Just found out about @fix_it by Miguel_B! He's a friend and I didn't even know he had a #Peertube ! It's a channel about #repairing all kinds of things! Go follow!

https://dalek.zone/c/fix_it/videos

#repairvideos #repair #vods #fedi #fediverse

#OrilliaOntario - Need something fixed? #Orillia #RepairCafé returning in April

Event taking place April 5 at St. James' Anglican Church

Mar 14, 2025

"Local residents are invited to bring their broken or torn possessions to St. James’ Church on Saturday, April 5 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), where 'fixers' will be on hand to make repairs and turn their 'trash' into 'treasure' at the eighth Orillia Repair Café, which takes place twice a year.

"The event is supported by local volunteers and Sustainable Orillia, St. James’ Anglican Church and Lake Country Time Trade.

"Light refreshments will be provided as well as child-friendly activities. A new feature this year will be '#BookSwaps,' one for adults and one for children. The café has a friendly and fun ambience and combines an enjoyable family activity with a rewarding outcome.

"Annalise Stenekes has led the project since its inception and has gathered a dedicated and talented team of fixers who will attempt to repair a variety of items, including bicycles, lamps, home appliances, sewing machines, jewelry and audio/visual and computer equipment. Small furniture items will be repaired, clothing and footwear mended and toys given new life.

"Last year, 230 kilograms of items were given a new lease on life, diverting potential waste from the #landfill and saving an estimated $1,000.

"'#Repairing and #reusing broken items, as opposed to disposing of them and purchasing new ones, is a practical and meaningful contribution we can make for our environment,' says local resident Wendy Kirk. 'The Repair Café is also a feel-good place — at times the joy is tangible when someone’s prized item is restored to its former usefulness.'

"Repair Café events are happening around the world, saving money, reducing landfill waste, cutting CO2 emissions, promoting learning and fostering community connections."

Source:
https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/need-something-fixed-orillia-repair-cafe-returning-in-april-10371696
#RepairCafesOntario #RepairCafes #BuildingCommunity #SolarPunkSunday #FixIt

Repairing Our Clothes

Thanks to the latest WRAP report (Feb 2025) we finally have some statistics about how choosing to #repair our #clothes and buying #SecondHand is having an impact.

A few key points >>>

#Repairing our clothes has been shown to displace the need for buying new items by 82%.

This shows that we’re placing value on the pieces already in our wardrobes, showing the #BigCompanies that we don’t want to keep replacing items,

Preparing an animation in our #HeritageCentre about a special #exhibition on the subject of #colporteurs / #pedlars / #Hausierer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peddler
We slip into the costumes + roles of these #travelling traders. I play the ancestress of an #RepairCafe #repairing clothes. And as used to be the case, I need goods to get me through the winter. So I make #luckyCharms from scraps of #fabric. Will they still be popular in the 21st century?

Do you remember my #VisibleMending project with a second hand #blazer? https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/111884442223704931 The collar with a suede imitation was completely worn out. For contrast, I choose a chicken print from the Provence, and for harmony, more patches. It's nearly ready. Problem: the remaining collar tips are unequal. I decided to applicate different motives on them to conceal it. @visiblemending @sewing

Fixing broken, malfunctioned or old electronic stuff, nowadays is a mandatory act. Any time we fix something we are elongating the usage and something new is not going to be sold; the user is happy; less new materials are going to be spoiled; your skills, knowledge and experience are going to increase.
It is a humble and silence #disobedience act against the endless greed of #capitalism; It's an act that cares about the #environment.

Please if you have the knowledge and the skills, fix all the things that you could, teach others, and if you do don't, then learn how to do it, there is a lot of info in the internet.

Let's keep #repairing, let's keep hacking the planet!

#ComoxValley residents can get their household items #repaired without a charge through the upcoming #Cumberland #RepairCafe .
Hosted by #CumberlandCommunitySchoolsSociety (#CCSS ), and in partnership with #Comox #Strathcona #WasteManagement , the cafe aims to provide an #alternative for household items meant to be used for #landfill , by #repairing and #reusing them.

https://www.mycomoxvalleynow.com/89658/news/comox-valley/repair-cafe-coming-to-cumberland-next-month/

I never did an #introduction and I keep hitting the character limit on my profile blurb, so:

I'm Michele Ann Jenkins aka Maj.
I was federated before it was cool and have just been biding my time on FB and Reddit until a critical mass happened somewhere better and now here we are!

I am equally interested in anachronisms, futurism, and current events. In all timelines, looking to listen & learn from a diversity of voice and lived experiences.

Ever evolving tag cloud because I keep being reminded of other interests:

#Equality #Justice #Socialism
#Liguistics #SciFi #Taxonomy #OpenWeb #IA #UX #DigitalGovernance #Feminism #Journalism #Writing #Français #Geek #90s #Marginalia #UrbanPlanning #Expat #Immigrant #Python #Perl #Costuming #History #UrbanPlanning #Sustainability #Upcyling #Theatre #UK #Repairing #DIY #MLIS #InfoSci #Sighing

Community fablab and disaster recovery collectives. Searching for visual identification.

https://petroskowo.pl/display/810fc51c-1563-7f3a-c9cd-4f6894513244