We're documenting the barriers to repair at community repair events worldwide. Promoting the Open Repair Data Standard (and International #RepairDay)
Germany, Netherlands, UK, US and beyond
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There's over 450 #RepairDay events happening in 27 countries, from New Zealand to Uruguay, from Uganda to Taiwan, Germany, UK and a lot more. #RepairEverywhere openrepair.org/international…
To those celebrating #OpenDataDay, keep an eye out for a new citizen science activity from @restartproject in April. They'll be diving into our data on vacuum repairs - and you can help, even by volunteering only a couple of minutes!
ALT Dust Up logo with dust cloud and vacuum
We've released a new set of Open Repair Data: nearly 55,000 repair attempts logged at community repair events around the world 🪛 🔧 openrepair.org/repair-data/n…
Good night from us!
But we expect the Americas will keep #RepairDay going strong for another half day 🌎🛠️ 💪
And remember, every day can be repair day, if we bring down the barriers to repair. So join your local #RightToRepair campaign
ALT Repair lowers carbon emissions
Our manufactured products have big, hidden carbon impacts before we even use them. Recycling doesn't save us.
We need to use products for longer, and slow the manufacture of carbon intensive products like electronics.
Repair is vital to extending product lifetimes.
#RepairDay
Photos from @circuitlaunch's event with @fixitclinic last night (only hours ago) in Oakland, California on the eve of #RepairDay
ALT Lots of repair happening, group view of repairers at Circuit Launch
ALT A man showing us the insides of a pi-Top laptop
Some great messages from the "awake part of the world" (Pacific/Asia, Africa and Europe) to start our morning in Europe.
#RepairDay events in Europe are just getting underway. Hope to share some stories and images soon.
ALT Longer product lifetimes = a longer planet lifetime slogan card
The theme of this year's International #RepairDay:
Repair lowers carbon emissions.
The products we buy come with hidden emissions from their manufacture. Using them for longer lowers these. Repair is a crucial strategy
openrepair.org/repair-day
#ClimateEmergency
ALT Repair lowers carbon emissions
It's International #RepairDay tomorrow!
openrepair.org/repair-day
Find an event near you, or an online event to attend. Or go visit a repair business near you.
And as always you can simply share a repair on the #RepairDay hashtag.
ALT Longer product lifetimes = A longer planet lifetime
Thank you to @guivielias who translated our International #RepairDay materials into Fongbé, our first African language. Spoken by 2m people in Benin 🇧🇯
"Blodo! Mon é nan yan hè do ayi koun gba ji é wè ko do assi towé."
ALT Slogan card in Fongbé