We should be able to fix our stuff when it breaks.
We need easy access to the information, tools, resources and third party repair shops it takes to fix our cell phones, appliances, electronics and other equipment. That means working together to get the companies who make our stuff, to give us the right to repair our stuff. When they do, it will be better for the planet, better for our budgets, and things will work the way they are supposed to.
Ten highlights from 2024, when we remained focused, as always, on our core mission: to tackle problems of abundance. Economic growth, for all its virtues, causes its own set of problems: for our environment, public health, and our sense of connection to each other and to our democracy. Even modest achievements can make a difference in people’s lives and for the natural world.
Federal Communications Commission licensed tens of thousands of new satellites, all exempt from environmental review
Thousands of PIRG supporters and shareholder advocates with Green Century Capital Management called for longer-lasting computers. The tech giant listened.
Paywalls in your car, subscriptions for your washing machine. The new subscription models that are coming for your gadgets, as part of our Junked by Design series.
As wins mount, interest in Right to Repair continues to grow
Oregon just adopted the nation’s strongest Right To Repair law, with support from OSPIRG and Environment Oregon, two of The Public Interest Network’s state organizations.
