The Department of Culture, Communications and Media at the IOE have been organizing “Sustainability Skills Swapshops”. These are open sessions led by staff or students on a voluntary basis that involve a demonstration of and/or hands-on participation in a sustainability skill.

What will we do?

We'll be teaching you how to make a No Sew T-Shirt Tote Bag, followed by a mending session led by our team! This session is facilitated by Anoushka and swapshop organisers (Andrea, Ross, and Mina).

To attend sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-sustainability-skills-swapshop-at-ucl-ioe-upcycling-tickets-906650675577?aff=oddtdtcreator

• 1-1.45pm - We will be making a tote-bag out of an old T-Shirt! This is a no-sew activity, so please just bring an old T-shirt with you, we will provide you with the other supplies. If you want to come, and don’t have a T-shirt, send us a message and we will do our best to find supplies.
• 1.45-2.30pm - If you want to stay for longer, we will do some embroidery to strengthen the bag's handle and learn new stitches you can use in other projects, too.

What to bring

• For the first part, please just bring an old T-shirt that we will be recycling into a tote bag using this simple process! Instructions on Making a Tote Bag out of a T-Shirt
• If you stay for the second part, bring your needle and embroidery thread. We will have some spare materials for those who can’t bring their own.