Fixation - How to Have Stuff Without Breaking the Planet

Our massive, global system of consumption is broken. Our individual relationship with our stuff is broken. In each of our homes, some stuff is broken. And the strain of rampant consumerism and manufacturing is breaking our planet. We need big, systemic changes, from public policy to global economic systems. Since founding Fixup, a pop-up repair shop that brought her coverage in The New York Times, Salon, New York Public Radio, and more, Sandra Goldmark has become a leader in the movement to demand better "stuff" and to bring companies on board. Her solution is surprisingly simple and involves all of us: have good stuff, not too much, mostly reclaimed, care for it, and pass it on.

Fixation charts the path to the next frontier in the health, wellness, and environmental movements--learning how to value stewardship over waste. Passionate, wise, and practical, Fixation offers us a new understanding of stuff by building a value chain where good design, reuse, and repair are the status quo.

About the author

Entrepreneur Sandra Goldmark is the founder of Fixup (formerly Pop Up Repair), an innovative social enterprise in New York City. She is also a theater set/costume designer, a leader in the field of sustainable theatrical design, and director of the Sustainability and Environment Program and associate professor of professional practice at Barnard College. She has an AB in American literature from Harvard College and an MFA in theatrical design from Yale University.

Summary

The disposable nature of “stuff” is the next frontier for the sustainability movement, Fixation explains, while offering a sustainable, simple path forward.

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Goldmark
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781642830453
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-045-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Practical guides; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, Green lifestyle & self-sufficiency, Self-sufficiency and sustainable lifestyle(s)