We Care, So We Make – The Makerspace at #rp24
Three full days of exciting workshops featuring makers and innovators from all around the world!
Across from re:publica’s big halls and right at the end was Hall 8 with its big windows allowing a natural light on our high table from the Makerspace where dozens of people gathered around every day to learn and make new things. Together with Global Innovation Gathering, the Makerspace at re:publica24 hosted three full days of exciting workshops featuring makers and innovators from all around the world, including Togo, Iraq, Nigeria, Singapore, Brazil, Germany and more.
At the exhibition, right next to the Makerspace, an Open-Source Hardware Exhibition featured a 2-meter-long Bamboo tower revealing how open-source technologies can aid permaculture for sustainable food production and everyday care. Right next to it, LibreWater exhibited its most recent open hardware for the desalination of seawater using solar energy.
The maker culture is nothing short of a movement for change, be it for climate or the empowerment of remote and local...