Essential Repairs
We submit two projects to two local repairers and take a look at their experience being essential under a pandemic, including how they’ve pivoted business practices to stay safe and stay afloat.
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Investing in What Comes Next
Ethical consumption under COVID-19.
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Know Before You Go: Drop-off Gear Repair
Three chain stores in the Portland area collaborate with a local business to offer their customers convenient and trustworthy repairs.
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Know Before You Go: Library Makerspaces
Libraries: the coolest places to spend time since the dawn of civilization.
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Repair Events Preview: August 2019
Upcoming repair-related events for the month of August 2019.
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Repair Events Preview: September 2019
Upcoming repair-related events for the month of September 2019.
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Save the World, Fix Your Phone
In a world where phone upgrades are abundantly available, choosing instead to service your device can be a quiet revolution.
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Slow and Steady: Sashiko Repair Stitching with KnarlyKnart
Open for business, covid or no: Kyndall Nelson of KnarlyKnart will mend your jeans for “cash, trade, or bourbon.”