ReUse ME Resources
Resources relating to reuse and upcycling
Suggested Book Titles
Be sure to patronize your local library or local independent bookshop to find these great resources and more!
How to be a Craftivist:
The Art of Gentle Protest
By: Sarah Corbett
ISBN: 9781783524075
Upcycling: Create Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have
By: Danny Seo
ISBN: 9780762441792
Wear, Repair, Repurpose:
A Maker’s Guide to Mending and Upcycling Clothes
By: Lily Fulop
ISBN: 1682684342
Unscrewed: Salvage and reuse Motors, Gears, Switches and More from Your Old Electronics
By: Ed Sobey
ISBN: 156966045
Building with Secondhand Stuff : How to Re-Claim, Re-Vamp, Re-Purpose & Re-Use Salvaged and Leftover Building Materials
By: Chris Peterson
ISBN: 1591866812
Remodelista in Maine: A Design Lover's Guide to Inspired, Down-to-Earth Style
By: Annie P. Quigley
ISBN: 9781648290152
Suggested Research
"A review on upcycling: Current body of literature, knowledge gaps and a way forward."
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
By: Kyungeun Sung
"Individual upcycling practice: Exploring the possible determinants of upcycling based on a literature review."
Sustainable Innovation
By: Kyungeun Sung, Tim Cooper,
and Sarah Kettley
"Refugee life jackets thrown off but not away: connecting materialities in upcycling initiatives."
Exploring Materiality and Connectivity in Anthropology and Beyond
By: Elia Petridou
"Craftivism as DIY citizenship: The practice of making change."
PhD diss.
By: Tal Fitzpatrick
"Knitting Social Identity: Yarn Grafitti in Transnational Craftivist Protests."
HyperCultura 2
By: Maureen Daly Goggin
"Textile Techniques
and Upcycling."
YA HOTLINE
By: Nora Kennedy
Websites We Like
Maine Environmental Protection Agency (ME EPA)
ResourcefulME at the
University of Maine
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – US Environmental Protection Agency
Stop Waste
PBS Kids Song: Reduce, reuse, recycle
Sesame Street Song: Reuse and Make Something New
Resources Provided By:
Donna Maher, MLIS, Ph. D., MM, BM, Reference and Instruction Librarian University of Maine at Augusta