The Magic of Lending - Giorgia, The Toy Library
Description
Giorgia Anile is the founder of The Toy Library, a wonderful peer to peer lending platform that not only saves on resources needed for new toys, but creates a sense of value in the sharing community for all ages. Keep an eye for in person swap events as well via their website or socials: Instagram @thetoylibraryireland or Facebook.
Their next in-person swap event is Sunday the 8th of December which you can get tickets for here.
[03:25 ] An intro from Giorgia and her journey from corporate work
[12:45 ] How The Toy Library came about
[15:55 ] What is a Toy Library?
[18:45 ] Statistics of toy emissions & waste
[23:30 ] Other services TTL offers
[27:05 ] Giorgia’s hope for the future of TTL & the benefits of a ‘White Label’ app
[31:15 ] What Giorgia thinks need to happen bottom up and top down for de-growth to happen
[39:35 ] Tips for adults who want to get children gifts this Christmas in a sustainable, circular way
[44:05 ] Imagining the future
Also mentioned:
Less is More book
Rethink Ireland
Sharetribe
Plausable Analytics
Jiminy
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