Danes’ consumption has increased significantly over the past 20 years. Every year, every Dane contributes an average of 23.9 kg of electronic waste and buys more than 16 kg of clothes annually, twice as much as in the year 2000 (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, 2019). The result is also called “use and throw away the culture”. The skills to repair products are disappearing, and more and more people are becoming disabled in attempting to repair clothing, furniture, tools, and technological products. The Danes want to repair their products, but many do not know how. According to a report from Dansk Erhverv in 2020, many Danes seek help from professionals for a cheap rate; otherwise, they seek out friends and family with the skills to repair. According to the report, only one in five Danes tried to repair clothes, despite the fact that it is the easiest product category to repair (Hjorth Nielsen and Laursen, 2023a). New EU legislation, called ”right to repair” (European Commission, 2023), sets stricter requirements for companies about providing consumers the possibility of being able to repair their products and requires, among other things, more accessible access (opening/closing the product), as well as increased access to spare parts. The report points out that several Danes would like to participate in this if they had repair instructions for the product. The problem is that many no longer possess the skills to repair products and need help and instructions to overcome this barrier.

RepairingRepair will, therefore, through fun, play and immersion, give children and young people a greater understanding of scientific and product aspects through repair camps. The learning environment endeavours to create a natural and active sharing of knowledge between children and volunteers. Today’s children and young people lack a basic understanding of all the products we use daily. Most children and young people today have never learned how and why the products we surround ourselves with work and what parts these consist of. Consequently, when products such as our washing machines, toasters, computers, smartphones, etc. break, in many cases, they are replaced and thrown away (Laitala et al., 2020).