{"id":15708,"date":"2022-10-11T08:12:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T22:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=15708"},"modified":"2022-10-10T13:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T03:15:44","slug":"international-repair-day-2022-repair-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2022\/10\/11\/international-repair-day-2022-repair-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"International Repair Day 2022\u2014Repair everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With cost of living and environmental concerns at the forefront of many people\u2019s minds, now is a great time to consider ways in which we can save money <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> save items from landfill. Saturday 15 October is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/openrepair.org\/international-repair-day\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">International Repair Day<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a day to promote and celebrate the value of fixing our belongings instead of throwing them away. The theme for 2022 is <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Repair Everywhere<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and the Open Repair Alliance is encouraging people of all skill levels to try their hand at fixing or maintaining household items. You can find a list of planned International Repair Day events and other resources on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/openrepair.org\/international-repair-day\/get-involved\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Open Repair website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How can I get involved?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Did you know that staff and students from Griffith University are establishing our very own <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2022\/09\/16\/repair-cafe-what-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-involved\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Repair Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">? If you are handy at mending things and would like to contribute your time and skills, you can express your interest by completing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1N1DfL8QwAZPzbixrMFh2l9fhZJ3IOHvJuQtDoC-hwjA\/viewform?edit_requested=true\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Griffith Repair Caf\u00e9 Volunteer Form<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Check out the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Repair Caf\u00e9 website<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to find out more about this international network of community menders, and our 2021 interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2021\/10\/27\/professor-leanne-wiseman-intellectual-property-access-to-information-and-the-right-to-repair\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Professor Leanne Wiseman<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> about the Right to Repair movement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With cost of living and environmental concerns at the forefront of many people\u2019s minds, now is a great time to consider ways in which we can save money and save items from landfill. Saturday 15 October is International Repair Day, a day to promote and celebrate the value of fixing our belongings instead of throwing<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2022\/10\/11\/international-repair-day-2022-repair-everywhere\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;International Repair Day 2022\u2014Repair everywhere!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-15708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-researchers","category-students","tag-events"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Luke Mysliwy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}