Places

A community-run bike repair workshop operating in Newtown. Ready to help you with all your bike fixing and up-keep needs. Also donate fixed bikes for those in need – particularly Asylum Seekers. Open 11am to 2pm, the last and first Sat of every month (closed Dec). Run by NEAC.com.au.

Happy Pay It Forward is a group where Mums can help other mums by sharing unwanted things that we no longer need. The group is operating in Western Sydney, and is based on giving away/passing along preloved items and being able to locate things you need in turn. The aim Read more [...]

The Wheel’s first major project is the establishment of a ‘Library of Things’ for the Sutherland Shire. Stemming from social-media-based sharing groups, they are now building a platform that allows the general public to borrow items and resources rather than purchase them. The Library of Things is driven by the Read more [...]

Boomerang Bags Sydney is a community initiative making reusable shopping bags from donated recycled fabric. The aim is to connect and empower locals to tackle plastic pollution at its source. Meeting every third Saturday of the month, the Eastern Suburbs group welcomes any new members to come involved and make Read more [...]

A community owned Library of things that has adopted the word STUFF in honour of Annie Leonard’s Story of Stuff. The initiative helps to stock DIY items like tools and gardening gear, assets to help you hold waste free parties and events and stuff that encourages Screen Free Family Fun Read more [...]

Create or Die is an arts and ideas centre at Farr Street. It is a gallery and creative warehouse, including art courses, talks & studios. The initiative supports creative community engagement.

Gecko is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace in the millennial favoured industry, the shared economy. Gecko allows people to rent their under-utilised items in order to make extra cash! Similarly, they allow people to borrow items in order to save cash for our users. A big part of their philosophy is Read more [...]

Sydney Sustainability Centre is a sustainability resource destination located in Sydney’s Inner West. They are dedicated to helping households, businesses and community organisations such as Transition Sydney to achieve their sustainability objectives. In addition to their Sustainability Supplies shop and home delivery service, they have a resource centre, borrowing library Read more [...]

Just like a regular library but with toys instead of books! Members pay a subscription. Unlike most toy libraries, you don’t have to volunteer as well.

An award winning demonstration site where you can learn with other community members on all things sustainability. There is a community garden where they run weekly workshops and working bees. As an active community there are many projects running at the same time. Check out their events calendar on Reduce Read more [...]