Repair Café is not only about repairing broken items in a fixed location. Repair Café can be understood as an act of commoning. It is intended to be an annual event, taking place on the third Saturday of October each year. In 2017, the first International Repair Day was announced. In March 2018 the number of Repair Cafés climbed over 1,500, in 2021 the number reached 2,000. In March 2016 Postma registered more than 1,000 Repair Cafés worldwide, 327 in the Netherlands, 309 in Germany, 22 in the UK, 21 in the US, 15 in Canada, four Australia and one in India. Since then, the number of Repair Cafés has grown quickly. The foundation was formed to support local groups around the world in setting up their own Repair Cafés.
On 2 March 2010, the Repair Café Foundation was set up. History ĭutch journalist Martine Postma who wants to drive local-level sustainability introduced the Repair Café in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2009 On 18 October 2009, the first Repair Café was held at Fijnhout Theater, Amsterdam-West. It can re-ignite the do-it-together and " do it yourself" spirit and strengthen social cohesion. Repair Café is a part of the grassroots movement that aims to reduce waste, overconsumption, and planned obsolescence. Repair Cafés are typically held at community locations including churches, libraries, and college campuses where tools are available and device owners can fix their broken goods with the help of volunteers. Repair Café is an organisation with venues setup to provide people with a place to gather and work on repairing objects of everyday life, such as electronics, mechanical devices, computers, bicycles, and clothing.
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