Now accepting books !
As of Wednesday 21st July, GIRO will resume accepting books for drop off. We will be asking for a small donation depending on...Read More
Fashion Show / Silent Auction & Fundraiser !
GIRO’s Cradle-2-Cradle Threads circular economy textile initiative is hosting our first big event at the Gabriola Community Hall on Sunday August 22, 1-4pm. Tickets now...Read More
The GIRO Restore is reopening on Wednesday, June 2nd
As the COVID case count for this region continues to decline and the community vaccinations are being administered, we now feel that...Read More
Winning designs for C2C Threads Initiative and next steps
Since the RDN funding was awarded to us in February, GIRO’s C2C Threads team have been busy collaborating with community members to...Read More
GIRO Restore closed until end of May
Due to the rise in COVID-19 in this region we believe it is necessary to close the Restore. The vaccination rollout has...Read More
COVID Advisory Statement
March 28th, 2021 Since we reopened the Restore in January with new safety procedures we feel confident that we have been doing...Read More
GIRO Textile Initiative: Next Steps
As many of you are aware, GIRO has been busy working on an initiative to turn our current textile waste stream into...Read More
Characteristics of GIRO’s current textile waste stream
We did an audit of the clothing at GIRO. Here's what we found...
Gabriola Clothing Survey Results
This report is a snapshot of the views of 262 Gabriola residents who were asked to think about textiles – specifically, clothing...Read More
What happens to used clothing at GIRO?
Textile waste is one of the fastest growing global waste streams. This is due to low utilization (on average people wear an...Read More