Energy & Sustainability

If you’re a maker just starting out your journey in sustainability, it can be overwhelming to figure out how to get started. From understanding the types of materials to utilize, learning what steps will help reduce waste and emissions, and finding inspiring new ways to explore creativity that don’t have a negative environmental impact. The good news is there are plenty of resources available for DIYers looking for ways to make their projects more sustainable – from simple switches you can make today, big-picture ideas for longterm change, or exciting new ways makers are helping push sustainability into the future. In these blog posts we’ll look at tips tricks and ideas specifically tailored towards diyers and makers on the road to creating projects with greater eco consciousness so that not only will you create something beautiful but also respect its impact on our planet!

Edible Innovations: Transforming Food Waste into Fashion

Edible Innovations: Transforming Food Waste into Fashion

By Chiara Cecchini

Chiara Cecchini

Chiara is fascinated by food as a means to impact bodies, minds, and environment. She has studied international business in three different countries, and is an alumni of the Food Innovation Program and US Director at the Future Food Institute.

Based in California, she is also a Research Scholar at Food Science and Technology at UC Davis, working on building the first comprehensive Internet of Food to enable food care through food systems semantics. She is a selected member of Barilla Center Food Nutrition Foundation, a Research Affiliate at Institute For The Future, Board Member at Maker Faire and selected member of the Global Shapers, a young global network of innovators promoted by the World Economic Forum.

She is passionate about social entrepreneurship and impact investing, and aims to leave her mark on society.

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These two entrepreneurs designed Orange Fiber, a textile that is made from orange peels that would otherwise be thrown into the trash.

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Hackerfarm Builds and Donates Lights to Hurricane Victims

Hackerfarm Builds and Donates Lights to Hurricane Victims

By Akiba

Akiba

Akiba runs FreakLabs and specializes in wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring. He's currently running HackerFarm, a countryside hackerspace in Japan focused on agriculture, and trying to balance his time between designing new products and making sure things are planted on time.

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Jacinta Plucinski

By Jacinta Plucinski

Jacinta Plucinski

Jacinta Plucinski runsZoot Publishing and publishes experimental board games and interactive fiction. She's also the author of Who Ate the Cake, a choose-your-own-adventure book for children. She's the head of the FarmLab experimental farming project at Hackerfarm and also teaches workshops on how to print and publish books and board games.

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After hearing that Puerto Rico would be without power for at least six months, Freaklabs worked to send the country some light.

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