Our grandparents used to have staple/everyday shoes and jewelry that lasted them so long that they passed on to kids and grandkids as heirlooms and I have “high quality” shoes and earrings falling apart after like 1 year of wear cause I “wore it too much”????
“A growing body of research… shows assuming packaging does the most harm to the environment is often misguided. Instead… look at a product’s entire life span to figure out which changes might have the biggest effect on improving sustainability.” https://t.co/8rwHI22jL5
Photographer Todd McLellan disassembles things: "Things Come Apart" @smithsonian@Todd_McLellan
(Plus- the typewriter)
Take it apart: https://t.co/UBxE4yS4QF
Cory @doctorow does an excellent job summarizing our recent report, "Stranded" which shows how the repair system we have for wheelchair users is another example of repair restrictions run amok -- and why those users want #RightToRepair
https://t.co/AFYyKqGyGO
The @nytimes' meditation on how we make sense of time in the new year features our Executive Director @zander discussing how the Clock of the Long Now serves "to help humans think about time well beyond our own lives." https://t.co/WRyPuyg0Gj
Breakthrough! Spread the word #RightToRepair
“Apple said it would soon provide parts, tools and manuals to those who wanted to fix their own iPhones and Mac computers.” https://t.co/qGb8ikHmn2
"We wouldn't have had an Apple had I not grown up in a very open technology world"
Apple founder Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement https://t.co/HpczA8bDaE
“This is the first time in the history of the grassroots repair movement in the US that a sitting president has weighed in on the topic.” https://t.co/pGaxf6h7eI #righttorepair
“Constant on-the-nose reporting is a short-term, and shortsighted, approach that’s difficult to resist. A view from a loftier perch — a month’s, or even just a week’s, perspective — would, and will, produce far more reliable information.” https://t.co/eY7kfSSkJM