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I have an idea for a program to promote businesses that are good for the environment because they help people repair things. Places like tailors, cobblers, electronics repair are all at risk of vanishing along with the skills required to do these things.
Right at a moment when we should be making repair and longevity a bigger part of material culture.
My cobbler is very old and isn't training anyone to take over.
Just telling people to repair things won't cut it.
My local cobblers do have young employees, or maybe new owners, I should ask.
AND when Redwing, which advertises repairability, said a pair of their shoes were unrepairable, our local cobblers fixed them no problem. Less than half the price of a new pair and a sole better suited to current use.
(Broadway Shoe Repair in #Seattle.)