Driven by the desire to sell more and more lightbulbs to earn more profits, the Phoebus Cartel aimed to dominate the global lightbulb market by setting prices and intentionally limiting the lifespan of their products to approximately 1,000 hours, a significant reduction from their potential 2,500-hour lifespan.
Re:Community is a space to learn, unlearn, and relearn all such things and take baby steps towards building sustainable communities that respect Earth's limited resources
What's the connection between beads and sustainability? Well, you see, beads that are available in the market are made of plastic. It's symbolic of our use and throw culture. It's inexpensive so one does not have to think much before buying it. And just because it's inexpensive, one can throw it away as well after use without sparing a thought.
Amidst the trending consumption focused approach of planned obsolescence and fast fashion, we gathered to witness the joy of soldering, rewiring, restitching and building community of repairers at RE: Community, a first-of-its-kind repair gathering that took place on first Sunday of May
This Earth Day 2024, we are announcing the soft launch of our two new projects to bring the community together. The first called "It's Elementary" is conceived as a knowledge community offering workshops, wisdom, exhibitions, documentaries; all aimed at increasing awareness and empowering us towards action. The second is the launch of the Repair Community Vadodara (RE:Community). This is conceived as a monthly coming together of repair enthusiasts with the three-fold objective of longevity, creativity and community.
