“We want better repairable items”
Items should be more durable and repairable, says a growing number of Repair Café volunteers. This according to research by the Centre for Sustainable Design,…
200,000kg of CO2 emissions saved
In 2015, Repair Cafés repaired about 200,000 items worldwide. Thus preventing an estimated 200,000 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is stated in the annual report…
Repair Café with refugees
In Aleppo, the 37-year old Syrian Día owned a textile factory for children’s clothing. Now his days consist of eating, sleeping and learning Dutch. On…
1000 Repair Cafés worldwide
While politicians worldwide are talking about a better environment, volunteers are repairing over 18,000 items under the Repair Café’s flag every month. On March 7…
Repair Café in repair country India
If you have ever been to India, the many repair shops and heaps of litter must have caught your attention. The mounds of waste keep…
A spectacular Repair Café year
By the end of 2015 there are more than 900 Repair Cafés in 22 countries. All over the world, some 13,500 volunteers commit to lessening…
Starter kit now also available in Spanish
The Repair Café Foundation has added a new product to her webshop: the Repair Café starter kit is now available in Spanish too! The Spanish…
“Europe ready for circular economy”
More and more European companies are willing to accept rules that make new products more expensive and better repairable. So said Xavier Houot of the…
Connect via Repair Café community
Repair knowledge has not been lost. Handy repairers are now even closer than you may think. You can find them via the Repair Café community…