Murks? Nein Danke! e.V.

The MURKS? NO THANK YOU! e.V. is committed to sustainable product quality, more durability, better reparability, an enlightened consumer protection and resource protection. With concrete projects, such as the CONSUMAKADEMIE and the BERLINREPAIR, we want to counteract the planned wear and tear and thus actively shape a conscious and sustainable consumer society.

We see ourselves as a civic organization. We attach great importance to respectful interaction. It is important to us that things get better.

About Murks? Nein Danke! e.V.

Target group(s)

We turn to manufacturers and the trade, because they are the first to be obliged to provide products suitable for the grandchildren.

We turn to politics, associations, research, NGOs, etc., because they have an essential responsibility to make things better.

We turn to every person to support our work, to participate and to carry it forward.

We are interested in cooperative partnerships at eye level.

Founding year

2013

Paid staff

1

Funding

We finance ourselves through membership fees, donations, grants, prize money, previously low turnover and private donations.

Objectives

We want to know about the causes, damaging consequences and background of the planned obsolescence (products are manufactured on a short-lived basis to accelerate new purchases. We want to end the planned obsolescence. We are committed to sustainable product quality, i.e.: cycle-guided durability, optimal usability, easy repairability, free spare parts supply, regional service, better warranty periods, sustainable resource efficiency and ethical recycling management.

Your support helps

Your cooperation will help us to do current tasks better. Your passion gives us strength. Your participation makes it possible to take another step forward in achieving our goals, which we hope to share with you. As Beppo, the street sweeper, once said in the beautiful book "Momo": "One step, one swipe, one breath", we are patient and determined to make progress.

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