THE TIME HAS NEVER BEEN SO RIPE FOR TEACHING ABOUT REPAIR AND FOR INTEGRATING THE MINDSET, TECHNOLOGIES, THINKING SKILLS, SYSTEMS UNDERSTANDINGS, AND VALUE OF REPAIR
INTO CORE K – 12 SUBJECT AREAS.

From Culture of Repair

We believe repair is a gateway for learning far more than how to solder and sew. While we celebrate students’ learning technical skills, our objective is more fundamental.

Here’s where we are:

The Earth is burning.
Repair directly reduces carbon release.

The World is reeling.
Repair empowers people.

The ecological, social and spiritual devastations of our era’s dominant extractive – hyper-consuming mindset are painfully obvious. Repairing our stuff keeps it in service longer, reducing our carbon footprint. Support for repair is surging around the world – Repair Cafés and other community repair events are wildly popular and Right to Repair policies are being embraced with overwhelming majorities in state after state, country after country.

The power of repair is something we can ALL deploy, and that’s why we’re excited to announce:

ON SEPTEMBER 1ST THE CULTURE OF REPAIR PROJECT WILL
OPEN THE FALL 2023 GRANTS CYCLE FOR PROPOSALS
TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS FOR TEACHING
ABOUT REPAIR IN K – 12 EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS.

The grants program provides resources to K-12 educators and advocates who are teaching the undergirding of a culture of repair.

Standard grant amounts range from $1000 to $5000. Exceptional projects will be considered for up to $10,000. Total funding for the Fall 2023 grant cycle is expected to be $30,000. The final total amount granted will be determined by the applications received — the proposals’ requests, their number, and their quality.

Applications will be accepted in September; notifications are planned for mid-November with funding released in January.

Important note: To be eligible for funding, grantees must be registered with the United States Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3), or be fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3). Alas.