Date/Time
Date(s) - May 10, 2022
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
George H. Freer Memorial Beach
Categories
Repair Café is transforming mindsets one repair at a time. Repair, recycle, reuse, and repurpose go a long way to create a sustainable life-style. Building friendships, reliance on others, learning to repair, borrow tools, having an expert volunteer fix something for you becomes a valued experience. Enjoy the conversation. Learn about Repair Cafés in your area at this month’s UCWN event.
Repair Café: Turning Trash to Treasure
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
George H. Freer Memorial Beach, Port Ewen, NY
$5 Members; $10 Non-members/Guests
Bring-Your-Own Refreshments
We’ll gather at George H. Freer Memorial Beach in Port Ewen at 5:00 p.m. for networking and refreshments, with the panel discussion beginning at 6:00 p.m. Holly Shader, Laura Petit, and Melissa Everett will discuss Repair Café and its impact on people and our planet.
Available for purchase: “Repair Revolution: How Fixers Are Transforming Our Throwaway Culture,” co-authored by Elizabeth Knight-Moss and John Wackman, who together founded the first Repair Café in New Paltz, NY. Click here to read author biographies.
Agenda
— 5:00: Check in, networking, refreshments
— 6:00: Panel discussion
About the Panelists
Melissa Everett, Ph.D., Executive Director is an outreach and communications strategist working at the intersection of climate action, green industry and community development. Read a detailed bio here.
Laura Petit is a three-term legislator, a member of Health and Human Services, Energy and Environment, Chair Recycling Oversight, and liaison to Ulster County Fire Advisory and Ulster County Community Action. Read a detailed bio here.
Holly Shader is a middle school science teacher who has been involved in the environmental movement for over 30 years, working to educate community members about climate change, how to live more sustainably, and create more resilient communities. She now organizes the Repair Cafés for New Paltz and Gardiner. Read a detailed bio here.
Details
Registration required. Members are $5 and guests are $10. Members must log in with your email and password to take advantage of the member discount. This event may be recorded and posted on our YouTube.com channel. By registering for this event, you agree to being photographed and recorded.
• All humans are welcome to this event, as we feel this is a community service.
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Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.