Bandung’s Urban Waste Hackathon Focuses on Hardware Prototyping
Bandung, Indonesia is an up-and-coming city of makers with an interest in better waste disposal.
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Seeking Out Wisdom and Meaning in the Maker Culture
While living in Manhattan, I made a pledge to make the goods I need to live rather than buy them. I then spent a decade building an off-grid homestead in the New Mexico desert. I learned to make food, medicine, power, fuel, building materials, and domestic goods. Being a Maker revealed the impact of my decisions, a view […]
Electronic Waste Jewelry
I guess one person’s electronic waste really can be another person’s treasure as these clever pieces of jewelry made by Chilean architect Marcele Godoy from electronic waste beautifully demonstrate.
Some Tips on DIY Projects and Waste Disposition
After making, disposing of what are called “Household Hazardous Waste” product can be challenging. Here are some helpful tips for your DIY projects!
A week of plastic bags
The people of Sustainable Duxbury was looking for a way to raise awareness about plastic bags, so they figured that gathering up the bags people put aside as they did their recycling would give a good visualization. They got more than they bargained for…Janna ran some numbers: Here are my calculations of the square area […]
WEEE Man teaches with technojunk
Image from WEEE Man WEEE Man is a massive pile of technojunk brought out of the netherworld of the e-waste stream. As an educational project, the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) Man site provides useful resources for teachers and students. Their overview is a good place to start on the big picture of the […]
On Human Manure
The above graphic is from a book that does not stink: The Humanure Handbook. Here’s a pdf version of this potential soution to water overuse. As author Joseph Jenkins notes, “a single person using a Clivus (pronounced Clee-vus) Multrum [specific type of composting toilet] will produce 40 kg (88 lbs) of compost per year while […]
