@SamYourEyes checkout the @restartproject (they have a good podcast) and local #RepairCafes!

Good day!

Today we talk about #repairCafes: a "new" reality that is slowly but surely emerging from the ashes of the idea of being #consumers of #technology.

These places of #aggregation foster a #smarter and #ecological use of technology, by substituting the #culture of the #throwaway #tech with that of the #DIY repair #lab.

And we #transform from #techIdiots who buy>consume>buy(again) to #hardware #powerUsers who learn how to #fix their own devices by themselves!

https://www.energyportal.eu/news/how-repair-cafes-are-revolutionizing-the-tech-industry/62722/

@twoowls73
Hello,
@suearcher and I volunteer as repairers at four #RepairCafes in Greater Manchester, a different one each Saturday morning, in rotation. We have been doing that for about 5 years. Sue does fabric and small items, I do electrical, mechanical, furniture, and anything else random.

We can certainly offer advice on what it is like but we encourage others to do the setting up and admin as we don't like that side of it.

I was instrumental in the first one starting up in Chorlton.

@Marmous @publicvoit Yes, there are fortunately many similar projects like this, f.e. #RepairCafes https://www.repaircafe.org/

#FixingFashion is more the combination of still good parts for something "new". #VisibleMending is mending real holes, cracks, wear and tear.

So yes, both work for #SlowFashion and can be easily combined. And it's a lot of fun!

Hallo Leute, gibt es #repaircafés die sich mit unserem Repaircafe vernetzten würden? https://www.kirche-raderthal.de/angebote/repairinitiative/

@andy_warb
No, but it has impacts and knock on effects on family and where you might be welcomed.

I think gone are the days of villages looking forward to the tinker, and other journeymen arriving to offer their skills.

Though #RepairCafes might be the restarting of that concept.

@rybaby This is one of the reasons I like the idea of #RepairCafes so much! It makes sense to have a free community space where people can come together to get help from neighbors to borrow tools or fix their things together!

Eine interessante Möglichkeit Infos, die euch interessieren, in die eigene Timeline gespült zu bekommen, ist die Mitgliedschaft in Gruppen mit bestimmten Interessengebieten: https://a.gup.pe/ #neuhierfragen #Umzugshilfe #feditips Es geht u.a. Um #Fahrrad, #Repaircafes, #Geschichte, ein Fragen und Antworten Forum, eine #Fediverse- Forum, #Philosophie, #Brettspiele, #Vegane|s, Linguistik.... und eine Gruppe, die du gründen kannst

@don Um bezahlbare Hardware kümmern sich ja Vereine wie z.B. die @computertruhe und #RepairCafes . #Freifunk u.ä. wiederum um Internetzugang. @digitalcourage , Linux User Groups, viele gute Blogs, Vereine usw. kümmern sich um freie Software, Bildung und Agitation. Ich hirne immer, wie wir bloß diese guten Initiativen vernetzen und koordinieren, statt uns zu zerstreiten und immer weiter zu diversifizieren. Kräfte bündeln, statt sie aneinander zu verschleißen. Und das Netzwerken natürlich nicht dafür zu nutzen, Aufgaben ungleich zu verteilen. Das kennen wir aus kapitalistischer Lohnabhängigkeit, sollten wir uns abtrainieren.