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More of this, please...!
The First #RepairCafé in #BosniaAndHerzegovina
12 March 2026
"The first Repair Café has opened in #Bosnia and #Herzegovina! Anida and Nerman, the initiators of #RepairCaféMostar, are giving this region a sustainable boost. 'We want to remove the barriers caused by fear and a lack of resources,' they said.
"Around Christmas last year, we received the happy news that we could welcome Repair Café Mostar: the first Repair Café in the #WesternBalkans. Anida Čmanjčanin and Nerman Turkić, the initiators, enthusiastically report on the grand opening and their intentions for the future.
Tradition and innovation go hand in hand!
"Thanks to support from the Federal Ministry of Education and Science and Repair Café International, the initiative kicked off with a festive launch. A workshop marathon attracted over 45 participants, including primary and secondary school pupils, as well as university students. Under the guidance of local experts, they learned various repair skills. These included #BicycleMaintenance, repairing #HouseholdAppliances, #textile #upcycling and #3DPrinting to replace broken plastic parts."
Read more:
https://www.repaircafe.org/en/the-first-repair-cafe-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesBosniaHerzegovina #BosniaHerzogovina #RightToRepair #FixIt #DIY #DIYRepairs #BikeMaintenance #RepairSkills #Fixers #BuildingCommunity #ReduceReuseRepair
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Back home on the #NorthShore of #Massachusetts , #Fixers and #Repairers are FIXING! ❤️
We are looking for Fixers for our next #RepairCafe!
#IpswichMA - The next repair cafes will be:
December 6 from 10am -2pm at Ipswich Town Hall.
We are looking for Fixers for our next Repair Cafe! If you like to fix things and have skills you think will be useful please fill out the form linked below for more information!"
https://www.ipswichlibrary.org/ipswich-repair-cafe/
#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RepairCafesMA #RepairReuse #FixIt #RightToRepair #RepairCafe #RepairCafesMassachusetts
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#Ireland - The rise of repair cafes: ‘It’s not sustainable to keep buying new stuff’
A resurgent repair culture has a bottom-up energy, but change is also coming from the top, with the EU’s Right to Repair Directiveby Sylvia Thompson
Mon Jan 20 2025 - 05:00"At repair cafes across the island of Ireland, volunteers fix small pieces of furniture, household electrical appliances and clothing at community venues for free. This movement, which started about 10 years ago – but stalled during the Covid-19 pandemic – is gathering pace again as a kickback against the perils of #overconsumption and as a response to #environmental and cost-of-living crises.
"Tomorrow afternoon, in an industrial unit in #Dublin12, a repair cafe will take place, a community event in which a group of volunteer fixers will repair everything from broken toasters, kettles, coffee machines and air fryers to garments needing new zips or buttons.
"The #DublinMakerRepairCafe in Unit 2B, Motor City, Kylemore Road, #Dublin 12, is one of a number of repair cafe gatherings held throughout the island. Volunteer #fixers also show up for repair events organised in "#CommunityCentres, #libraries and third-level colleges.
" 'I’d do a repair cafe every weekend if I had enough volunteers. I can’t meet the demand from libraries, county councils and community groups,' says Jeffrey Roe, a software and hardware engineer who also runs Tog Hackerspace, which hosts the D12 repair cafes four times a year.
"He says there are three types of people who turn up with broken items to be repaired for free at these community events.
" 'There are the environmentally conscious people who want to get things fixed rather than consume more valuable resources by purchasing new things,' says Roe. 'There are people who want things fixed for sentimental reasons – say a food mixer their mother used or a toy they played with that they want to give to their children. And then, there are the cost-conscious people who find the cost of getting something new too high.' "
#RepairCafes #RightToRepair #BuildingCommunity #ReduceReuseRepair #ReuseRepair
#RepairCafésIreland #SolarPunkSunday