The Culture of Repair Project

Berkeley Unified School District STEM / Maker Class Repair Unit — Culture of Repair Curriculum, lesson plans and slides for teaching a one-week repair unit in a middle school STEM/Maker class. Source — Berkeley Unified School District MakerSpaces & Climate Literacy Initiative Ag...

Check out this great addition to our Educator Library: A terrific resource for teaching youth about repair!

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#RightToRepair #RepairEducation #RepairInTheClassroom #HandsOnRepair #RepairMovement #FixingIsLearning #RepairSkills #MakerEd #TeachingRepair

Our September newsletter was just published!

This newsletter includes…
🎒Kits & Carts – Tools for teaching repair
🎒When maker classrooms lean into teaching repair
🎒How learning to repair can happen through play
🎒Makerspace, Climate Literacy, & Science class are all entry points for repair

The @ifixit K-12 Educator Tool Chest contains repair-centered lessons and activities. It includes core concepts, lesson plans, and standards making it easy for educators to integrate repair into their curriculum.

Check it out in our Resource Library: www.cultureofrepair.org/reference-ma...

Why Repair Matters — Culture of Repair Library of essays, articles and videos from a wide range of publications about why repair is important. Source — iFixit, USA and worldwide Age — High school and up (14 years old and up) Cost — Free …

And if you're curious about the “why” behind the global repair movement, don't miss iFixit’s “Why We Do What We Do”... another compelling compilation to explore these questions: www.cultureofrepair.org/reference-ma...

This featured resource includes a Resources roundup, created by iFixit in collaboration with global repair organizations, and offers a powerful orientation to the many dimensions of repair.

Check it out in the Culture of Repair Educator Resource Library: www.cultureofrepair.org/reference-ma...

🛠️ *New* Note from the Field

@iFixit is a global repair champion, and their open-source wiki has become an essential tool for schools across the country.

In this essay Connor Bassolino, Education Specialist at iFixit, writes about these offerings.

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Riot Refurb’s 2.0 is a much-expanded version of their 2024 guidebook covering how to set up an after-school program to teach students computer repair.
Explore this wonderful guidebook: www.cultureofrepair.org/reference-ma...

🛠️ *New* Note from the Field⁠

Meet Julie York of South Portland High School in Maine, who partnered with the district’s IT department to launch a repair education program.

Read here: www.cultureofrepair.org/note-from-th...

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The Real Reasons Your Appliances Die Young Modern appliances pack in more features and efficiency than ever — but you might need to accept that they won’t last as long as Grandma’s old fridge.

In June, @nytwirecutter.bsky.social explored appliance repairability offering recommendations for purchasing, repairing, & maintaining.

They conclude the article with “Seven Ways to Make Your Appliance Last”.

Our favorite: “Consider making some repairs yourself.”

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🛠️ *New* Essay

Sam Berg, CompSci Coordinator at OUSD, helped transform a summer internship into a powerful year-round Tech Repair Program.

What started as a response to the challenges of remote learning during Covid-19 has now become an ongoing program.

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Explore how schools are integrating e-waste repair into the classroom in our July newsletter.

Read here: www.cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-...

#RightToRepair #RepairEducation #EWaste #RepairMovement #ClimateEducation #RepairSkills #CultureOfRepair #TeachingRepair #FixingForTheFuture

#RightToRepair

📸: Elizabeth Chamberlain, Director of Sustainability of @ifixit.com, and an Oakland Tech Repair Student, Right to Repair Independence Day, 2024. Image credit: Ben Lohrentz

Our July Newsletter is now live!

This month: 💻 E-Waste & Secondary School Programs.

~ 3 new “Notes from the Field”
~ New additions to the Library
~ Announce Global repair events

Explore how educators are going after #ewaste through hands-on repair: www.cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-...

We’re thrilled to share that we helped 2 outstanding initiatives secure funds:

1️⃣ @berkeleyunified.bsky.social’s Climate Literacy & Makerspace Programs
2️⃣ Algalita’s in-school and afterschool Repair Program

Go to “Notes from the Field”: www.cultureofrepair.org/notes-from-t...

Culture of Repair Project | LinkedIn Culture of Repair Project | 18 followers on LinkedIn. Working to transform our culture into one that repairs more readily than it purchases. | That Repair be an actionable and pervasive value in our c...

We’ve loved building our global digital community on here on Bluesky, and now we’re excited to connect with you on LinkedIn.

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Follow along for updates, resources, and insights from the Culture of Repair Project.

New in our Resource Library: "A Stitch in Time" is a storybook for youth weaving repair & reuse into the classroom. Written by Himadri Das & Veena Prasad, celebrated widely by Repair Café India.

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*New* Note from the Field 📝

Gloria Harwood, Environmental Literacy Coordinator for Laguna Beach Unified School District, writes about using Fix It Fests during STEAM class to teach environmental issues.

“It's about repairing our mindset."

Full Note:
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*New* Note from the Field 📝

Algalita’s mission is to imagine a world where plastic pollution is unthinkable. Emily writes about how the organization has integrated repair into their in-class and afterschool programming.

Read & share today:
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We’re excited to launch “Notes from the Field”, a series featuring educators and community repair advocates bringing repair into the classroom.

This month: 3 educators share how they have integrated #repair into teaching about the #environment.

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*New* Note from the Field 📝

Ellen McClure, Climate Literacy Coordinator of @berkeleyunified.bsky.social, writes about a two-part program integrating repair into the middle-school STEM / Makerspace curriculum and hosting community repair events.

Full note:
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Image Source: "A Stitch in Time", by Written by Himadri Das and Veena Prasad. Illustrated by Ankitha Kini. Full credit: www.cultureofrepair.org/reference-ma...

Our June Newsletter has just been published! This month's theme is 🌎 Repair ~ Environment ~ Education.
We introduce “Notes from the Field”, a powerful new resource to complement our Resource Library.

Head over to the website to read the full newsletter today: cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-...

A graphic with information about a Featured Resource in the Culture of Repair's educator resource library. The graphic has a blue background, with a yellow banner saying "Featured Resource". In the body of the graphic, is a note about the Malvern Hills education pack.

Our Library is a curated suite of resources designed to provide educators & repair advocates with tools to integrate teaching about repair into educational settings.

Check out this free Education Pack with lesson plans developed by Malvern Hills Repair Cafe!
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A simple repair changes attitude, which changes mindset, which changes how we relate with the objects in our lives.

Care --> Repair
Repair --> Care

I have noticed that the more I repair my things, the better care I take of them.

A toss and repurchase attitude is inattentive, which leads to more breakage and yet more toss and repurchase.

An easy way to disrupt this attitude is to do a simple repair.

How many upgrades do we have left? Let’s end fast tech.

According to ORA’s data, by repairing over 2k laptops, community repairers have saved over 31,000 kg of CO2e emissions in the UK alone!

Fast tech’s race to upgrade bears a growing responsibility for the climate crisis but we can fight back.

Right To Repair Surges In State Houses Washington became the 6th U.S. state to enact an electronics right to repair law. Connecticut & Texas may be next. Also: Nintendo’s threat to brick Switch 2s highlights collapse of ownership rights.

Right To Repair Surges In State Houses - Washington became the 6th US state to pass a comprehensive electronics right to repair bill. Up next: Connecticut and...wait for it... Texas, vying to be the 1st Republican controlled state to enshrine a legal #righttorepair. open.substack.com/pub/fighttor...

Our Library has been overhauled & expanded to provide even more tools for teaching youth about repair!

We’re always excited to add resources, so share resources you come across, and invite educators & repair advocates in your community to utilize this tool: www.cultureofrepair.org/ed-resources...

Our May 2025 Newsletter has just been published! This edition announces an updated and expanded Educator Resource Library, celebrates repair as a powerful teaching tool, and features a fantastic and free downloadable resource.

You can read it here: www.cultureofrepair.org/newsletters-...

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