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"Last Friday, a group gathered inside a building in East London, holding an
unusual medley of used goods, from tattered teddy bears and old shoes to an
elegant but broken vintage blender.
These people weren’t there to donate their weathered wares. They were there to
resurrect them.
Welcome to the “Repair Café” at the University College London, an occasional
event where locals can bring their damaged items to be fixed by a team of
experts and engineers, free of charge. The project is part of a growing chain
of more than 2,500 workshops popping up around the world to help reduce rampant
consumption by building “a culture of care and repair,” according to the
nonprofit Repair Café International Foundation, which launched in 2010.
As carbon-hungry consumer production and its subsequent waste surge to all-time
highs, experts say that the concept can help curb pollution while promoting a
more circular economy. But a few major barriers stand in the way of this repair
revolution. Among the top threats? Free, one-day delivery."
Via Susan ****
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
