New project wants to hear local people's 'repair stories'A new project aimed at getting more people fixing their repairable possessions and thinking about how they manage waste is being launched this week and wants your “repair stories”. Teresa Dillion says that the year long project “ looks at how we can foster more vibrant repair cultures in the country”. The Repair Acts, Ireland team plans to “lead conversations about the role repair can play in society and climate change” and over the year will host a number of storytelling events and workshops. Focusing on our ‘Right to Repair’, which became part of EU legislation in 2021 the team will be collecting aspirational statements for how to foster more local repair mindsets in towns, villages and neighbourhoods. In Westmeath the team will be focusing on histories and heritages of the county's repair economies and cultures.

Source: Irish Independent April 21, 2022 12:23 UTC