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UN Summer Academy: Trend Talk 1: Fixation (The Book): How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet

Since founding Fixup, a pop-up repair shop that was covered by The New York Times, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, New York Public Radio, and more, Sandra Goldmark has become a leader in the movement to demand better "stuff." She doesn't just want to help us clear clutter—she aims to move us away from a throwaway culture, teach us to reuse and repurpose more thoughtfully, inspire companies to transform their business models, and urge policy makers to incentivize circularity at all levels. Although her goal is ambitious, the solution to getting there is surprisingly simple and involves all of us: have good stuff, not too much, mostly reclaimed, care for it, and pass it on.