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REPAIRABILITY MATTERS. SHOP SMARTER. →

September 11, 2019

HERE is a great resource. The latest products RATED to make it easy to buy repairable hardware. Repair is good for manufacturers, good for the economy, and good for the rest of us.

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Everyone’s invited

living well in the circular economy…

GOOD.NEWS. →

March 10, 2019
Tags #circulareconomy, #sustainability, makedoandmend, #repairrevolution, #remadeinbrooklyn, #repair, #reuse, #creative reuse, #righttorepair, #slowfashion, #zerowaste
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Welcome Ellie!

Welcome Ellie!

Ellie Lindholm of Second.Hand.Design

February 24, 2019

Meet Ellie!

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Tags #repair, #reuse, #repairrevolution, #circulareconomy, #creative reuse, makedoandmend, #zerowaste, #slowfashion, #visiblemending
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Fixit Friday 2.0

September 22, 2018

Last night was Fixit Friday. We worked on headphones, sewing machines, lamps and even a clothing rack.

Many thanks to all who came - we made the world a little better together!

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Tags #repair, #zerowaste, #circulareconomy, #righttorepair, #remadeinbrooklyn, #repairrevolution, #sustainability
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We came, we saw, we fixed!

Greetings from FIXIT FRIDAY

September 8, 2018
Tags #zerowaste, #repair, #reuse, #circulareconomy, #remadeinbrooklyn, #righttorepair, #repairrevolution
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News

Happy Monday! This is a game-changing mending inspiration from artist @eliza.beth.art 🏆 The background story: 3 years ago I adopted a cute little white puppy that grew into the hairiest dog in history. And I have an all-black wardrobe😳so I had res
🧵This is an easy way to transfer lettering to your garment and #sewhername ✨Swipe to see a finished example 1. write the name on a piece of thin paper (like tissue) 2. pin the paper securely to the spot where you like it 3. sew along the letters ri
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 checking in with @iohnyc our local anarchist network that is helping communities set up free fridges all over! now there are 11🚀 reposted with thanks to @iohnyc 🙏😇 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ We want queer liberation! We want black liberation! We want l
checking in with #sewhername and @visiblemend 🔍🔍🔍 here are more names to learn about and sew. These women were mothers, daughters and sisters. Sadly the list is endless... Aiyana Stanley-Jones, 7 years old Hadiya Pendleton, 15 Darnesha Harris, 17
mended clothing is the sign of an adventurous life 🧵✂️ reposted with thanks to @abeststudio 🙏 ・・・ My sweater does not button, and I don’t think it ever did, really. So most of the time I hold it closed by tucking one hand into each armpit. Th
Yes. We can mend this together. 👉reposted with thanks to @voicesforpositivechange 🙏 ・・・ 🦋 lead with love 💝 always. • • • nonviolent resistance & peaceful protests ~ are effective. we need to keep in mind, that peace and love sh
🧵✂️ 🧵✂️ 🧵✂️ learn visible mending for denim with a remarkable teacher @wrenbirdmends this monday june 29 on zoom🚀from seattle reposted with thanks to @wrenbirdarts ・・・ While I’m not ready to go back to teaching in-person workshops, I&rsquo
New Yorkers! Did you know? Sure We Can is the mighty little nonprofit that helps keep our cans and bottles out of the trash AND supports people facing challenges to employment. These are the unseen hands that make NYC recycling work. They are facing
Happy Monday! remember back in April when we were all making masks? I reposted a call to help local Farm Workers in Long Island. Today we got a lovely thank you note thanks to @rachelelkind and @aoc 😇💚 Feels so good to help🚀 #mutualaid #communit
every stitch a prayer... reposted with thanks to Kate @visiblemend 🙏 ・・・ Say her name. #sewhername While I marinate in horror at own ignorance, I started mending this linen dress coming apart at the seams with names of the black women murdered by co
🎯follow @rachel.cargle for more great advice. reposted with thanks to @rachel.cargle🙏🙏🙏 #blacklivesmatter #saytheirnames #dismantlewhitesupremacy #community #brooklyn #learnsomethingnew #liveyourbestlife #defundthepolice #rethinksafety #refundsc
🛠anti-racism mending kit for white people🛠 swipe for an easy clickable(by tags)collection of writers and thinkers to follow👉🏾👉🏿👉🏼recommended by @mireillecharper 🙏 the words below are from @roiannenedd 🙏 ・・・ White privilege is a reality for
LEARN how to be a real ally! @ckyourprivilege is live right now. ・・・ This journey is a choice. You get full autonomy to choose your path and who walks with you on it. I am grateful to walk with many of you. Just remember it is not up to me to tell
8:46 changed everything. It's our call to action. #blacklivesmatter was created to help white people understand and change (thank you). Don't we all want change? Now is the time to live our values and remake a better world together 💚💚💚 #riseup #re
#blackouttuesday
😀Happy Monday! 😇Feel like an angel today? 😳New Yorkers are hungry 🙏Please help your local food banks and community fridges 👍🏼Support the movement reposted with thanks to @sadeinharlem🙏💚and @iohnyc😇 #inourheartsnyc ・・・ Sooo excited to see @s
🌸🌸🌸 wisteria seedling update 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 setting them outside today 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
today is Tuesday 🙌🏼 👉🏼 last day to order for Saturday pickup 😇 last night we roasted root vegetables from @ixvcoffee and @nourishkitchentable yummmmm 😋 love yourself💚love your food💚love your local farmers and chefs💚 . . . #nourishkitchen #i
picking up my box of vegetables direct from the farm @ixvcoffee 😇🤩🙏swipe to see the goodness inside😍 crisp greens were in the field and super jumbo eggs were under the hens just a few hours ago😃thank you Jenny and Marissa! Love what you're doing