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." She doesn't just want to help us clear clutter-she aims to move us away from throwaway culture, to teach us to reuse and repurpose more thoughtfully, and to urge companies to produce better stuff. And the strain of rampant consumerism and manufacturing is breaking our planet. In each of our homes, some stuff is broken. Our individual relationship with our stuff is broken. Our massive, global system of consumption is broken.
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