Excerpts from an interview with Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed on August 13, 2022 By Tona Rodriguez-Nikl Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed welcomed our family into their lovely urban homestead in the foothills of Los Angeles County. We shared … More →
Excerpts from an interview with Jim D’Aloisio on August 12, 2022 By Tona Rodriguez-Nikl Jim D’Aloisio is a structural engineer dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from building materials and to the heat losses during building operation. In our … More →
A conversation with Megan, James, & Clarke — current and former workers in the oil industry — on the need to build a more ecologically sustainable economy. This conversation was recorded on September 15, 2022. By Maximillian Alvarez … More →
A conversation with David Whiteside of Tennessee River Keeper about the fight for clean water in the Deep South. This conversation was recorded on August 29, 2022. By Maximillian Alvarez David Whiteside is the founder and executive director … More →
-By Rheanna Chen Clearing ~ Martha Postlewaite “Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is … More →
View here: Embodying Degrowth As A Practice Of Care Dear Maintainers, We’re excited to announce the culminating project of 2022 the Maintainers Movement Fellowship. This project investigates practices related to degrowth, maintenance, and sustainability. Through interviews with practitioners, activists, and … More →
View here: 🎨 Coloring Book, Guest Blog Post & Developing A Maintenance Mindset Summary: We’ve got an exciting new offering we couldn’t keep quiet any longer! Drumroll please… 🥁 We are proud to announce to you The Maintainers Coloring Book! Text and … More →
A Polemical Letter on Maintenance and Profit and Mr. David Pye Written by Guest Author Lee David Engdahl ‘The art of design, which chooses that the things we use shall look as they do, has a very much wider … More →
Maintainers Spotlight: The Custodian Project, an interview with Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano By Madison Snider I first met Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano while recruiting participants for my dissertation research. I wanted to know how increasingly datafied built environments were impacting … More →
We are proud to announce to you The Maintainers Coloring Book! Text and illustrations in this coloring book are inspired by papers and presentations that were part of The Maintainers III: Policy, Practice, and Care conference program in 2019. The … More →