https://www.emilypilloton.com/home daily 1.0 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573414526008-AXSRJQO6S9FUZBTQSTOU/building3.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1591222125905-LRHZZEJ5KZPFVWBZAGEP/Girls_Garage_Book_Cover.jpeg Home - Latest book! Girls Garage: How to Use Any Tool, Tackle Any Project, and Build the World You Want to See By: Emily Pilloton (Author), Kate Bingaman-Burt (Illustrator), Chronicle Books (Publisher) Not sure which screws to buy? Need to fix a running toilet? With Girls Garage, you'll have the expertise to tackle these problems with your own hands. Or maybe you want to get creative and build something totally new. A birdhouse? A bookshelf? Girls Garage has you covered. Packed with illustrations that will build confidence for your next hardware store run, practical advice on everything from quick fixes to safety tips, and inspiring stories from real-world builder girls and women, this eye-catching volume makes the technical accessible. This is the guide every girl needs to take her life into her own hands. “An indispensable guide to building things, fixing things, and being a better, bolder version of yourself. If you’ve ever wondered how to change a tire, fix a running toilet, construct a birdhouse, or just feel a little braver in your own skin, this is the book for you. It’s accessible, inspirational, and actionable – and will help you understand why so many girls have benefitted so much from Emily Pilloton and her mission to get us all fearing less and building more.” — Melinda Gates, Philanthropist and Author of The Moment of Lift https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573413819581-3M4HPXM85AFLWAB6Z2UX/IMG_0714+2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573414504903-AE23JP13SVD5NYJNV544/teaching2.jpg Home https://www.emilypilloton.com/about daily 0.75 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573278976191-PKHW5407SJMK04QA0M3Z/EmilyPilloton.jpg About https://www.emilypilloton.com/building daily 0.75 2024-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/e45b2ce3-b514-469c-a58c-7a2c703faf46/Screen+Shot+2022-11-06+at+6.10.04+PM.jpg Building - Parade Float, San Francisco, California, 2022. A 22-foot-long giant toolbox with giant tools for the SF Pride Parade. Built with 36 high school students from Girls Garage’s free teen program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573530836623-2DG9YO7G632K7V45LJ8P/containers.jpg Building Shipping Container Classrooms, Berkeley, California, 2012. Designed and built by 48 Studio H high school students at REALM Charter High School as a flexible learning space for the school community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1596218033187-AKB1FFDH1I4NX1H32419/IMG_8652.jpeg Building Chicken Pavilion, Richmond, California, 2020. This structure was designed and built by Girls Garage teens for Urban Tilth, an urban farm serving the North Richmond and the surrounding community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573530991411-OAI5GQZYUXNIUIIBF5NX/xspace1.jpg Building X-Space School Library, Berkeley, California, 2014. Modular CNC-cut bookshelf system designed and built by 105 Studio H 8th grade students at REALM Charter Middle School for their own school community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573532852735-ETQOOURRYXAO36J2LHLC/fruitstand.jpg Building Fruit Stand, Berkeley, California, 2017. Designed and built for Refugee Transitions, a San Francisco-based organization serving refugee families, by 24 pre-teen girls from Girls Garage summer camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573533763191-Y5K4HHP8A3QZZTBFXIB0/parklet.jpg Building Public Parklet Bench, Berkeley, California, 2019. Designed and built for Sanctuary Bistro by 15 teen girls from Girls Garage’s Advanced Design/Build Cohort in collaboration with the City of Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573533526058-DN9KEGKGGDNOC9TS6BRO/sandboxes2.jpg Building Sandboxes and Wind Sculptures, Berkeley, California, 2019. Designed and built for Franklin and Hopkins Pre-Schools by 24 teen girls from Girls Garage’s summer building institute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573531546541-CYL9VTJ697J9LWQEPRZN/farmstand2.jpg Building Public Farmstands, Bertie County, North Carolina, 2012. Designed and built by 29 Studio H high school students at Bertie Early College High School. Two stands were installed in the towns of Powellsville and Windsor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/bdcd6a5d-424a-4995-9d1c-785a3974ad4c/Screen+Shot+2022-11-06+at+6.09.52+PM.jpg Building - Greenhouse, Berkeley, California, 2021. Built with the Advanced Design/Build cohort from Girls Garage for the Growing Leaders youth agriculture and entrepreneurship program at Willard Middle School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573530691770-6BWF6Z8C5XYXY60DVY8E/coop.jpg Building Public Chicken Coops, Bertie County, North Carolina, 2011. Designed and built by 12 Studio H high school students at Bertie Early College High School. Four coops were designed and donated to families. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/f7baf997-bdd1-4c0d-9305-9f01dca9e4b7/Screen+Shot+2022-11-06+at+6.10.12+PM.jpg Building - Bus Stop, Waitsfield, VT, 2023. Designed and built with the Advanced Design/Build cohort from Girls Garage, in collaboration with Yestermorrow Design/Build School and Vermont Transit Authority. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573530712716-C8UHHNPU3DV21MAFGRGK/wfm.jpg Building Windsor Farmers Market, North Carolina, 2011. Designed and built by 12 Studio H high school students at Bertie Early College High School. This project is the subject of the full-length documentary If You Build It. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573531994142-G2JGZO2DSXAIT4N8C1KL/greenhouse.jpg Building Greenhouse, Berkeley, California, 2016. Designed and built for Berkeley Youth Alternatives’ community garden by Studio H students at REALM Charter School and the advanced teen girl cohort at Girls Garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573531438321-YX3HKCSEJ36Y7IYOWZBZ/tinyhomes.jpg Building Tiny Homes for the Homeless, Berkeley, California, 2015. Designed and built by 85 Studio H high school students at REALM Charter High School for Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573533084595-KM9QX3WV5UNMIL9O0UT5/planterboxes.jpg Building Raised Planter Boxes, Berkeley, California, 2018. Designed and built for the Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center’s residential facility for homeless women, by 12 teen girls from Girls Garage’s summer building institute. https://www.emilypilloton.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-09-23 https://www.emilypilloton.com/speaking daily 0.75 2025-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/e35f5290-56e3-4384-829b-a77b4758e38e/TED_2021_Pilloton_Lam.png Speaking - TEDWomen, 2021 Only four percent of construction workers are female -- that's totally unacceptable, but it's also a huge opportunity both for women and for the trades, says youth educator and builder Emily Pilloton-Lam. She makes the case for putting power (and power tools) into the hands of young women and gender-expansive youth, dreaming of inclusive construction sites -- and daring to ask: What if women literally built the world they want to see? (Plus, Pilloton-Lam dazzles with a live demo of her own woodworking skills ... while giving the talk.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5dc5fe4f6d7ebd6c3fa8ed5e/1573280709183-UDVPLKHL1TT3LJUG634I/Screen+Shot+2019-11-08+at+10.24.27+PM.png Speaking - TEDGlobal, 2010 Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. 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