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Michael Weissenstein

Michael Weissenstein

Fortune

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Repair Cafes, the Buy Nothing Project and tool libraries are part of an anticonsumerism trend rejecting mass-produced disposable goods

“Even if Repair Cafes can’t solve the problem alone, then still they are a very clear sign that change is needed on a much higher level.”

07.06.2026 5

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Michael Weissenstein

Meet the millennial and Gen Z ‘attention activists’ who are trying desperately to unplug from their phones

“I realized the phones are literally getting in the way of the things I love."

15.04.2026 10

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Michael Weissenstein

This Warren Buffett-backed wildlife rehab center estimates not having old newspapers to use would create more than $10,000 a year in new costs

The physical paper is joining the pay phone, the cassette tape, the answering machine, and the bank check as objects whose disappearance marks the...

29.12.2025 10

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Michael Weissenstein