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Stop Buying Stuff (a case study on a successful reuse program)
By Diane Cohen and Maura Stephens - System Change Not Climate Change, January 23, 2022
Diane Cohen discussing the successful community-enriching (not corporations-enriching!) effort she started in 2007. Diane started the nonprofit Fingers Lakes ReUse with the goals of reducing waste, relieving poverty, and teaching job skills through reuse and repair activities. She has jam-packed this inspiring webinar with remarkable stories and practical information, and she even offers templates for other communities to replicate such centers.
- FingerLakes ReUse Centers: https://ithacareuse.org/
- Fixers Collective: https://ithacareuse.org/fixers/
- E-Center: https://ithacareuse.org/ecenter/
- There are now more than 2,200 Repair Cafés worldwide; the idea was initiated in the Netherlands by Martine Postma in 2009.
Learn more: https://repaircafe.org/en/about/ - Fixit Clinics with Peter Mui, in which you learn how to repair your own items: fixitclinic.blogspot.com/
FingerLakes ReUse’s Community ReUse Center Business Plan Template for starting one in your community:
https://Template.IthacaReuse.org - System Change Not Climate Change
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