Some of you know I’m travelling at the moment which is why I’ve been a little silent on the tips. BUT ‘guest star’ tipsters have been recruited to keep the greenness going while i get on and do cool things like enjoy the world music festival in morocco. (If anyone is interested, let me know and I can give you a full run down!)
The following tip is thanks to the ever-so-wonderful Paul Justin who always amazes me with his ability to see stuff and make stuff differently. Below he shares some sources of inspiration.
over to you PJ….
We all have a bit of MacGuyver in us. You just never know when you will need to fix a broken rowing boat using a stick with a fork, a sleeping-bag cover, some ropes and a tarpaulin in order to get to a mysteriously abandoned ship.
Perhaps not, but making stuff from stuff is an amazing way to reduce both waste and consumption in one fell swoop. Add to that the ‘self’ you invest in your newly created object and you have more reason to love it for longer.
There are some amazing Web 2.0 communities out there sharing their ideas and experiences of making things. So the next time you have an urge to purge or splurge, tap into the universal consciousness of the interweb and get creative.
INSTRUCTIBLES www.instructables.com
Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others. Here is a direct link to all the ‘green’ posts:
http://www.instructables.com/tag/type:id/category:green/
READYMADE http://readymademag.com
ReadyMade is a bimonthly print magazine for people who like to make stuff, who see the flicker of invention in everyday objects — the perfectly round yolk in the mundane egg.
MAKEZINE http://makezine.com/
The first magazine devoted entirely to DIY technology projects, MAKE Magazine unites, inspires and informs a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages.
FOLDSCHOOL http://www.foldschool.com/
Swiss designer Nicola Enrico Stäubli’s new series of DIY cardboard furniture for kids takes cardboard furniture in a much more pointy direction—and the best part about it is that it’s free. Three different designs, a stool, chair and rocker, exist on his site as downloads that can be easily printed onto standard paper sizes. He includes hints and instructions on his site as well and nowhere are the Foodschool pieces available for sale; “the process of crafting your own piece of furniture is fundamental to the attitude of foldschool.” – text c/o www.coolhunting.com/
