tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28740429936016765932011-07-07T20:41:46.414-07:00There's more to it than you think.rach dukenoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874042993601676593.post-45347511055952796322009-08-29T14:21:00.000-07:002009-08-29T17:13:58.651-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.mediamatic.nl/f/nvmh/image/240/4375-454-803.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 376px; height: 665px;" src="http://static.mediamatic.nl/f/nvmh/image/240/4375-454-803.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Platfor</span><span style="font-family:arial;">m 21 was the kick-off for my interest in repairing. Everyone's heard</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> all the jazz about the 3 r's: reuse, reduce, recycle; but we're also aware that it's not an ideal solution.</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As more and more reports appear exposing </span><span style="font-family:arial;">recycling as a much less worthy cause than many of us think - often causing as much or more damage than it's preventing Platform 21 have stepped in with their <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Repair Manifesto</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.platform21.nl/">http://www.platform21.nl</a></span><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2874042993601676593-4534751105595279632?l=giantontheinside.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rach dukenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874042993601676593.post-65289289997017358262009-08-29T13:40:00.000-07:002009-08-29T16:57:51.174-07:00<div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VZ1-3Kt2IWc/SpmWLsTM1JI/AAAAAAAAABA/JhYwPaFNpdA/s1600-h/Repaired+chair+image.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VZ1-3Kt2IWc/SpmWLsTM1JI/AAAAAAAAABA/JhYwPaFNpdA/s320/Repaired+chair+image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375492757857817746" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Can we fix it? Maybe...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm a product design student from Edinburgh College of Art and am currently conducting research into the topic of 'repair'. It's a broad topic but in the middle of a recession and with all the movements towards green living I'm hoping it's a pretty current issue and one which people will take some interest in.<br /></span></span></div><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Drew/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Drew/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2874042993601676593-6528928999701735826?l=giantontheinside.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>rach dukenoreply@blogger.com0