Karen Ellis on the role of individuals in creating change and the rights to repair
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Karen Ellis founded Mend It, Australia with her husband, Dan. They offer their help to repair and mend, building capacity to upcycle and promoting a circular economy culture within their community.
With Karen, we talked about the myth of recycling, the need for coordinated repair movement, wisdom, affecting societal change as an individual, man-woman divide when it comes to repair, and finding one's voice.
References mentioned in this episode:
- Mend It, Australia
- Defending tomorrow: The climate crisis and threats against land and environmental defenders, Global Witness
- Bushfire survivor calls on fossil fuel companies to pay for disaster recovery, Canberra Times
- Boomer, I’m Not OK, Ryan Beard
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Paul Kershaw
- Recycling Victoria: A new economy, Victoria State Government
- Australian Men’s Shed Association (AMSA)
- Noam Chomsky
- Tinkering: Australians Reinvent DIY Culture, Katherine Wilson
- Show Me An Old Rebel, Caitlin Johnstone
Full transcript: http://gosimone.org/episode-18-karen-ellis-on-the-role-of-individuals-in-creating-change-and-the-rights-to-repair/
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