First International #RepairDay – 21st October 2017

October 17, 2017

International Repair Day – Saturday, 21st October 2017, is our chance to shout about the importance of repair and the growing global community repair movement. This year is only the beginning – let’s make enough noise that more people, groups and companies get on board for 2018.

We have a map and a list of over 65 events on four continents. Get in touch if you’d like to add yours.

Alert the local media!

Download and customize our template press release for your local event – make sure you add all the details, translate it if necessary, and send it off to the local media. You can even use it for posting on your blog or social media!

Hashtags and messages

We’ll be tweeting using #RepairDay. Use also the word ‘repair’ in your local language as well, such as #Reparatur. Here’s some suggestions for what to share:

• Repair is green. Repair is creative. Repair is social.
• Broken is not an option!
• A fixed thing is a beautiful thing.
• Repair nurtures curiosity.
• Repair is an adventure.
• Obey your conscience, disobey the throw-away economy. Repair!

How to get involved

1. Share your repairs (successful or not) with our A4 poster (below)
2. Come to a community repair event
3. Subscribe to your local repair group’s newsletter or social media channels
4. Sign up as a new repair volunteer

Visual resources

• A4 poster for photos with participants (Eng) – (De) (Es) available on request. Print and bring to events, and photograph people and their repaired things with it
• Logos for social media (colour) and signs (b&w)

Shareable Content

Global Repair Cafe map
Platform 21 Repair Manifesto – via Makezine
iFixit’s Repair Manifesto (available in German and 13 other languages)
Sugru’s The Fixer’s Manifesto
The Restart Code