Get broken items fixed.

The first Repair Café was initiated by Martine Postma in Fijnhout Theater, Amsterdam-West. on 18 October 2009. Martine had been striving for sustainability at a local level in many ways - as a journalist, publicist, local politician, entrepreneur, citizen, and consumer. Her special focus had always been to decrease the amount of waste we produce as a society.

Four and a half months later, in March 2010, the Repair Café Foundation was set up to support local groups around the world in setting up their own Repair Cafés. The number of repair groups around the world has reached 3,000.

Repair cafés are community events where people can get help to fix broken things, that may otherwise be sent to landfill.By extending the lifespan of products, they prevent the unnecessary disposal of items and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Volunteer experts mend clothing, bikes, gardening equipment, furniture, toys etc and often talk people through the repair as it happens. Below are locations of Repair Cafes. If there is none in your community maybe some people might feel led to set up one.

https://www.changex.org/ie/repaircafe/locations

What is happening today will impact on future generations.  Climate justice is an issue for us.