Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture

Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don't know how to fix them....
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Author: John Wackman
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Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture by Wackman, John

Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture

$42.93

Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture

$42.93
Author: John Wackman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don't know how to fix them. Some products are manufactured in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, for people to repair them themselves. This throwaway lifestyle depletes Earth's resources and adds to overflowing landfills. Now there's a better way. Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of Repair Cafes, Fixit Clinics, and other volunteer-run organizations devoted to helping consumers repair their beloved but broken items for free. Repair Revolution explores the philosophy and wisdom of repairing, as well as the Right to Repair movement. It provides inspiration and instructions for starting, staffing, and sustaining your own repair events. "Fixperts" share their favorite online repair resources, as well as tips and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own repairs. Ultimately, Repair Revolution is about more than fixing material objects: in an age of over-consumption and planned obsolescence, do-it-yourself repair is a way of caring for our lives, our communities, and our planet.

Author: John Wackman, Elizabeth Knight
Publisher: New World Library
Published: 10/27/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781608686605

About the Author
TV producer and writer John Wackman founded the first Repair Cafe in New York. He lives in Kingston, New York. Community sustainability activist and organizer Elizabeth Knight is the author of Welcome Home and other books. She lives in Warwick, New York.

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