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Repair Café is a fantastic idea that was born in Amsterdam in 2009 by Martine Postma.
But what is a Repair Café?
It is not just a hangout.
It is not just volunteering.
Repair Cafè has a very important social function.
Repair Café is a free meeting place where you can repair objects of all kinds together.
Repair Café is an organization that provides tools and materials to help carry out repairs on clothes, furniture, appliances, bicycles, dishes, appliances, toys, and much more thanks to the availability of experienced volunteers, with repair skills in all types of fields.
The success in the Netherlands has spread over space and time, forming a worldwide movement with the express purpose of preserving the ability to repair in society and promoting the recovery of objects that can continue to function.
There are organizations in Belgium, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, India, Japan and many other countries around the world.
In this video Martine, Ginko and Therese explain also giving numbers
Isn’t it wonderful that coffee machines are among the most sheltered objects?
There is also a Repair Café in Pavia founded in 2015 by Irishman Mike Kavanagh and Australian Michael Richards.
The team, which also takes care of teaching the knowledge needed to repair, has since grown and organizes repair events in collaboration with various local associations.
In this regard, I would like to point out the appointment on Saturday 26 February: Activators Breakfast.
Are you for reuse?
Can you fix broken objects?
Is there a particular object to which you have given or would you like to give new life?
What if I tell you 金継ぎor kintsugi?
Hi I'm Claudia and this is KCDC.
What a lovely idea! I love the essence of helping fix the broken because, what starts out as a mentality toward an object, soon spirals outward to include people too.
Thanks Jaya!
This image that you give of spirals that also involve people is fantastic.
And it is absolutely true: it is also a recovery of communities and relationships between people.
Repair café, this is a good idea. I could need such a repair café in my surroundings, since I have many things that need repair. Thank you for posting this interesting text, Claudia.
Thanks to you Olivia!
Hope you can find a Repair Café near you.
In the south of France there are several, I don’t know exactly where to look but if you want maybe this map can help you.
Thank you for your suggestion, Claudia. Sometimes I prefer to buy new because repair tends to be rather costly, in the South of France.
Oh yes! Repair costs are always more expensive.
In this case it would be for free, or at most you can make a donation.
But speaking of buying in the south of France you immediately make me think of lavender! Or to fabrics. Very very beautiful!
Lavender is wonderful. I like its taste and smell. So I use lavender soap and perfume, lavender body lotion and shampoo, lavender flowers for salads and lavender drops or pastilles as sweets.
Uh! I learn another new thing!! Lavender salad!? I did not know lavender was eatable!
I wonder how it could taste.
Yes, lavender is wonderful. I love even simply its color.
I should explain myself a little better: I use a blossoming lavender twig to decorate the salad or ice cream. When I put it on top, the salad or ice cream will take on a bit of the perfume but it will taste just normal.
Oh sorry! I misunderstood. Now it is clear.
So I imagine how beautiful and fragrant your dishes will be! Definitely an invitation to eat!