### Record Type:: [[Claims]] ValueofCraft:: [[Environmental value of craft]] ### Outline Craft can promote greater awareness of the injustices that are inherent to man-made climate change, and consequently inspire practitioners to adopt better practices to reduce their environmental impact. As Blanchard (2021) reported, at the 26th UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change several slow fashion makers responded to environmental and social injustice by harnessing the circular economy principles including recycling materials that would otherwise be discarded as waste. In his book *Fewer, Better Things* (2018), scholar and curator Glenn Adamson makes the case for a more mindful material life. From the implements used in a Japanese tea ceremony to stoneworking to woodworking implements to the model prototypes created in automobile design, objects showcase how raw materials, tools, design and crafting skills come together to create beauty and utility – we should have fewer, but better things.  Craft can help us rethink careless and wasteful attitudes towards objects. A study of a revival in mending across Europe, US and North America (2013) shows that it can be a reflection of deeper values related to sustainability and degrowth. In hyper-consumerist, use-and-throw societies, craft can help us slow down and value well-made and well-maintained objects. ### References %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ```dataview list summary from [[Claim - Craft encourages greater care of the environment]] where contains(file.path,"Warp") ``` %% - [[Warp/Craft at COP26.md|Craft at COP26]]: A series of craft events during COP26 highlighted its role in combating climate change. - [[Warp/Craft in the age of climate crisis - British Council.md|Craft in the age of climate crisis - British Council]]: Craft carries important messages about reducing waste and promoting circularity. - [[Warp/Fewer Better Things.md|Fewer Better Things]]: We need to counter fast consumerism by valuing well-made objects that pass the test of time. - [[Warp/Q&A With Paula Camiña About ‘Co-Obradoiro Galego’.md|Q&A With Paula Camiña About ‘Co-Obradoiro Galego’]]: Galician basketry raises awareness of the value of bio-diversity. - [[Warp/Sustainability and the EU – A Creative Challenge.md|Sustainability and the EU – A Creative Challenge]]: "Emotional durability" is highlighted in the new laws of ESPREcodesign Sustainable Product Regulation - [[Warp/Sustainable Future Through Sensory Revolution.md|Sustainable Future Through Sensory Revolution]]: The material basis of craft serves a need for connection with matter. %% DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%