Our latest full Repair Café held at the Toronto Reference Library on January 20 drew a record high number of 171 visitors. A variety of broken items including lamps, vacuum cleaners, computers, books, jewellery and clothing items were brought in. Thanks to the hard work of our dedicated volunteers, an estimated 141 […]
Repair Café maintained our steady growth in 2017. The grassroots change we initiated not only resonated with many individuals, but is now being recognized by governments. Run completely by volunteers, Repair Café set out four and a half years ago to change the throwaway culture of our society through empowering people to learn how to repair […]
On Saturday, October 21, Repair Café joined the 18th annual Planet in Focus Film Festival, which was held at Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto. The festival features films about the environment and human society. This year, the topics explored were consumption, waste, and sustainability. We were invited to join the festival because one of […]
