ReUse Design Jam Series

Mechanism hosts Design Jams to encourage conversation and connection around local production ecosystems. For the ReUse Design Jam event series, Mechanism brought in the ReUse Corridor (Coalfield Development), American Sustainable Business Network, and Reimagine Appalachia to co-create a series of Appalachian Reuse-focused Design Jams to foster space to discuss challenges, opportunities, and planning for circular economy expansion in the region.

After nine months of planning, one in-person and two virtual ReUse Jams were a unique and rare moment when folks from different backgrounds, professions, perspectives, and geographic areas came together for one interest: to explore a circular economy and its buildout in Appalachia. The audience was made up of people who knew a lot about and work within systems of a circular economy, and others who knew very little to nothing, creating a truly diverse space where multiple perspectives could contribute to what growth can look like in the region and beyond.