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Winter 2023 Quarterly Newsletter: Embodying Degrowth As A Practice Of Care šŸ’Œ

View here: Embodying Degrowth As A Practice Of CareĀ  Dear Maintainers, Weā€™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 →

Fourth Quarterly Newsletter 2022: šŸŽØ Coloring Book, Guest Blog Post & Developing A Maintenance Mindset

View here: šŸŽØ Coloring Book, Guest Blog Post & Developing A Maintenance Mindset Summary: Weā€™ve got an exciting new offering we couldnā€™t keep quiet any longer! Drumroll please…Ā šŸ„ We are proud to announce to youĀ The Maintainers Coloring Book! Text and … More →

A Polemical Letter on Maintenance and Profit and Mr. David Pye

A Polemical Letter on Maintenance and Profit and Mr. David Pye Written by Guest Author Lee David Engdahl   ā€˜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

Maintainers Spotlight: The Custodian Project, an interview with Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano By Madison SniderĀ  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 →

The Maintainers Coloring Book

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 →

Maintainers Spotlight | Submit a Blog Post

#MaintainersSpotlight In order to increase the visibility of maintenance efforts across all disciplines, we invite you to share your reflections and relationship to maintenance by submitting a blog post to spotlight a Maintainer or maintenance effort in your community. We … More →

Lessons of the Forest Part 2: Rest Your Weary Bones

-By Rheanna Chen   The three of us, Tracy, Gesiye and I, were tired. It was the last day of our six day hikeĀ  across 25km of Trinidadā€™s Northern Range. We climbed the mountain- feeling it in our hamstringsĀ  and … More →

Being Care-Full

-By Leila Behjat and Sam Bennett   We have been grappling with the role of repair and upkeep; with their perceived value and real financial cost within the built environment.Ā  Itā€™s not news that we are in a climate crisis … More →

A Trip Down the Arroyo Seco – A Microcosm of Infrastructure, Nature, and Society Part I

– By Tonatiuh Rodriguez- Nikl   Introduction The Arroyo Seco (Dry Stream in Spanish) meanders down the San Gabriel mountains, into Pasadena, and later joins the Los Angeles River near Downtown. Over the course of two blog posts, weā€™ll take … More →

Announcing Embodying Degrowth: An Event with The Maintainers Movement Fellows

Thursday, December 15 2022 | 2ā€“3 PM EST | Register for the event here!   Join The Maintainers Movement Fellows for an end-of-year celebration as they showcase their collaborative project, Embodying Degrowth. The 2022 Maintainers Movement Fellowship is a year-long … More →