Repurposing in Action: Old Tech Becomes New Lamp

Ecology Center’s intern, Alex, gave new life to an old iMac from a “free pile” on the street. Now it’s a lamp and a wall clock. In addition to making our environments homier, re-purposing old tech goes a long way for paving a culture of sustainability in the otherwise short life cycle of the tech industry.

12 Best DIY Solar Panels For Your Home

Producing your own electricity might be easier if there were how-to’s out there. Here are twelve, easy-to-read ways to set up a solar panel system in your home.

What Videogames Need

There
are hundreds, if not thousands, of hobbyists and non-programmers who make digital games outside of the games industry's model. There
are  lots
of tools that
allow people to make and
distribute games without ever having written
a line of code and without
having to pass through publishers' gates. In years to
come, there will be a lot
more tools.

Crafting Our Activism

A blossoming craftivism movement is a hand-made attempt to playfully ground our most paradoxical human dilemmas.

The Empire Has No Clothes

The
home has been moved from the center of culture by the
force of the marketplace.
This devolutionary move has robbed us of the
ability to care in simple, basic ways for ourselves, our
families, our
communities and the earth. Bringing the home back to the
center of culture
where it belongs will create a meaningful path toward a
regenerative future.

Edupunks

"Edupunks" are the radicals
who want to liberate scholarship and learning from the constraints of
institutions altogether. I also call them the monks, and they're part of the coming transformation of higher education.