{"id":16780,"date":"2024-03-11T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/?p=16780"},"modified":"2024-03-11T13:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T03:34:44","slug":"repair-cafes-a-place-to-repair-and-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/03\/11\/repair-cafes-a-place-to-repair-and-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Repair Caf\u00e9s &#8211; a place to repair and share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023 the <strong>Griffith University Repair Caf\u00e9 Initiative<\/strong> held six fantastic events where our volunteers and community came together to repair and share.<\/p>\n<p>This Trimester we will be delivering more Repair Caf\u00e9s but\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Repair Caf\u00e9s?\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simply, they are events where you can bring your broken items and have them repaired by skilled fixers.\u00a0 Or if you have repairing skills share your repair skills and knowledge as you repair items.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of our Repair Caf\u00e9s is to reduce waste and save money by repairing common household, electronic and clothing items and preventing these items ending up in landfill. \u00a0Repair Caf\u00e9s are also a place to promote the importance of <strong>Repair and Reuse<\/strong> in our move to a more environmentally sustainable future. It is also a great way to meet fellow sustainability champions and build community!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How our Repair Caf\u00e9s work.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you have repair skills like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sewing and mending<\/li>\n<li>jewellery making\/repair<\/li>\n<li>shoe repair skills<\/li>\n<li>woodworking skills<\/li>\n<li>mechanical and electronic devices repair<\/li>\n<li>or any other repair skill!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then you can volunteer to be a fixer and join a great group of students, staff and community repairers and attend our Repair Caf\u00e9 events across the Trimester.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t think you have fixer skills, you can help by being part of our helper community at one of our Caf\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p>Your time is appreciated, so you do not need to commit to the whole time &#8211; giving an hour or so would be fabulous!<\/p>\n<p>To volunteer to be a fixer or helper this trimester please fill in this form<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/pMxHtzmQde\">Trimester 1 2024 Repair Caf\u00e9 volunteers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have an item for repair<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Come along to one of our Repair Caf\u00e9s and have your item fixed free of charge and see and learn more about the Right to Repair movement and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.griffith.edu.au\/law-futures-centre\/our-research\/australian-repair-network\">Australian Repair Network<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We would love to see you there.\u00a0 Our next two Caf\u00e9s are on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday March 12<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; Nathan Campus 10-2pm and<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 13<sup>th<\/sup>March (Enviro Week) &#8211; Logan Campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our scheduled Caf\u00e9s for the rest of Trimester 1 are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday 25<sup>th<\/sup>March &#8211; Southbank Campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 17<sup>th<\/sup>April &#8211;\u00a0Gold Coast\u00a0campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<li>Monday 22<sup>nd<\/sup>April (Enviro Week) &#8211; Southbank Campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 24<sup>th<\/sup>April (Enviro Week) &#8211; Nathan Campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 1<sup>st<\/sup>May\u00a0&#8211; Gold Coast Campus 10-2pm<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 4<sup>th<\/sup>June &#8211; Logan Eco Action Festival (LEAF) Logan Campus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2023 the Griffith University Repair Caf\u00e9 Initiative held six fantastic events where our volunteers and community came together to repair and share. This Trimester we will be delivering more Repair Caf\u00e9s but\u2026 What are Repair Caf\u00e9s?\u00a0 \u00a0 Simply, they are events where you can bring your broken items and have them repaired by skilled<a href=\"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/2024\/03\/11\/repair-cafes-a-place-to-repair-and-share\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Repair Caf\u00e9s &#8211; a place to repair and share&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":16781,"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":[4,3],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-16780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-students","tag-events"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Michelle DuBroy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2024\/03\/Repair-cafe-image-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780","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=16780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testblogs.griffith.edu.au\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}