Solving the climate crisis is hard. Repair is one way to get started. Also: Victory in Europe! EU Parliament passes right to repair directive. Also Colorado Senate passes repair bill.
This concept flies in the face of our economic engine. It is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) not Gross Domestic Repairs. Materialism means buying new things. We love new and hate old. Growth means making new things and technology gives the latest product which is better than last years product. If you try and do something that involves circular economy and repair you realize what you are up against and the power and deep roots of our throw away consumer society.
I have spent the last 15 years developing a method for weatherizing and repair windows. It is very successful with people who love their old windows. It is a challenge to compete against the status quo of replacing old windows with new ones. The benefits of fixing old windows for local community, homeowners, and the climate are so much greater than replacements, but the message is so slow to get out and there is zero support from any of the corporate controlled governmental agencies and programs. Hope you can check out my website Opensash.com and see what can be done with out buying something new.
Thanks for the comment. Also: as the owner of a ca. 1934 colonial with its original double sash windows... _very_ interested in opensash. Thanks for sharing!!
This concept flies in the face of our economic engine. It is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) not Gross Domestic Repairs. Materialism means buying new things. We love new and hate old. Growth means making new things and technology gives the latest product which is better than last years product. If you try and do something that involves circular economy and repair you realize what you are up against and the power and deep roots of our throw away consumer society.
I have spent the last 15 years developing a method for weatherizing and repair windows. It is very successful with people who love their old windows. It is a challenge to compete against the status quo of replacing old windows with new ones. The benefits of fixing old windows for local community, homeowners, and the climate are so much greater than replacements, but the message is so slow to get out and there is zero support from any of the corporate controlled governmental agencies and programs. Hope you can check out my website Opensash.com and see what can be done with out buying something new.
Thanks for the comment. Also: as the owner of a ca. 1934 colonial with its original double sash windows... _very_ interested in opensash. Thanks for sharing!!
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