My +P. Little's article on the blue political ecologies of e-waste in Ghana is out. This peice is part of the special edition on the political ecologies of the blue economy in Africa. https://t.co/OBfGdmnMz0
We're recruiting! Join us in Brussels to campaign and build a coalition for repairable, long-lasting products in Europe. Apply by 12 May. Please share: https://t.co/QA3H5iVFRx #RighttoRepair
Maria Schmuckler of Reciclando Sueños wins the first grant of 2.000€ from @Recyhub's inaugural Innovation Fund to promote recycling ingenuity
https://t.co/MGHy6PWzeC
E-waste quiz: What's in the picture?
a) Old connectors detached from obsolete computers: waste.
b) Plastic impurities detached from copper wires: waste.
c) Power connectors suitable to feed a quadcopter’s electric motors: resource.
d) LCP plastic potentially recyclable: resource.
10,000 devices in our repairs database! With 60+ groups in 12 countries, we are assembling a treasure-trove of data on how electronics break, get fixed and barriers to repair https://t.co/x04BxNXdEz Get involved on #opendataday#RightToRepair
My talk from TEDGlobal last year just went live. Please watch & share & be in touch. Highest level thanks to all of you who have worked on & supported this project. More later. Let's make more & better, together! @panurban@qampnet@lowdesignoffice@TEDFellow#sankofa#innovation
@WR3A@TheMagic_K@heatha_a@MUNGeog And exactly! The credits! Agbogbloshie people have names, why don't they deserve to appear in the credits? They're considered as background
@WR3A@TheMagic_K@heatha_a@MUNGeog Placebo fall prey of easy messages, pay lip service to Agbogbloshie workers' dignity. They don't do dumps. They do industry (polluting tho)
@WR3A@TheMagic_K@heatha_a@MUNGeog Powerful imagery. Completely misleading message. First way to support workers in Agbosh is understanding the reality. Let's do so.