A solution to our housing problems: repurposing.............. on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces

Repurposing is growing and growing...

Repurposing is the process by which an object with one use value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use value. 
This kind of activity is as old as human civilization, with many contemporary scholars investigating that way that different societies re-appropriate the artifacts of older cultures in new and creative ways. ^[1] 
More recently, repurposing has been celebrated by 21st century hobbyists and arts-and-crafts organizations such as Instructables and other Maker culture communities as a means of creatively responding to the ecological and economic crises of the 21st century. 
Recent scholarship has attempted to relate these activities to American left- and right-libertarianism. ^[2] [3]

Repurposing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here are some very practical ideas from reusing everyday objects:
50 Creative Ways to Repurpose, Reuse and Upcycle Old Things «TwistedSifter
Repurposing

The new series of George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - Series 4 - has just started on Channel 4:
George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - Channel 4

A truly amazing space was put together by a "tattoo artist who swapped his truck for an old railway carriage, which he hopes to turn into a home for only £7000."

Here are some stills from the programme - copyright Channel 4:

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces - Channel 4

See also:
Futures Forum: The Story of Stuff: "You cannot run a linear system on a finite planet indefinitely"
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