The Repair Manual offers a good overview of repair’s essential role in the circular economy, and of conceptual and practical issues related to integrating repair into business settings.
The highly-accessible, 23-page document is a compilation of key insights from interviews with practitioners discussing bringing repair into the private sector. The Manual draws from the podcast “Untangling Circularity”, the second season of which focused on “one of the cornerstone principles of the circular economy: extending the lifespan of products through repair.”
The text rests on the concept of “embodied energy” and is organized around five throughlines: materials, customer service, design, technology and happiness.
The podcast offers the opportunity for a deeper exploration of topics.
Complement the Repair Manual with other Library resources, such as the video “Re-thinking Progress”, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Library.
Go to — The Repair Manual
Age — 9th - 12th grade and up (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Source — Untangling Circularity, a podcast on Substack and other platforms
Untangling Circularity is a partnership between Laura Novich and Cynthia Power that focuses on content creation, community building, and membership engagement within the circular economy.
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