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Repair is a simple act that can produce profound results. As a humble rebellion, the repair movement is quietly fixing the world by addressing issues of consumption, waste, unity, and poverty. Speakers in this session will share how repair has invigorated a worldwide Right to Repair policy movement, built community in San Diego, and aided Sudanese refugees in fixing their broken items in a Ugandan refugee camp.
Moderator: Annette Poliwka, Executive Committee, Global Recycling Council
Speakers:
- Gay Gordon-Byrne, Executive Director, Digital Right to Repair Coalition (aka “repair.org”)
- Kyle Wiens, CEO, iFixit, Fix the World: How a global movement of tinkerers is taking back our Right to Repair
- Laura Anthony, Director, Zero Waste San Diego, Reuse & Repair: Progress, Challenges & Solutions Toward Zero Waste
- Mathew Lubari, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Community Creativity For Development (CC4D-Uganda), Repair in Refugee Context