Repair Skills

Club de Reparadores X Escuelas

Club de Reparadores X Escuelas

Comprehensive handbook for establishing a school-based community repair event, outline for linking repair concepts with academic subject areas, didactic guides, videos and games. (Spanish)

Source — Club de Reparadores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide (Spanish pdf)
Go to — Didactic guides, videos, games and additional materials (Spanish)

Repair Café International

Repair Café International

Classroom materials for a school-based community repair event.

Source — Repair Café Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Age — Elementary / Primary and middle school (6 - 8 year olds)
Cost — Sliding Scale, recommended: 25€
Go to — Starter Kit

Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (Organize a Repair Café In My School!)

Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (Organize a Repair Café In My School!)

Detailed instructions and supporting materials for establishing a Repair Café in a school context. (French)

Source — Repair Together
Age — High school and up (15 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Organiser Un Repair Café Dans Mon École! (French)

RepairKids Manual

RepairKids Manual

Guide for organizing and running community repair events in educational contexts. (German)

Source — Kristina Deselaers, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Download Manual and Teaching Materials(German)

Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen — Repair Initiative Network (German)

Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen — Repair Initiative Network (German)

Catalogue of materials and other resources related to bringing repair into the educational settings. (German)

Source — Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen, with links to resources from various other sources, Germany
Age — All ages
Cost — Free
Go to — Repair and Education (German)

Rediscovery Centre

Rediscovery Centre

Textile repair and alteration instructional materials.

Source — Rediscovery Centre, UK
Age — 13 years old and up
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide

Retibne

Retibne

Materials for teaching repair and sustainability topics, including hands-on modules. (German)

Source — Technical Education Working Group / Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany
Age — High School and University (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Teaching Materials — (German)

"Repair Is Beautiful"

"Repair Is Beautiful"

This short video lovingly delves into the artist’s experience repairing broken objects.

Source — Frame Arte
Age — Middle school and up (13 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Paulo Goldstein - Repair Is Beautiful” (5:31 minutes)

Relove Fashion

Relove Fashion

Relove Fashion is a sustainable fashion program for high school age students.

Source Rediscovery Centre, Ireland
Age — Secondary school (12 - 19 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Relove Fashion

Repair Detectives

Repair Detectives

Classroom resources and online classes — Interactive, live video, teaching kits

Source — Repair Detectives, New Zealand
Age — 3rd - 10th Level (8 - 15 years old)
Cost — Variable
Go to — Repair Detectives

Gifted Hands Training Program

Gifted Hands Training Program

Hardware repair vocational training.

Source — PolicyLab Africa, Lagos, Nigeria
Age — High School (16 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Gifted Hands

Généracion Réparacion / Repair Generation (French)

Généracion Réparacion / Repair Generation (French)

Introductory guide for teachers and repair workshop facilitators. (French)

Source — ADEME, France
Age — Middle and High School (13 - 18 years old)
Cost — Free
Go to — Guide (French)

The Essence of Repair Culture — A Global Perspective

The Essence of Repair Culture — A Global Perspective

Panel discussion on how repair is practiced and connects communities across the world.

Source — The Maintainers
Age — High school and up (14 years old and up)
Cost — Free
Go to — Video (1 hour 25 minutes)

FixFest 2022 Panel: Repair in K - 12 Educational Settings

FixFest 2022 Panel: Repair in K - 12 Educational Settings

Presentations and discussion — Representatives from four educational initiatives and one scholar in the field.

Source — The Restart Project
Age — Adults — educators and advocates
Cost — Free
Go to — FixFest 2022 Repair in K - 12 Educational Settings