The Restart Project Podcast
The Restart Project Podcast
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To wrap up our summer season, we’re giving listeners a proper introduction to Restart’s new(ish) Co-Director, Fiona Dear. You will have heard Fiona’s voice a couple times on Restart Radio in the last few months, and her fingerprints are all over the new projects that we’re working on. Dave spoke to Fiona when she had just joined Restart to have a conversation about how she became the perfect fit for her new role.
A journey through repair
Starting out as a student of repair, Fiona tells us about the differences between experiencing Restart Parties as an attendee versus organiser. Fiona’s repair background is mostly in the realm of mending and upcycling. She tells us about her rather swift introduction to electrical repair after having to repair her phone only weeks after joining Restart. It was a challenge but with the help of both our community and professional repairers, she managed to successfully save her device. She shares how this experience opened her eyes to the importance of in-person repairing and learning from one another.
Conservation at home and abroad
From Costa Rica to North London, Fiona has been making change. She shares her experience of studying conservation of Scarlet macaws in the rainforest and the winding path that led her to focus her masters dissertation on human behaviour.
In her own neighbourhood, Fiona has also been making change. She has campaigned for a low traffic zone, introduced regular Play Street sessions, and organised a waste reduction project. This work in her personal life only shows how massive her impact will be at Restart. Through this, in addition to intensive experience working for The Climate Coalition and on Great Big Green Week, she has built an in-depth understanding of how to engage and mobilise the public.
Shaping the future of Restart
Since she started at Restart, Fiona hit the ground running working on Fixing Factories. With one location already open in Brent and another coming to Camden in the fall, it’s an incredibly exciting project with some brilliant partners involved. The project allows us to push for digital inclusion while engaging further with the public – hopefully, inviting more people into the repair community. A perfect way to pursue Fiona’s goal of making repair mainstream.
“It’s still evolving…it’s all about extending the life of electronics. What’s coming to the fore now is reuse – laptop fixing and redistribution during the pandemic. You’ve got a lot more companies selling refurbished tech now.”
We also discuss the new directions that Restart’s work is moving in. Much of our current work like repair events, the repair directory, data work, are of course, focused on repair. Now though, we are making renewed efforts to support reuse. Fiona explains how this will come to fruition in new projects with palpable excitement.
Links:
* The Climate Coalition
* The Great Big Green Week
* Fixing Factory
* Restart Radio: Introducing Fixing Factories
Vorige afleveringen
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347 - Restart Podcast Ep. 78: Meet our new(ish) Co-Director, Fiona Dear Mon, 25 Jul 2022 - 0h
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346 - Restart Podcast Ep. 77: Reflecting on our first 10 years Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 0h
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345 - Restart Podcast Ep. 76: Funky phones and durable design, with Ben Wood Tue, 24 May 2022 - 0h
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344 - Restart Radio: Introducing Fixing Factories Thu, 12 May 2022 - 0h
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343 - Restart Podcast Ep. 75: The law and repair: it’s complicated, with Aaron Perzanowski Thu, 28 Apr 2022 - 0h
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342 - Restart Podcast Ep. 74: Why digital access is a right, with Ready Tech Go Mon, 28 Mar 2022 - 0h
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341 - Restart Podcast Ep. 73: Repair Café Aotearoa New Zealand Fri, 25 Feb 2022 - 0h
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340 - Restart Podcast Ep. 72: Maintaining your bike and your community, with Jenni Gwiazdowski Thu, 27 Jan 2022 - 0h
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339 - Restart Podcast Ep. 71: Fixing at Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement Wed, 22 Dec 2021 - 0h
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338 - Restart Radio: Reflecting on a challenging but successful 2021 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 - 0h
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337 - Restart Podcast Ep. 70: An epic journey through climate history with Alice Bell Wed, 24 Nov 2021 - 0h
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336 - Restart Podcast Ep. 69: Exploring our consumption emissions with Professor John Barrett Mon, 25 Oct 2021 - 0h
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335 - Restart Radio Republished: Mark Phillips photographs ‘essential’ repair Wed, 13 Oct 2021 - 0h
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334 - Restart Podcast Ep. 68: Inequalities in UK craft and making, with Dr Karen Patel Wed, 29 Sep 2021 - 0h
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333 - Restart Podcast Ep. 67: Reflecting on repair during the pandemic Thu, 26 Aug 2021 - 0h
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332 - Restart Radio: A small ask Thu, 12 Aug 2021 - 0h
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331 - Restart Podcast Ep. 66: Ancient cob building, part of a low-tech future Wed, 28 Jul 2021 - 0h
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330 - Restart Radio: Our 2021 Summer Reading List Wed, 14 Jul 2021 - 0h
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329 - Restart Podcast Ep. 65: Saving memories and exposing ‘branded’ repair with Jessa Jones Tue, 29 Jun 2021 - 0h
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328 - Restart Radio: Borrowing boom at Library of Things Tue, 08 Jun 2021 - 0h
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327 - Restart Podcast Ep. 64: Regenerative farming and rural tinkering with Farmerama Fri, 28 May 2021 - 0h
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326 - Restart Radio Republished: When “intellectual property” is lethal Thu, 13 May 2021 - 0h
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325 - Restart Podcast Ep. 63: Badvertising – when ads promote fossil fuels and overconsumption Thu, 29 Apr 2021 - 0h
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324 - Restart Radio Republished: Greenland’s election and Kvanefjeld mine Wed, 14 Apr 2021 - 0h
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323 - Restart Podcast Ep. 62: How 3D printing can help us repair Thu, 25 Mar 2021 - 0h
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322 - Restart Radio: Reusing laptops for digital inclusion with Mer-IT and Hackney Fixers Wed, 10 Mar 2021 - 0h
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321 - Restart Podcast Ep. 61: Introducing the French Repairability Index Fri, 26 Feb 2021 - 0h
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320 - Restart Radio: How manufacturers game the system through voluntary agreements Thu, 11 Feb 2021 - 0h
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319 - Restart Podcast Ep. 60: Helping electronics workers improve conditions Tue, 26 Jan 2021 - 0h
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318 - Restart Radio: What is true digital inclusion? Thu, 14 Jan 2021 - 0h
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317 - Restart Podcast Ep. 59: Lasers lighting up the sky, with Seb Lee-Delisle Fri, 18 Dec 2020 - 0h
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316 - Restart Radio: Lamps at the end of the tunnel — a new lighting refurbishment business Thu, 10 Dec 2020 - 0h
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315 - Restart Podcast Ep. 58: You say you want a Repair Revolution Fri, 27 Nov 2020 - 0h
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314 - Restart Radio: The dangers of smartphone serialisation with Rico Cerva Tue, 10 Nov 2020 - 0h
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313 - Restart Podcast Ep. 57: “Heroes of Repair” European video series Wed, 28 Oct 2020 - 0h
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312 - Restart Radio Republished: Ada Lovelace Day and the stories of women in STEM Tue, 13 Oct 2020 - 0h
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311 - Restart Podcast Ep. 56: a smartphone OS that respects user data privacy, with Gaël Duval Tue, 22 Sep 2020 - 0h
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310 - Restart Radio: Hackney Fixers’ laptop repair and reuse project Wed, 09 Sep 2020 - 0h
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309 - Restart Podcast Ep. 55: Why we need climate education, with Teach the Future Tue, 28 Jul 2020 - 0h
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308 - Restart Radio: Our 2020 Summer Reading List Wed, 15 Jul 2020 - 0h
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307 - Restart Podcast Ep. 54: Shoes and urgent system change with Tansy Hoskins Tue, 23 Jun 2020 - 0h
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306 - Restart Radio: The urgent need for diversity in tech, and how repair can help Wed, 10 Jun 2020 - 0h
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305 - Restart Podcast Ep. 53: Our low-tech future with Kris De Decker Tue, 26 May 2020 - 0h
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304 - Restart Radio: Apple’s T2 Chip and ownership rights after the first owner Wed, 13 May 2020 - 0h
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303 - Restart Podcast Ep. 52: Combining nostalgia with the new at Armstrong Audio Thu, 30 Apr 2020 - 0h
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302 - Restart Radio: Reuse and repair with two frontline medical professionals Wed, 15 Apr 2020 - 0h
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301 - Restart Podcast Ep. 51: Copyright law, ownership and crisis with Aaron Perzanowski Fri, 27 Mar 2020 - 0h
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300 - Restart Radio: Global supply chains and The Virus Thu, 12 Mar 2020 - 0h
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299 - Restart Podcast Ep. 50: Why we must win the right to repair our smartphones Wed, 26 Feb 2020 - 0h
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298 - Restart Radio: Being smarter about connected devices and security Wed, 12 Feb 2020 - 0h