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We Don’t Each Need to Own a Hammer

Adopting a sharing culture in our communities has multiple benefits, not least helping us reduce consumption and waste. Find out more…

Circular Economy

4 Ways to Create Demand for the Circular Economy

Find out how Re-Action creates demand in the outdoor industry for the circular economy (repair, second hand items and the rental / sharing economy)…

Kitsquad: Making Getting Outdoors Affordable For Everyone

“Encourage people outdoors and provide affordable access to outdoor kit”.

Press Release

Re-Action Collective sustainable outdoor network launches 10,000 repairs challenge.

‘Project Patch’: Sustainable Branded Clothing

Event and other branded clothing is some of the worst when it comes to sustainability. Re-Action has a solution.

Rethink Rebrand

Re-Action: Rebranding in Action!

Rebranding outdoor wear that still has life in it has multiple benefits, environmental, economic and social. Find out more…

Why giving clothes to charity is causing more harm than good (and what you can do instead)

Accra, the coastal capital of Ghana, is home to one of the largest second hand clothing markets in the world. 60 containers of clothes (roughly 20 million items) donated to charity or put in clothing bins by people living in Europe, the US and Australia arrive there every week. An estimated 40% of garments are […]

Un-recyclable trainers

Trainer Life Survey

300 million pairs of trainers are thrown into landfill each year in the UK alone. To understand more about the issues people have with the shoes they use for running, hiking etc, The Green Runners have created a survey to gather data on your trainers.

Let’s make Second Hand September properly sustainable

Second Hand September is all about offering things we no longer need for donation or resale and buying second hand rather than new. Find out more about how Re-Action member, WhoSki.com is supporting the campaign.

Photo of a sewing machine, with ringed hand sewing green fabric

10,000 Repairs: A Citizen Science Project

The 10,000 repairs campaign is designed to keep kit in use in the wild where it belongs and save planetary resources to boot. But there is another reason to get involved. Gathering information about what you’re repairing will help us understand how we can make a bigger impact. Find out more…

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