The Nature of the Work
The Culture of Repair Project was born out of seeing one barely broken chair too many next to the curb when I was out walking one day. I couldn’t stand not doing anything one day longer. While this is my initiative, I often write as “we” and “our” because everything I do is in collaboration with others committed to bringing repair back as a widely-shared social value.
By definition, a project working to transform culture operates in all areas of society: in the public, private and non-for-profit sectors; with organizations large and small; and with myriad socioeconomic and identity demographies. My facilitating and networking efforts connect people within and across those demarcations, enabling the success of discrete projects and strengthening the broad-based, increasingly cohesive and vibrant, trans-global repair movement.
iFixit.org has partnered with Patagonia "to help teach regular people how to repair".
The Work
What:
My efforts are currently focused on bringing repair into schools and educational non-profits, particularly K - 12.
I’m particularly interested in supporting the development of new educational programs and materials designed to be widely shared.
Complementing that work, I support local community repair events, advocate for repair at the state and local levels, and, as always, promote repair as a social value whenever and wherever.
How:
I advance repair through articulating the imperative to repair, initiating new projects, gathering and sharing in-kind resources (e.g., volunteer pool, open-source educational materials, information), networking, grant-making, and consulting (e.g., non-profit organizational development).
Where:
The Culture of Repair Project supports bringing repair into educational settings locally, nationally and internationally. I support other repair initiatives principally in Oakland and Berkeley, California USA.