Links
Local non-profit/community groups
Friends of the Earth - Brisbane. Friends of the Earth (FoE) - Brisbane is a social justice and environmental organisation that works towards a more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable future through community action. FoE is located next door to Reverse Garbage at 294 Montague Road, West End. www.brisbane.foe.org.au
The Bicycle Revolution. Also located next door to Reverse Garbage, the Bicycle Revolution is a small, non-profit business that repairs, recycles and rejuvenates bicycles, in addition to providing access to a workshop space and tools for use by subscribers. Their phone number is 07 3342 7829. http://bicyclerevolution.org.au/wp/
Justice Products sell ethically produced goods such as coffee and tea. www.justiceproducts.org.au
Spiral Community Hub is a West End-based community development organisation. www.spiral.org.au
Local Power is a community owned group consisting of people interested in sustainable power generation. They are currently exploring the potential to establish a buying group for residents interested in the purchase of PV solar based electricity. www.localpower.net.au
West End Community House is a community centre that provides a range of services and activities for residents living within the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane. http://wech.kurilpa.com.au
Blackstar Coffee is a West End not-for-profit venture that helps caffeine-oholics to indulge in high quality, fair trade coffee. www.blackstarcoffee.com.au
Northey Street City Farm is Brisbane's largest community-based urban permaculture garden. www.northeystreetcityfarm.org
Brisbane LETS (Local Area Trading System) is a non-profit community organisation that provides a means for ordinary people to share skills, talents and resources using an alternative currency. www.lets.org.au/brislets
Other resource recovery centres
Reverse Garbage - New South Wales is not connected to us but does similar work. They have been around for more than 30 years and kindly gave us permission to use the Reverse Garbage name when we set up. Their phone number is 02 9569 3132. www.reversegarbage.org.au
Reverse Art Truck - Victoria is not connected with us but does similar work. Their phone number is 03 9879 1264.
The Logan Recycling Market collects and sells unwanted materials rather than send them off to landfill. Materials collected and sold include bric-a-brac, hardware materials, toys, household furniture, bicycles and building materials. www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/residents/wastecollection/management/facilities/recycling_market.htm
Green PC recycles computers into usable Internet ready systems, making them available to low-income communities, individuals and community organisations. They have centres in both Brisbane (07 3255 8300), Victoria, Western Australia and the ACT. www.greenpc.com.au.
Free Cycle is a site dedicated to saving resources from going to landfill. People register their unwanted 'stuff' to make it available to others for free. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecycle_brisbane/
The Bower Re-use and Repair Centre Co-operative in New South Wales is a community based co-operative that diverts unwanted household goods away from landfill to get them back in to the community. They are located next door to RG in Sydney. www.bower.org.au
REmida is a new creative reuse centre based in Perth offering materials for creative and educational projects. www.remidawa.com