2023-10-22
*planted: 22/10/2023last tended: 22/10/2023
- Listened: Degrowth and Ecosocialism | Jason Hickel
- Occurs to me that technology-focused ideas around alternatives to Big Tech, that are not explicitly tied to a broader political programme, are themselves a form of tech exceptionalism. Hence I think digital ecosocialism is important.
- Listened: Culture, Power and Politics: Ecosocialism and Degrowth
- Think the theme of the discursive part of my roundup this month can be around ecosocialism and degrowth, extending that a little bit to an exploration of digital degrowth.
- Yesterday was Repair Day and it went great. Biggest number of events we've ever listed - pulled in events from quite a few different networks, in particular the Journées Nationales de la Réparation in France brought in a huge amount.
- We launched the UK Repair and Reuse Declaration. Asking UK policymakers to introduce repair-friendly legislation.
- Listened: Voices of Fixfest UK 2023
- Read: Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These 'magic' Repair Cafés are trying to change that
1. Elsewhere
1.1. In my garden
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