Repair Cafe

Step 1. What do you do when something you own, say an appliance or your smartphone, breaks? Often there are two options: fix it, or replace it. Replacing an item is sometimes easier than repairing it, and the most cost-effective solution. But in a circular economy, we want goods and materials to stay in circulation at high value for as long as possible.

Listen and learn why "right to repair" and fixing our things are important.

Right to Repair: PIRG is working on "right to repair" policies to make it easier for people to fix things themselves.

Ep 99: The Circular Economy and Repair: Listen to this podcast from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Step 2. Read some history of the Repair Café movement.

>> LINK

Step 3. Use the map from RepairCafe.org to find a Repair Café near you.

Here's a link to information about MAXT's (Monadnock Art X Tech) Repair Café in Peterborough, NH.

Step 4. Follow the steps provided by the Central Vermont Solid Waste District to host your own Repair Café.

• Collaborate with community partners

• Choose a venue

• Recruit and organize volunteers

• Create a budget and list of donation requests

• Seek a partner who can provide liability insurance

• Do outreach and publicity

• Set up the event and take lots of photos!