ECOgeo2022

Post-Event Write-Up  - Shiva Kumar ( CDCW ) in linkedin.com/in/frog-art-studio/ 15 - Oct-2022 Saturday Repair Cafe Foundation Bengaluru makes it a special day for many students of Azim Premji University, located in Sarjapura, Bangalore. Repair Cafe and Open minded faculties of Azim Premji University join hands and organise a Repair Workshop inside the University Campus. The workshop aims to introduce the concept of “Circular Economy and Sustainability” through the aspects of Repair, Reuse and Reduce.   Repair Cafe explains that students must be exposed to the Repair and Reuse concepts through live workshops, demonstrating ways to repair broken and/or malfunctioning articles, which we usually discard otherwise. Most mismanaged non-recyclable materials end up in open landfills. They are leading to hazardous disasters. RepairCafe collaborates with faculties of the Univesity and conducts a Repair Workshop, Involving students in the session, teaching them the skills to fix their broken ame

Hello, Myself with my wife and daughter joined repair workshop happened in Azim Premji University(sarjapur,bengaluru) on oct-15-2022.It was our first repair workshop and we brought many damaged stuffs( ironbox, weighing scale, bluetooth speaker, outdated laptop/tablet ) from our home as we are in the process of decluttering home. Photo: By Karthik (Repair Cafe BengaluruWorkshop@ Physics Lab) I have interest in DIY but lack a foundational understanding of how things work. Volunteers were really helpful and I would like to call out Jithendran sir's knowledge and teaching. He patiently answered all our questions and explained in layman terms. My wife and I were completely involved in diagnosing and repairing those items with him and other volunteers. Photo: By Karthik (repair cafe at work) For example,Ironbox we got from our home was having issues with sparking sometime. They helped us to dismantle it and guided us on how we could diagnose the problem ( it turned out that the iron b