Every year, millions of people throw away countless items because they don’t know how to fix them. Some products are manufactured in a way that makes it hard, if not impossible, for people to repair them themselves. This throwaway lifestyle depletes Earth’s resources and adds to overflowing landfills. Now there’s a better way. Repair Revolution chronicles the rise of Repair Cafes, Fixit Clinics, and other volunteer-run organizations devoted to helping consumers repair their beloved but broken items for free. Repair Revolution explores the philosophy and wisdom of repairing, as well as the Right to Repair movement. It provides inspiration and instructions for starting, staffing, and sustaining your own repair events. “Fixperts” share their favorite online repair resources, as well as tips and step-by-step instructions for how to make your own repairs. Ultimately, Repair Revolution is about more than fixing material objects: in an age of over-consumption and planned obsolescence, do-it-yourself repair is a way of caring for our lives, our communities, and our planet.

本書は単なる実用書を越え、大量消費社会への静かなる抵抗を綴った精神的マニフェストです。物は壊れたら捨てるという習慣が、いかに私たちの精神を摩耗させているかを著者は喝破します。修理という行為を、物に宿る記憶を慈しみ、自己の主体性を取り戻すための深遠な哲学として定義し直す筆致は、読者の価値観を根底から揺さぶるでしょう。 また、修理を通じたコミュニティの再生も見事な洞察です。見知らぬ者同士が知恵を共有し、協力して物を蘇らせる連帯の美しさは、分断された現代社会を癒やす希望の光に他なりません。物を直すことが世界と自らの生き方を整えることに繋がる。本書は、持続可能な未来への愛に満ちた変革の書です。