Want to do something about it? You’re in the right place. Here’s how you can get involved in Restart, and do your bit to dismantle the e-waste mountain. .
Our latest exciting announcements, opportunities and tips Designer Forrest Radford, who attended a Restart Party while a student five years ago, is now launching a repair-related Kickstarter campaign. He remembers “In less than an hour David had shown me the dusty guts of my Mac, we cleaned it out and put it back together; it booted like new.” Monique is a software developer who loves simple fixes and a decent pair of shoes. She fondly remembers her math teacher who abandoned the curriculum to teach her Fortran. An attempt at repair-making is always a risk, and so must be accompanied with a side order of hope. Through repetition and practice, repair-skills grow and spread and, through time, many small actions become bigger ones, many hopes join together. We recently surveyed the Restart community and those curious about getting involved. We wanted to take the pulse – hear what is working and what could be improved to help us shape a new online space for everyone. Thanks to 117 of you from 18 countries who took part. Here’s what you said Just shy of 50 million tonnes of e-waste will be produced globally in this year. Earth Day 2018 takes place on 22nd April, it is a global moment of civic and political action to protect our shared home. The Restart Project is calling for action on e-waste this Earth Day! We want to build a new, central space for the whole Restart community – a space to complement or even replace some of the many current channels. But we need your feedback to make it work! Thanks to Dave Pickering, who has now produced 30 engaging documentary podcasts for us! This is a real milestone. Besides Ugo and Janet, he is the person who has been longest working for The Restart Project. We don’t measure success simply by the number of objects fixed – success also comes in the form of changed attitudes, greater confidence, more enthusiasm for repair, or understanding of our wider patterns of resource use.
Guest post: How cleaning the dusty guts of my laptop changed my life
Restarter profile: Meet Monique
Guest post: Hopeful Repair, Repairing Hopefully
Community survey: the results are in!
Take action on E-waste for Earth Day
A new online home for the Restart community
Thirty cheers for our podcaster Dave Pickering
Changing attitudes and actions: research with Nottingham Trent University