And now can’t wait for the Festival of Maintenance in Liverpool this Saturday….

Really great schedule of talks lined up – spanning maintenance of tech, infrastructure, clothing, data, our relationships with each other, everything.

https://festivalofmaintenance.org.uk/upcoming/schedule/

Honestly, blind growth and productivity is dead. Forget the cult of disruption and ‘innovation’. Repair and maintenance is where the cool kids are at these days.

#FestivalOfMaintenance #Maintenance

Back from an awesome #FixFest in Berlin last weekend.

3 days of repair activists sharing knowledge, experience and advice.
As well as the launch of the European #RightToRepair campaign!

The overarching theme this year was Repair For Climate. Keeping devices lasting longer can have a huge effect on emissions, so we need to keep pressuring manufacturers and policy makers to let us do it.

https://fixfest.org https://repair.eu

About half of the land in England is owned by about 0.06% of the population.

‘This period was, in effect, the birth of private property as we know it in England – and the consequences have been dramatic. Today, Fairlie explains, “nearly half the country is owned by 40,000 land millionaires, or 0.06% of the population”.’

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/10/battle-for-freemans-wood-lancaster-common-land-locals-property-development