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Repair Revolution : How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wackman, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Repairing.
- Sustainability.
- Repairing--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Novato : New World Library, 2020.
- Summary:
- A call to arms against consumerism and for the sustainability and community empowerment offered by repair cafés.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Experiments in Repair Culture
- Chapter 1: The Community Repair Experience
- Chapter 2: The Road to Sustainability
- Chapter 3: The Wisdom of Repair
- Chapter 4: The Right to Repair
- Chapter 5: Repairing in Place
- Chapter 6: Repairing Is Caring
- Chapter 7: How Do I Get One of These in My Town?
- Chapter 8: Adventures in Repair
- Afterword by Martine Postma, Director of Repair Café International Foundation
- Appendix 1: Recommended Online Repair and Parts Resources
- Appendix 2: Lamp/Electrical Inventory and General Repair Cafe Supply Boxes
- Appendix 3: Sample Repair Cafe and Fixit Clinic Flyers and Forms
- Appendix 4: Sample House Rules (Long Form) and Job Ticket
- Appendix 5: Sample Letter to New Coaches
- Appendix 6: List of Recommended Items for Kids Take It Apart Table
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Illustration Sources
- Index
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781608686612
- 1608686612
- OCLC:
- 1135255051
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