Illustrations
p. 6 “repair is/can” — Credit: Repair Matters. Founded by four women in Vancouver, Canada, in 2015. Cofounder Shea O’Neil says, “It’s never a bad idea to try and fix something.” Repairmatters.ca. Used by Permission.
p. 17 “Rethink Waste — 7Rs” — Credit: Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency, Kingston, New York. Image created by Angelina Peone and Melinda France. UCRRA.org. Used by Permission.
p. 65 “Owner vs. Consumer” — Credit: Image created by Genevieve DeGroot for Post-Landfill Action Network. Postlandfill.org. Used by Permission.
p. 69 “Circular Economy — 3 trash cans” — Credit: Image created by Leah Grubb, © 2019 The Final Co. LLC. Finalstraw.com. Used by Permission.
p. 71 “Circular Economy — squiggle” — Credit: Image created by Tom Harper for Rethink Global (UK). Rethinkglobal.info. Used by Permission.
p. 82 “How Well Something Works (After I Decide To Fix It)” — Credit: Image created by Randall Munroe, xkcd comics. Creative Commons license.
p. 99 “iFixit Repair Manifesto” — Credit: Image created for iFixit. Used by Permission.
p. 105 “Never Take Broken for an Answer” — Credit: Image created for iFixit. Used by Permission.
p. 107 “Nixing the Fix” — Credit: A Bureau of Consumer Protection staff artist’s representation of Nixing the Fix. Courtesy Federal Trade Commission.
p. 128 “West Bloomington Illinois Tool Library logo” — Courtesy of the West Bloomington Revitalization Project. Used by permission. Thanks to Armando Baez.
p. 129 “Berkeley Public Library logo”— Courtesy of the Berkeley Public Library. Thanks to Aimee Reeder, Communications.
p. 129 “Denver Tool Library logo” — Courtesy of Denver Tool Library. Used by permission. Thanks to Sarah at Denver Tool Library.
p. 129 “HNL Tool Library logo” — Courtesy of the HNL (Honolulu) Tool Library. Used by permission. Thanks to the HNL Tool Library Team.
p. 129 “Station North Tool Library logo” — Courtesy of the Station North Tool Library, Baltimore. Used by permission. Thanks to Lynn McCann.
p. 130 “Chicago Tool Library logo” — Designer: Ryan Duggan. Courtesy of Chicago Tool Library. Used by permission. Thanks to Tessa Vierk.
Photographs
p. 9 “Simon Says” — Pictured: Elisa, Ray, and Bella. Taken at the at the Repair Cafe at Esopus Library, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 15 “At the Repair Cafe electronics work table” — Pictured: Repair coach at work: Dan Casey. Left to right: Grant Brown, Henry Brown, Jeff Luoma, Marcy Cleveland, Nolan Brown. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: Diane Casey.
p. 33 “Rob Shaw and family at Repair Cafe digital work table” — Pictured left to right: Robert Shaw Jr., Zachary and Nathaniel Cardenas, and Raven Shaw. Taken at the Warwick Repair Cafe, Warwick Senior Center, New York. Photo: Elizabeth Knight.
p. 38 “Sarah’s quilt” — Pictured: Sarah Perl. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 42 “Cyd and Adam” — Pictured: Cyd Charisse Villalba and Adam Factor. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman. Note: this photo appeared in the New York Times, January 20, 2017.
p. 80 “4 Hands” — Taken at the Beacon Repair Cafe at Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 90 “Oh Darn It!” — Photo: Vita Wells. Courtesy of the Culture of Repair Project. Cultureofrepair.org. Used by permission. Note: The flyer pictured is for a visible mending workshop given by Sally Walton at the Crown Pub in Hastings, on the south coast of England. Sally teaches wool darning and denim repairs, variations on Japanese sashiko — and wherever people’s interests take her. Contact her at sallyswalton@gmail.com.
p. 94 “Erik and son with their sewing machine” — Pictured: Erik and his son with repair coach Ken Fix It. Taken at the Repair Cafe at Esopus Library, New York. Photo: John Wackman. Note: Erik wanted us to know that the sewing machine is his and his wife’s — they both use it.
p. 114 “Bob Wilson at work” — Pictured: repair coach Bob Wilson. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the Hastings-on-Hudson Community Center, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 139 “Boy with Dino at the Museum” — Pictured: Dean Ashton Sinkler. Taken at the Long Island Children’s Museum, Garden City, New York. Photo: Melissa Iachetta.
p. 151 “Pramageddon” — Pictured: John Dawes and Ann Ledgerwood. Taken at the St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo provided by Repair Cafe Glasgow.
p. 157 “Veronica with her doll Sonia” — Pictured: Veronica Pizzola and repair coach Felicia Casey. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman. Note from Veronica: “My dad bought Sonia for me around 1951. She had a full head of hair in braids. Sonia is now in our guest room. She is dressed in my daughter Gina’s first Christmas dress.”
p. 162 “Deb and her granddaughter” — Pictured: Deb Cole and her granddaughter Shyanne McNair, with repair coach Antony Tseng. Taken at the Beacon Repair Cafe at Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 182 “Boys watching their toys get repaired” — Pictured: Harvey and Ridley. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 188 “Kaleidoscopic Clock” — Pictured: Amelia, Stacy, Kaitlyn, Emily, repair coaches Frank Szenher and Dave West, Max Easton. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman. Note: There is more to this clock than meets the eye. The action of the mechanism when it puts on its “show” is quite remarkable. This was truly a collaborative repair. Special thanks to Don Grice for combining two shots so that everyone’s eyes are open.
p. 199 “Let There Be Light” — Pictured: repair coach Marisa Villareal. Taken at the Repair Cafe at the New Paltz United Methodist Church, New York. Photo: John Wackman.
p. 226 “Martine Postma” — Pictured: Martine Postma. Photo provided by Repair Café International Foundation.
p. 252 “Kids Take It Apart Table” — Pictured: Eli Harper, Jim Harper, Raymond Chang, and sons Easton and Wallace Chang. Photo: Lisa Tencza.
Special thanks to Jill Padua — Tusten, New York’s Repair Cafe organizer — for her technical assistance.