Jul 18, 2024

The Great DIY Revival: Meet The People Who'll Try To Fix Anything 

A movement of repair cafes, launched in Amsterdam in 2009, is sweeping across the UK. In them, the "happy tinkerers" fix everything from radios and toasters to lawnmowers and laptops. There are nearly 580 cafes now serving as skillshare initiatives and social enterprises while helping to reduce carbon emissions.

"If we reuse the 13m items a year we currently throw away or recycle, we could save 930 tonnes of carbon emissions, according to waste management company Suez". [Read the full story here...]