Tool library a hit with women as resource sharing reduces environmental waste (www.abc.net.au)

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[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 year ago

I tried starting one of these in my neighbourhood at the local Men's Shed and they turned me down flatly saying they didn't want to deal with the insurance. Glad to see the idea getting a good run in a few places.

[-] activepeople@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

what's a Men's Shed?

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago

Men’s sheds are community-based, non-commercial organisations that are open to all men. Men’s sheds improve the health and wellbeing of their members by giving them a safe place to make friends, share meaningful activities, talk, and access health information and resources. https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/mens-sheds

[-] radec@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Interesting. Never heard of it. Seems overly complicated to make it gender based. But I like the idea.

I like the idea of a Random Folks shed lol

[-] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're traditionally for boomer age people and they can be a bit weird about gender roles. For transparency my local one is officially called the 'Community Shed' but Men's Shed is still the coloquial term most people use.

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