The Big Fix

Thanks again to Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing for this article: Inspired by the death of the Flip camera, Make magazine’s Phil Torrone has a call-to-arms for companies that discontinue…

Debate about a controversial natural gas development in the Kimberley will move to the Blue Mountains in May, with a public forum from 4-6pm on Saturday 7 May at Wentworth…

According to his own website, “TaylorMali is a vocal advocate of teachers and the nobility of teaching, having himself spent nine years in the classroom teaching everything from English and…

May 1st is now National Permaculture Day. It’s a great time to tour local community gardens, see community exchange groups, visit permaculture designed houses and farms or even learn more…

If you’ve ever felt daunted about the mechanics of bicycles and how to fix them when something goes wrong, there’s now a great site called BicycleTutor.com put together by bicycle…

Unicef’s Tap Water Project is kicking off in the U.S. for World Water Week – click here or on the image above to watch a video on the Unicef project….

Here’s an inspiring story, courtesy of Boing Boing, about the Fixers’ Collective in Brooklyn, a co-op that holds free open surgeries where people can bring their broken stuff for repair….

“Most of us in the West don’t think about drinking water. We just turn on the tap and it’s there: clean, pure and reasonably tasty. But it’s a different story…

It’s no secret that used coffee grounds make good garden fertilizer — Starbucks, for example, has been giving them away for years with that purpose in mind — but it…

In this Treehugger article Jaymi Heimbuch looks at household gadgets that are designed to last forever with easy fixability: “I am completely in love with this concept for small household…

Bus Rapid Transport is a lot less expensive to build than subways or light rail systems but, according to Treehugger,  it brings many of the same benefits by repurposing space…

In a recent NY Times article called “Green Cuisine in Legoland”, Roger Cohen reviewed the extraordinary and inspiring cuisine sourced in one of the coldest places on earth. The picture…

The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is an innovative Internet resource that aims to inform practice and policy in Indigenous health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible. In this way,…

Peer-to-peer communities are increasingly providing value and convenience to consumers is a wide range of markets, from car-sharing to currency exchange. A new online community Park Circa is now bringing…

The Weapon of Mass Instruction by Raul Lemesoff uses a hollowed-out 1979 green Ford Falcon tank as a means of distributing books to the people of Argentina. This large piece…

You could fill a library with reports and books describing the importance of energy-efficient heating systems and home insulation. However, not a word has been said or written about the…

Green Sangha, the organisation behind this video, demonstrates some inspiring activism to highlight the consequences of convenience by creating a music video parody that’s fun, a bit cheesy, but with…

(Reuters) – Everything old is new again for one Japanese manufacturer, which has unveiled an electronic version of a rickshaw. The “Meguru” is a three-wheeled, three-seat compact vehicle whose single…

Thanks yet again to the TED talks for this glorious look at how nature can inspire new resilient architectural environments. Click here or on the image above to view the…

The media and public may be sick of earnest “environmental” and science programmes but, thanks to inspired filmmakers like Randy Olson, scientists themselves are starting to learn how to “arouse…

Springwise has done it again – drawing attention to a great new approach to flooring by the Dutch. They seem to have found a way to reduce the huge amount…

Edwin Teale once said, “Time and space – time to be alone, space to move about – these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.” Mark Welker’s video above,…

Inspired in part by the open source movement, public spaces are emerging where people congregate to share ideas, make cool projects, teach, and brainstorm with collaborators on everything from coding…

Jesse Brown’s latest video Search Engine podcast is a fine and funny explanation of the Streisand Effect, with examples from around the world. (thanks Boing Boing) Babs, the RIAA, the…

“Bin Laden hates this car” says the bumper sticker on former CIA director Jim Woolsey’s plug-in hybrid. As the Guardian reports this week, Woolsey is one of the stars of…

The Greenhorns documentary film, now in post-production, explores the lives of America’s young farming community – its spirit, practices, and needs. It is the filmmaker’s hope that by broadcasting the…

According to The Telegraph in the UK, “Namibia has become what is thought to be the first country to designate its entire coastline a national park”. (Photo: ALAMY) To quote…

Check out this inspiring video by Beyond Zero Emissions to view Australian Leaders looking at the very real options for creating a 100% renewable future for Australia within 10 years….

The praise for Caroline Fraser’s inspiring book “Rewilding the World – Dispatches from the Conservation Revolution” is already so high, that very little I could say would better it. Bill…

Thanks to Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing for this review by  of Jane McGonigal’s new book: “Reality is Broken. Why Games Make us Better and How They Can Change the…

Change Media from South Australia continue their wonderful work giving communities the skills to make films and record their own solutions to problems they’re facing. In this film, the students…

It’s great to see that kids can take a positive spin on almost anything and still find ways to have fun! As the world experiences more hailstorms, heavy rains, cyclones…

Apolcalypse No … Science as Art and Art as Science … Intimacy … Dark Ecology … Hesitation … At a recent conference co-hosted by The Berkeley Institute of the Environment,…

Reporting on February 7, 2011 from Cairo for the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman gives a moving account of a people daring to have a voice (AP Photo/Ben Curtis):…

Here’s a great tip from ApartmentTherapy (via Boing Boing via Lifehacker) for getting a little more life out of a stripped-out, too-lose screw-hole in wood: line the hole with toothpicks…

As a parent I found the new Volkswagen video ad hysterically funny (click here to view) and while I generally don’t like spreading advertising, the ad does demonstrate that taking…

Wired has just written a how-to wiki that’s useful, not just if your Government shuts off the internet, but also if, like many Queenslanders, you’re caught in a major natural…

“The Warriors of Qiugang”, a stunning documentary short by Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon, deserves to win an Oscar. You can watch it in its entirety by clicking on the…

It’s often easy to lose confidence in our ability to effect change, but if you click on the image above you’ll hear an interview with Murray Wilcox QC, who was…

Change Media uses digital media to empower communities to skill-up and share their stories across the globe. It has evolved from the award winning Hero Project. For the film above,…