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Published: 18 Apr 2024

Hear from AMS Institute, TU Delft, and Wageningen University & Research experts on what we need for mass adoption of repair: bottom-up mind shifts and training, supplemented with a Living Lab approach. This article was published on illuminem.

It's hard to imagine a system where your good housekeeping, both of finances and resources, was considered a key component of the national economy. Until the 1950s – the postwar period where industrialization boomed – what we now call 'consumer goods' were often produced close to or even in the home. "With decentralized, small-scale, and local production, many people knew how things were made: t-shirts, trousers, cutlery, plates, chairs, tables, and more. With these insights and the widespread notion of frugality in the understanding of the economy at this time, repair skills were central to everyday life,” explains Dr. Joppe van Driel, Program Developer Circularity in Urban Regions at AMS Institute. Ultimately, "repair was very 'economical' – a way to keep your resource stock in good order."

Link to full article: https://www.ams-institute.org/news/eu-legislation-alone-wont-revive-the-netherlands-lost-art-of-repair/