Swift current
repair café
Got a broken thing? Anything? Bring it and we'll help you fix it - for free!
Changing the world
one repair
at a time!
Swift Current Repair Café
Postponed
Stockade, Kinetic Park
REPAIR!
The action of fixing or mending something to extend it's lifespan.
The value of the Repair Cafe is that people are going back into a relationship with the material things around them. Swift Current’s Repair Café aims to build a more sustainable society and counter the throwaway mindset. The Repair Café supports the model of the sharing economy through building a community where people with repair skills are valued and organizations collaborate and innovate for the common good.
things
we can repair...
Electronics - digital clocks, battery chargers, headphones, cd players
Small electric appliances - toasters, coffee makers, hair dryers, blenders
Clothes - wool socks, missing buttons, holes or tears
Furniture - small tables or chairs, frames, jewellery boxes
Toys - wood or plastic
Jewellery - necklaces, earrings
Bicycles and tricycles
Computers and technology
Small engines - lawnmowers, scooters, snow blowers
House plants - bug infestations
Ceramics and pottery - platters, tea cups
Books and paper - hardcover and soft cover books, documents
Household appliances - sewing machines, old clocks, lamps
Why should people attend a Repair Cafe?
Because the longer we repair and reuse - the less we take from the earth and discard - the longer the earth will sustain - the more time we will have to fix all the problems we created.
People should participate as a statement against the corrupted designers and manufacturers who deliberately waste products and materials - who offend and damage our earth out greed and effort to make a little surplus cash.
Kim Houghtaling, woodworking expert.
CONTACT US
Contact
Shann Gowan, Organizer
PO Box 872, Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 3W8