Do It Yourself

Steve Scher
07/03/2008 at 10:00 a.m.

DIY stands for Do It Yourself. It's a movement, an ethic, a commitment to putting on rock shows and putting out your friend's album. It means you make your own clothes, fix your own bike, scavenge your own food or fix up your house yourself. Actually, it's something different depending on who you ask. That's kind of the point. DIY means you create the products and services you need, instead of paying someone else to do it. There's a thriving DIY community in our region. We'll talk with some of those involved. Is this just for anarchists and teenagers? What's your DIY project?

Guest(s)

Benji Rouse started Seattle DIY four years ago. It's an online calendar and center for DIY resources. Benji helps facilitate DIY community meetings, helps with the Really Really Free Market, and helps put on the yearly Carousel music festival. He wrote a DIY guide to Seattle and is currently working on a zine called The Guide to Putting S*** On.

Jessica Dally founded and teaches at the Seattle Free School. She's also a master canner and preserver.

Davey Oil helped found the Bikery collective. The Bikery salvages bicycles and helps people learn how to maintain and ride them.

Marit Bockelie is the director of public relations for Urban Craft Uprising.