Initiatives, research and events where bicycles create positive social change
I can’t believe it is Bicycle Create Change’s 4th Christmas! Happy Christmas and holidays all! ‘Tis the time to spend copious amounts of money on shit we don’t need! Have you got your bike-themed presents organised? This time last year, I posted about recycled bicycle decorations – the foundation of which are the recycled bicycle …
Yesterday was Australia’s Ride2Work Day 2018. This event is a national program that encourages workers to feel good and have fun commuting to work by bike. The aim of Ride2Work is to promote the health, financial and environmental benefits of riding and encourage more people to ride to work. Ride2Work Day helps people who have …
While participating in the Looping Masterclass earlier this year in July, Claire Tracey (my wonderful collaborator) suggested we put in an abstract for the GCCRP Climate Change Symposium. Claire and I have produced a number of environmental/art performance projects over the years like The Wattle Festival ‘s Pop-Up ReCycle Shop (2013), Leki and the Ova …
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It is my pleasure to announce that Bicycles Create Change is breaking new ground! I have many exciting plans for this blog and making these ideas into reality will take a concerted amount of effort, organisation, research, networking and resources. As many of you know, it is a principle of Bicycles Create Change to collaborate …
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I had a great time at Queensland College of the Arts (QCA) this week at an intensive workshop with some of Griffith’s most talented artists. Here’s an overview of what we did for our 2-day The Art of Looping Workshop – Enjoy! @victoriawareham Day 1 I arrived at the QCA Southbank Design Studio and met …
Happy Inaugural World Bicycle Day 2018!! I hope you, your bike and your riding mates had a great day yesterday. I had an awesome time riding Leki ALL DAY! Leki and I cruised around our local neighbourhood, caught up with friends, locals and other riders. In fact, I rode so much that I ended up …
Hooray! Great news! Our short film ‘Leki’ took out the People’s Choice Award at the 2018 Brisbane Bike Short Film Festival on Friday night! For this film, I collaborated with Isabel Turner, who is the spunky, young designer who really made this film happen. Thanks to all! Bella and I wanted to say a big …
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Video courtesy: Paviter Kumar Noori Holi Festival 2018 Last weekend, I headed down to the Brisbane Holi Festival 2018 celebrations. I was drawn to this event for a number of reasons: it is a wonderful cultural celebration, it was being held in an area of Brisbane I have not been to, and most importantly, there …
It’s been an exciting last couple of days! After constructing the Bio Bike in Footscray with Pete and Tom helping me (thanks for being my random lunchtime saviours!), I put the frame on the bike Sarah had procured and all that was left was to put on the finishing touches. Then lunchtime Friday, I set …
This post shows how we constructed the Bio Bike frame into our second performance model, Your Future Thanks You. See the last couple of posts for first Bio Bike Model: The Eco T(h)anks. This is the model we will be using for this weekend’s Sustainable Living Festival. I can’t wait! Click here to get the Festival …