Mon 14 February 2022 15:00-17:00
Repair, Reuse, Up/Recycle: The Foundations of a Sustainable Future? Tickets, Mon 14 Feb 2022 at 15:00 | Eventbrite
The ecological footprint of a linear economic model that commences with extraction and ends in waste, is as deep as it is wide. Tackling our ecological crisis necessarily requires an end to the relentless treadmill of globalised extraction, production, consumption and disposal. But what might take the place of such a treadmill? Some have proposed repair, reuse, re-purposing and up/recycling as critical components of new, more circular and sustainable economies and societies. But exactly what role might these interventions in a traditionally linear product life-cycle have? What are the opportunities, challenges and limits to growing these changed relationships to material goods? What are the varied benefits and costs associated with repair, reuse, re-purposing and up/recycling? What contribution might they make to a truly sustainable economic and societal future? This public webinar brings together academics, policy makers, organisations, activists and the interested public to consider these important questions.
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