Repair Economy Summit organised by Zero Waste Washington in collaboration with many other tool libraries and maker spaces: https://repaireconomy.brownpapertickets.com The event will happen Sunday 9 November (night time here in Australia, but the recording will be available after the event). Our Sabrina Chakori will be sharing some insights about tool libraries and economic #degrowth. ... Thanks to NE Seattle Tool Library Repair Clark County FabLab Education, Southeast Seattle Tool Library, Repair Cafe Port Townsend, Phinney Fixer Collective, West Seattle Tool Library, South King Tool Library, Zero Waste Vashon, Vashon Fix-It Cafe, Share Reuse Repair Initiative Vancouver.

09.01.2022 Last week 100+ people joined the panel discussion organised by The University of Queensland (@UQ Ventures). Here the recording of the webinar. The invited speakers were: Holly Tattersall - Founder and CEO of Women in Digital... Sabrina Chakori - Founder Brisbane Tool Library & PhD Candidate UQ Anne-Marie Birkill - Co-Founder, Venture Partner and executive director at OneVentures Rachael Dagge - UQ's Chief Student Entrepreneur MC: Sam Jockel - CEO and Founder at ParentTV, and UQ Entrepreneur in Residence See more

08.01.2022 Mind the gap Breaking down gender barriers in entrepreneurship To celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, 19 November, The University of Queensland is bringing together an online panel of female founders and leaders to discuss their successes, some of the challenges they have faced, as well as ideas, strategies and policies that could be implemented to close the gender gap within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.... Register here: https://lnkd.in/gp2vw2m UQ Ventures Queensland Chief Entrepreneur

07.01.2022 Another great news to finish the week with! Sabrina Chakori is the recipient of the 2020 bursary as emerging female leader from the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ). Thanks to all the bursaries sponsors and to NCWQ for supporting women across different sectors! The official event to announce the winners got cancelled (due to COVID), but here few words of Chiou See Anderson - NCWQ President:... "Each NCWQ Bursary Recipient demonstrates qualities of leadership; community service, perseverance and determination, often despite life’s obstacles, to follow their personal and professional passions. The young women profiled in our year book are the future of Queensland and NCWQ leaders in their fields; inspiring community participants and dedicated volunteers. We are delighted that they join the cohort of the more than 200 bursary recipients in NCWQ’s bursary program, which has been running since 2009" You can find out about the other recipients of the other bursaries in this e-booklet (it contains all the biographies) https://lnkd.in/g5qwzzg UQ Ventures State Library of Queensland

07.01.2022 We are here getting ready to re-open! Our first day will be Saturday 14th November (10am - 2pm) More info soon!

05.01.2022 If you pop in today Kevin, Sean, Julien and Sabrina will welcome you in! A little reminder of our new opening hours: Wednesdays & Fridays: 2pm - 5.30pm Saturdays: 10am - 2pm... Remember to pre-book your items. Happy weekend everyone

05.01.2022 On the Sunday Mail today (Courier Mail)! If you want to get in touch, email us! [email protected] or please share this post. Thanks! ... State Library of Queensland Brisbane City Council Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner UQ Ventures

05.01.2022 We reopened! Busy morning. We're here until 2pm! It's really a joy to see our members back into borrowing! Thanks to our volunteers for being here on weekends!

05.01.2022 Behind the scene of today's afternoon... some great news coming up and soon (very soon) we will be open again!!! We will update you with the new opening hours. Thanks everyone for the patience and support! ... (P.s.: Today's photo shooting felt more like a workout, Sabrina was already sore from climbing yesterday).

04.01.2022 Last Tuesday we had a truly inspiring online gathering! We heard from The Edinburgh Tool Library (Scotland), La Manivelle Genève (Switzerland), Brisbane Tool Library (Australia) and Tournevie (Belgium). Listen to their presentations and GET A GOOD DOSE OF POSITIVE CHANGE!!! Thanks for all of those who participated from Colombia, Honolulu (?), US, Scotland, Ireland, Perth, and from all the other countries! We appreciated that you enjoyed breakfast, lunch, dinner and for some 2am online webinar! And a special thanks to Dan & Tanya our fabulous volunteers that spent a lot of time organising it and that are already preparing the next ones!

01.01.2022 REPAIR ECONOMY SUMMIT 2020 (USA) Featured Speakers: Gene Homicki - Co-founder and CEO at myTurn, New Hampshire Sabrina Chakori - Founder at Brisbane Tool Library, PhD candidate at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia... Derek Gaw - CEO at MakerLab, Vancouver 'Awareness around overconsumption, planned obsolescence, and unnecessary resources depletion and their affect on environmental issues and expanding inequality gap is rising. With it, Repair and Maker movement is growing and becoming more united. The Repair Economy Summit 2020 is planned to bring together the leaders, staff, and volunteers of organizations and projects that work towards enabling access to repair in every corner of Washington State and adjacent Portland OR and Vancouver BC. The event will touch on shared issues and cover practical solutions. This one day event will be held on Sunday, November 8, 9 am - 3 pm (Pacific time).' More info & free tickets: https://lnkd.in/gkNnrpF #repair #toollibraries #sharing #degrowth #postgrowth

01.01.2022 Thanks to the Contact Magazine (The University of Queensland) for the interest and the space to echo such an important topic. A short interview for to Women's Entrepreneurship Day (which is today)! The other entrepreneurs interviewed are Holly Tattersall (Founder and CEO of Women in Digital) and Rachael Dagge (Chief Student Entrepreneur). Here the full link to read it or to sign up & join the Zoom panel discussion tonight: https://stories.uq.edu.au/conta.../2020/foundhers/i...ndex.html UQ Ventures Queensland Chief Entrepreneur #WEDO2020 #Entrepreneurship #FemaleFounders #genderequality