A Place for Local Making
an invitation for open-source making, joyful playing, inquisitive thinking and resourceful living in an interconnected world.
104 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Opening 10 March 2022
Events
Opening 10 March 2022
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Resourceful Avondale workshop series
August – October 2023 Avondale Library & ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale A series of free workshops on creative uses of local resources. Thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Fund.
- Resourceful Avondale workshop series
August – October 2023
Avondale Library & ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale
A series of free workshops on creative uses of local resources. Thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Fund.
- Resourceful Avondale workshop series
August – October 2023
Avondale Library & ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale
A series of free workshops on creative uses of local resources. Thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Fund.
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Resourceful Avondale workshop series
August – October 2023 Avondale Library & ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale A series of free workshops on creative uses of local resources. Thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Fund.
Making
hacker-user-carer-maker around the earth
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DIY Server Infrastructure
There is a popular perception that the internet or “the cloud” is somewhere “out there”, and not somewhere “here” that you can see, touch and experience with your own senses. Contrary to this view “the cloud” and the internet are not somewhere in the sky or in outer space. They are here on earth.
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A simple method for finding out where in the world a website is being hosted
Instructions for running a “traceroute” to find out where in the world any website is being hosted.
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Frugal repair of high quality thermos
This style of stainless steel thermos is commonly found in opshops around Aotearoa (New Zealand) with a broken plastic lid. This page documents the process of finding various ways to repair this valuable object.
Making
hacker-user-carer-maker around the earth
Making
hacker-user-carer-maker around the earth
A Place for Local Making
an invitation for open-source making, joyful playing, inquisitive thinking and resourceful living in an interconnected world.
104 Courtenay Place, Wellington
Opening 10 March 2022
Events
Free & open to all* *COVID policy
- Resourceful Avondale workshop series
August – October 2023
Avondale Library & ALL GOODS, 99 Rosebank Rd, Avondale
A series of free workshops on creative uses of local resources. Thanks to Auckland Council Creative Communities Fund.
Making
Celebrating maker-user-carer-hackers around the world, to inspire local making
Thinking
around making, conviviality and wider systems
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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.
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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…
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Appropriate technology, mealworms & 3D printers | a conversation with Angus Donald Campbell & Chris Berthelson
Xin and Adam connect up with the new head of the University of Auckland’s Design Programme Dr Angus Donald Campbell and PhD candidate Chris Berthelsen to share stories of local making from Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Tāmaki Makaurau and South Africa.
