Your Right To Repair

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Stuff breaks. In 2023, stuff breaks often. Few amongst us possess the knowledge to fix the evermore complex gadgets we use every day; worse, professional repairs (if they're even available) often cost more than replacing the item outright. What's a sustainable minimalist to do? On today's episode we discuss all-things conscious consumption as it relates to home appliances, planned obsolescence, and the Right To Repair movement (it'll be fun, I promise!). Here's a preview: [3:00] An electricity primer: where it comes from and why it's important to choose energy-efficient appliances [9:00] Exactly how long our favorite household appliances *should* last (we see you, planned obsolescence) [22:00] Energy Star versus Energy Guide: What's the difference? [29:00] Everything you need to know about the Right To Repair movement [36:00] Practical ways to maintain your appliances for longevity Resources mentioned: Repair.org How To Use the EnergyGuide Label To Shop for Home Appliances Buy Me Once Consumer Reports ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2023 Find a Repair Cafe near you Episode #095: What's Planned Obsolescence? * Join our (free!) community here. * Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube. * Email Stephanie and say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com. Our Sponsors:* Thank you to LifeStraw! https://lifestraw.com/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sustainable-minimalists/exclusive-content

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0:00.0	Hello there,
0:01.0	listeners.
0:02.0	Welcome back.
0:03.0	My name is Stephanie Safarian, and you're listening to episode 333 of Sustainable Minimalists.
0:09.0	On today's show, we are going on a journey, and it's going to be a fun journey.
0:15.0	It is a journey that most of us have likely been on before
0:19.0	in which we have an appliance, we need it, we rely on it every single day, and then it breaks.
0:28.0	What on earth do we do? What should we do? What would a conscious consumer do. My goal today is to arm you with both the
0:37.4	knowledge and the resources you need to confidently and intentionally replace appliances the smartest way next time they break and they will break.
0:49.2	Now before we get there a couple quick notes. Note number one is this is absolutely
0:54.0	positively your last chance to join us on the school bus electrification
0:59.2	initiative that we are doing in 2023 here on this podcast as a community.
1:06.4	If you don't know what I'm talking about, go back and listen to episode 331.
1:12.1	Everything you need to know is there.
1:13.2	But join us, we're a fun group.
1:14.8	We're gonna make some real tangible different.
1:17.8	So join us, shoot me an email, just say I'm in,
1:20.3	and I'll add you to the list.
1:22.2	Second piece of housekeeping is that, oh my goodness,
1:25.0	in the last three weeks of this show,
1:27.0	I have gotten more hate lobbed at me
1:31.0	than in the past five years of doing this show since the inception.
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