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!
Bicycle Maintenance: How To Maintain Your Mountain Bike For Peak Performance Here’s is a very thorough way of tuning up your bike after a hard ride. The rest of the site has some other good information, but you have to dig through a lot of ‘lifestyle’ type entries before you find the making goodies. The […]
Matt Berg, of BuildAfrica.org, put together a photo montage (PDF) on the increasing use of super-cheap Chinese LED lighting in Mali, in West Africa. The middle picture is of a street-corner cell phone charging station. It costs about .25 to get your phone charged. That last picture is basically of a motorbike filling station (with […]
I love these simple cereal box journals from the long thread. I see all kinds of possibilities for decorating the cover with stamps or fabric, but also love the clean look of the un-altered box lining. We eat loads of cereal in our house, and I love the idea of doing this project with or […]
Adafruit industries took a little field trip recently to W/—— project space in Chinatown, NYC to check out Peter Sand’s robot-tended garden. The giant robot creates a garden, plants seeds, waters them and lovingly tends to it – the operator can control the robotics with a game controller and for the Arduino fans, it has […]
Patti at New World Geek sent us a link to this post showing a clever use of rain gutter as a wall-borne gardening system. The photo was taken by Suzanne Forsling. It’s her gutter gardens, on her house in Juneau, AK. She took the picture for an article she wrote in the Juneau Empire called […]
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her fabulously clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for us here at Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage […]
Longtime recycling maven and CRAFT contributor Tiffany Threadgould is a busy, busy girl these days. Besides running her really clever recycling and reuse company, RePlayGround, she’s working on articles for Craftzine.com, writing a book, and is one of the stars (yes, I said it, she’s a star!) of the new show Garbage Moguls, in which […]
