Here are 10 reasons to attend Repair Café in Pasadena.
By Therese Brummel
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1- Your money will stay in your pocket.
2- Your item won’t go to the landfill.
3- You won’t need to buy a new one.
4- Earth’s resources will stay in the earth.
5- Fossil fuel consumption is far less on repairs than manufacturing.
6- Reduce your carbon footprint.
7- Help climate change.
8- Help all living beings.
9- Meet new friends.
10- It is FUN!
This article originally appeared in the Arroyo S.E.C.O. Time Bank Newsletter by Therese Brummel. (Photos #3, 9, 10 and 11 – Maelane Chan).
More info about Repair Cafe from repaircafe.org:
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. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, et cetera. You will also find repair specialists such as electricians, seamstresses, carpenters and bicycle mechanics. Visitors bring their broken items 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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