The 4th R: Repair

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What Is Kintsugi? It's another summer Monday where we pick a theme and build the newsletter from our archives, which don't get Fridays off. Today we look at Repair.   We've never been fond of the 3Rs here on Treehugger; we have about 7, not including recycling. Repair was always high on our list; we would say that it can be as good as new. But Mary Jo shows us a form of repair from Japan that makes it different, perhaps even better than new. "The repairs are visible, beautiful, and an antidote to the culture of disposability." READ MORE 4 Reasons to Repair Instead of Recycling or Replacing Why we should jump off the consumption train and embrace the art of repair. READ MORE It's Time to Stand Up for Our Right to Repair Katherine says we should be able to fix what we own. I say never stick a screwdriver in a memory slot, you will wreck the connectors. READ MORE Quick Fix: 10 Things You Can Repair in Under 10 Minutes I have a pair of very expensive and very broken Grado headphones, I wonder if Melissa can fix them. READ MORE The Pentalobe Screw, and Apple's War Against Self-Repair This was really just an excuse for me to tell the story of a great Canadian invention, the Robertson Screw. READ MORE Repair Cafes: A Place to Meet Up and Mend These are a lot of fun, and you can save a lot of money. READ MORE You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Treehugger newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2020 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036