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Default should DIY be a green cause

On Wednesday, 23 March 2016 10:22:04 UTC+1, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/03/2016 03:39, Bill Wright wrote:
In the interests of the conservation of materials and energy, should not
DIY, especially the repair of goods, be a priority for the environmental
movement?


It must present an interesting conflict for many a green


Can't speak for any other Green, but I find no conflict.

... on the one
hand it is a very good fit with the political ideology, and yet on the
other the knowledge requirements and attention to detail required are
likely to be counter to the (lack of) thought process that makes much
green policy seem even plausible in the first place.