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Table of contents :
Introduction: Experiments in Repair Culture
Chapter 1: The Community Repair Experience
Chapter 2: The Road to Sustainability
Chapter 3: The Wisdom of Repair
Chapter 4: The Right to Repair
Chapter 5: Repairing in Place
Chapter 6: Repairing Is Caring
Chapter 7: How Do I Get One of These in My Town?
Chapter 8: Adventures in Repair
Afterword by Martine Postma, Director of Repair Café International Foundation
Appendix 1: Recommended Online Repair and Parts Resources
Appendix 2: Lamp/Electrical Inventory and General Repair Cafe Supply Boxes
Appendix 3: Sample Repair Cafe and Fixit Clinic Flyers and Forms
Appendix 4: Sample House Rules (Long Form) and Job Ticket
Appendix 5: Sample Letter to New Coaches
Appendix 6: List of Recommended Items for Kids Take It Apart Table
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Sources
Index
About the Authors