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S e e o t h e r p r o j e c t s o n c l i m a t e C u r i o u s ? March 2020 #EUGreenDeal © European Union, 2020 Repair Café from MTÜ SPARK Makerlab Paranduskohvik is a repair café in Tartu, Estonia. It provides locals with the tools and expertise to repair and ‘up-cycle’ household items. To shiſt locals’ mindsets from mass consumption to a more sustain- able approach, five young people prove the benefits of reusing and repurposing every- day items. Repair Café volunteers give broken household items a new life I believe in the importance of empowering others and hope that my work at Paranduskohvik will show people their potential and inspire them to repair or reuse more and buy less.” Kätlin, a 30-year-old graduate in landscape architecture, worked for many years in Estonia’s first eco-sustainable hostel. She is now involved in environmental volunteering. Kätlin says : Each day, volunteers at the repair café prepare for their events. Kätlin and her colleagues meet, gather their tools and conduct final promotional activities online. At the event, they welcome guests, assess the needs of each person and send them to the right teacher to help with their projects. Aſter a year, each young volunteer will have the required organisational and practical skills they need for their future careers. Paranduskohvik embraces European values, such as inclusion, solidarity and sustainability. Its doors are open to everyone, empowering all to make small, practical steps towards a more sustainable lifestyle.
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Paranduskohvik is a repair cafeacute in Tartu Estonia It provides locals with the tools and expertise to repair and lsquoup-cyclersquo household items To shift localsrsquo mindsets from mass consumption to a more sustain-able approach five young people prove the benefits of reusing and repurposing every-day items
Repair Cafeacute volunteers
give broken household
items a new life
I believe in the importance of empowering others and hope that my work at Paranduskohvik will show people their potential and inspire them to repair or reuse more and buy lessrdquo
Kaumltlin a 30-year-old graduate in landscape architecture worked for many years in Estoniarsquos first eco-sustainable hostel She is now involved in environmental volunteering
Kaumltlin says
Each day volunteers at the repair cafeacute prepare for their events Kaumltlin and her colleagues meet gather their tools and conduct final promotional activities online At the event they welcome guests assess the needs of each person and send them to the right teacher to help with their projects After a year each young volunteer will have the required organisational and practical skills they need for their future careers
Paranduskohvik embraces European values such as inclusion solidarity and sustainability Its doors are open to everyone empowering all to make small practical steps towards a more sustainable lifestyle
