Karen Ellis on the role of individuals in creating change and the rights to repair

Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 12:52 p.m.

Karen Ellis founded Mend It, Australia with her husband, Dan. They offer their help to repair and mend, building capacity to upcycle and promoting a circular economy culture within their community. With Karen, we talked about the myth of recycling, the need for coordinated repair movement, wisdom, affecting societal change as an individual, man-woman divide when it comes to repair, and finding one's voice. Transcript of the episode and references mentioned: http://gosimone.org/episode-18-karen-ellis-on-the-role-of-individuals-in-creating-change-and-the-rights-to-repair/