Around the world the phenomenon of the REPAIR CAFE is becoming more evident as increasingly the notion of 'inbuilt obsolescence' is being rejected by consumers. Large retail outlets depend on much of what they sell to 'wear out' and for it to be cheaper to buy new products than to repair and maintain older models albeit that they are still serviceable if they are repairable.
Repair Cafés are free meeting places and they’re all about repairing things – together. In the place where a Repair Café is located, you’ll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need.
That is repairs on say clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You’ll also find expert volunteers, and others with repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken stuff from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It’s an ongoing learning process. If you have nothing to repair, you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee.
Or you can lend a hand with someone else’s repair job. You can also get inspired at the reading table – by leafing through books on repairs and DIY.
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There are over 2,200 Repair Cafés worldwide. Visit one in your area or start one!
AS FOR REPAIRS ... the repair most in need of being carried out is Launceston's Local Govt model. Talk to a Councillor – an officer even – on this issue, say that there is support for this kind of social enterprise in Launceston and you are unlikely to get any support.
Why? Well there is no PROFIT in it and "business just does not need this, business needs people to buy new stuff and we need to support business and anyway there are not the numbers ..... we must support business's ability to make a profit .... " Well yes, but what about the CLIMATE EMERGENCY?
So the biggest 'repair job in hand', well it is attitudinal with a side issue to do with status quo mindsets.
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