Local Making fosters communities of makers who see potential in discarded materials. Through practices of creative reuse, repair and upcycling, we redesign and repurpose waste and discarded technologies into tools for resilient, convivial, low-energy & local ways of living.
-
Washing Machine to Worm Farm
Part 1: Making the worm farmTaking the machine apart and transforming them into worm farms. Part 2: Using the worm farmCovering how to set up, maintain and get the most out of the worm farm. These DIY worm farms will be used at the community garden to help our community thrive. This workshop is designed…
-
Junk Orchestra
Make your own DIY electronic and acoustic instruments using junk and salvaged materials, then learn to play them together as a group. | When 🕘 : 9am – 3pm 6th, 7th & 8th October | Where 📍: Noughty Wasters Makerspace, Resource Recovery Devonport
-
Hang Out & Tinker @ Tipping Point
A place for practicing Repair, Re-use and Creative Transformation with discarded electronics and other materials. | 🕙 Fortnightly on Saturdays | 📍 Tipping Point, Henderson
Sign up to our mailing list for updates on upcoming events!
-
What would a Resource Recovery Network for Pōneke look like?
Waste Free Welly is an open and collaborative group of individuals and organisations working to progress the vision of zero waste in the Wellington Region. In 2020, responding to Wellington City Council’s target of reducing waste to landfill 30% by 2026, they proposed to develop a region-wide resource recovery network.
-
Towards an art/making practice that is kinder for the planet
A conversation between Monique Jansen & Xin Cheng February 2022 Xin: Since our collaboration for Speaking Surfaces at St Pauls St Gallery, I have been wondering about an art/making practice that is kinder for the planet. As we talked about before, we buy art supplies from Gordon Harris, but actually everything comes from overseas. Recently…