ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores, a disposition towards the world that seeks to repair rather than dispose of and buy anew is more likely to be cultivated if one is in possession of making skills. It also explores how the practices of knitting non-humans, in this case the very uncharismatic species of slugs and mice, might in fact attune people to their local environments. The book considers making and development and observations on making for the Anthropocene. Many claims are made for the productive force of making practices, whether this be around economic regeneration, place-making or subject-forming. It describes the process of making as an environmentally friendly behaviour and explores how practices of making may cultivate environmentally aware dispositions.
