Environment

Jimmy Santosa, Maker Teacher and Technology Integration Specialist at Burke's School

Jimmy Santosa, Maker Teacher and Technology Integration Specialist at Burke's School

Burke’s School in San Francisco, California, reports on Jimmy Santosa’s repair unit and repair event in his makerspace classroom. Through hands-on fixing, Jimmy’s third graders learned about how things are made, the value of repair, and repair’s role in environmental sustainability.

Ellen McClure, Berkeley Unified School District's Climate Literacy Coordinator 

Ellen McClure, Berkeley Unified School District's Climate Literacy Coordinator 

Ellen writes about a two-part program integrating repair into the middle-school STEM / Makerspace curriculum and hosting community repair events.

Gloria Harwood, Laguna Beach Unified School District's Coordinator of Environmental Literacy

Gloria Harwood, Laguna Beach Unified School District's Coordinator of Environmental Literacy

Gloria writes about hosting Fix It Fests during STEAM class, integrating repair with environmental issues through research, instructional, and hands-on learning, supported by community volunteers. 

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Emily Wanous, Engagement Director for Algalita Marine Research and Education

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Emily Wanous, Engagement Director for Algalita Marine Research and Education

Algalita’s mission is to eliminate plastic pollution through education and research. Emily writes about how the organization has integrated repair into their in-class and afterschool programming. 

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Fixing Things for the Future

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Fixing Things for the Future

The vision underlying the Student-Led Repair Shop.

Excerpts from Fixing Things for the Future, a handbook published by the Rudolf Steiner School in Munich-Schwabing, Germany.