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Why Repair Cafés are becoming more popular amid the anti-consumerism movement

Summary by Fast Company
On a drizzly Saturday morning late last month, the basement of the New Paltz United Methodist Church was filled with old lamps, blunt knives, malfunctioning sound mixers, and balky zippers. About a dozen volunteers welcomed the broken goods and their owners to a worldwide movement that’s evangelizing new relationships between people and their things. Repair Cafés—free events where volunteers with technical know-how help neighbors fix myriad hous…
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Fast Company broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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