Unjunked By Design - Fighting Built-in Obsolescence - Conversation with Kevin O'Reilly
The Multi-Hazards Podcast
English - January 24, 2021 20:05 - 38 minutes - 18.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSociety & Culture Science Earth Sciences canada emergencies international climatechange climatechangeadaptation disastermanagement disasterrisk disasters emergencymanagement environment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Health is the Foundation of Everything - Conversation with Scott Simpson
Do products that soon break and cannot be repaired pose a hazard?
And aren't we all fed up with paying for new technology every couple years? Having no right to own outright or repair the things we buy? Kevin O'Reilly is our featured Multi-Hazards guest today, Advocate with US PIRG's Right to Repair Campaign. Our conversation covers the right to repair our phones, computers and the other technology we own. Yes, the environment cannot handle more junk! Join us for this inspiring episode!
Check out Kevin's article at https://uspirg.org/blogs/blog/usp/introducing-junked-design
PS - Kevin O'Reilly's Bio & the disclaimer are read out at the end of the episode.