<style> .reveal section code {color: #FFFF00 !important} .reveal section img {border: none !important; background: transparent !important; box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 !important} .reveal section li {font-size: 0.8em !important} .reveal section td {font-size: 0.7em !important} .reveal section ul {line-height: 1.35em !important} .reveal .present h3 {line-height: 0.77em !important} </style> # Repair for Future May Contain Hackers, July 23rd 2022 <andreas@repairfox.de>  --- ## Bio | | | | ------| -----------:| | <ul><li>Andreas Frisch aka Fraxinas aka Repairfox</li><li>Graduate electrical and IT engineer</li><li>Software developer at LTN (cloud video)</li><li>2014 founder of Repair-Café Aschaffenburg</li><li>Feb. 2016 Member of Schaffenburg e.V.<br/>(Not the Dutch office furniture company!)</li><li>since 2016 Repair tips in a TV show</li><li>2022 founder of Repair-Café Kahlgrund </li><p><br /></p></ul> |  ---- ## Intro > "In a way everybody is a hacker... Everyone has their tricks to deal with technology in everyday life" ---- Source: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/xPkYRho9VGc?controls=0&amp;start=69" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> -- Wau Holland, Founder of the Chaos Computer Club ---- ## Motivation  ---- ## Motivation  --- ## What's a Repair Café again? * volunteers help people to help themselves * repair together socially * extend useful lifetimes of goods * save resources * reduce waste ---- ## Stichting Repair-Café * First repair meeting in October 18th 2009 by journalist Martine Postma in Amsterdam * Stichting and organized movement in 2010 * https://repaircafe.org/ * Name, logo, info material under a kind of "franchise"-license  ---- ## Other "umbrella organizations" * [Netzwerk Reparaturinitiativen](https://www.reparatur-initiativen.de/) in German-speaking countries w/ 950+ entries listed * [Restart Project](https://therestartproject.org) London-based, United Kingdom * [iFixit](https://ifixit.com), online community, strongly lobbying in the United States * ... --- ## Typical Day at a Repair Event <img src="https://git.schaffenburg.org/fraxinas/repaircafe-talk/raw/master/Repair-Café-AB-Logo.png" style="background: white !important; padding: 0.5rem"> #### Photo Gallery CC BY-NC 3.0 #### Fraxinas [1], Svenja Klassert [2-5] #### Moni Blum [6-7], Yohko [8] ----  Reception with forms, house rules, sequencially taken care ----  Repair helpers usually bring their own tools / meters ----  Usually there is coffee & cake, sometimes hot meals Note: sometimes a fixed price, sometimes for a donation, depends on location ----  Bicycle repairs Note: aim not to be competing with professional repair shops, in contrary we send people to buy spare parts there ----  Mending clothes ----  Different repair work stations in a youth center in Aschaffenburg Note: we have piggy banks for donations, spare parts are paid for ----  $Important_People are showing up ----  Sometimes delicate fault diagnostics go beyond the scope of a Repair Café --- ## Repair Cafés during the pandemic * after the 1st lockdown (March 2020) some initiatives started experimenting with remote services * additional hygiene measures (e.g. limited guests, pre-booking) when possible ---- | Initiative | Termin | System | | | -------- | -------- | -------- | ---- | | FabLab Region Nürnberg e.V. | monatl. 2. SA 14-17h | BBB | [link](https://fablab-nuernberg.de/) | | RC Achim | jeden DI 15:30-17h | Jitsi vom CCCH | [link](https://jitsi.hamburg.ccc.de/RepairCafeAchimEmpfang) | | RC Böblingen-Sindelfingen | monatl. 2. SA 10-15h | Zoom | [link](https://www.repaircafe-bb-sifi.de) | | RC Pennenfeld | 19.2. 15-17h | Jitsi | [link](https://wohnen-im-pennenfeld.de/2021/02/13/das-repair-cafe-pennenfeld-oeffnet-aufgrund-der-lockdown-bedingungen-auch-im-februar-zwar-nicht-seine-tueren-dafuer-aber-wieder-sein-digitales-fenster/) | | RC Gotha | individuelle Betreuung | BBB (Senfcall) | [link](https://www.facebook.com/repaircafegotha/) | | RC Hilpoltstein | 27.3. 14-16h | BBB | [link](https://www.repaircafe-hilpoltstein.de/sprechstunde/) | | RC Kalt | monatl. vorl. DO (22.4.) | Jitsi | [link](https://gemeinde-kalt.de/online-repair-cafe-18-maerz) | | RC Neumarkt | monatl. 2. Montag 19h | BBB (Senfcall) | [link](https://fan-neumarkt.de/hp1011/Online-Repair-Cafe.htm) | | RC Aschaffenburg | 5 Termine in 2020 | eigenes Jitsi | [link](https://rcab.de) | | RC Kronberg | 27.3. | MS Teams | [link](https://aktiveskronberg.de/willkommen-repair-cafe/) | | RC Steglitz/Schöneberg | monatlich | Zoom | [link](https://www.bund-berlin.de/service/termine/detail/event/online-repair-cafe/) | | Welcome Werkstatt Barmbek | ca. alle 6 Wochen | BBB & Nextcloud | [link](https://www.welcome-werkstatt.de/) | ---- ### How can online repairing work?  * needs a LOT of time * different peer group than Repair Café Classic ----  * Video quality is crucial * alternatively: sending hi-res photos out-of-band ----  * very helpful: screensharing for software tools / browsing manuals ---- ### Online-Reparaturcafé of the ### Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen  * for the german speaking countries * focus week february 2021 * subsequently monthly appointments ---- ### Online-Reparaturcafé of the ### Netzwerk Reparatur-Initiativen * waiting list for HELPERS * March 2021: 40 guests, 20+ helpers, 10 repairs * uses Big Blue Button of Binary Kitchen Hackerspace * https://www.reparatur-initiativen.de/seite/online-reparaturcafe --- # PROBLEM  * 20 kg electronic waste / person / year * volunteer repair initiatives can only be a drop in the ocean * but can give an impulse for a political process Note: Criticism - only applies to a very narrowly defined range of products - only for professional repairers (who are they?) - long delivery times (15) for spare parts - software needs to be provided but not updated - no directive for returns (disposal of new items!) ---- ## EU Ecodesign directive * amendment since march 1st 2021 * applies to coolers, washing machines, dishwashers and displays * nondestructive opening without special tools * spare parts supply for 7/10 years & provision of repair manuals ---- ### EU Progress in 2022 * Parliament has vowed for R2R in April 2022 * Commission should come up with a new directive in fall * incentives for repairs * service manuals and software-updates for a certain peroid * devices should be more robust, easier to repair and wear parts should be easy to replace * consumer information about repairability should be improved and warranties extended * practices leading to worse repairability (planned obsolescence) should be banned * digital product pass with QR-codes --- ## French repairability index  * since 2021 for smart phones, laptops, washing machines, TVs and lawnmowers * criteria e.g. availability and price of spare parts over expected lifetime of 9 years and difficultiy to repair, also for software obsolescence * manufacturer calculates the score -> Galaxy S21 has score 8.2 but it requires 36 "easy" steps to remove the battery Note: * on amazon.fr I found indices only for smartphones and notebooks ---- ## Situation in the USA * "Warranty void" seals are null and void since 1975 * American "Right to Repair" movement got traction because of John Deere's repair policy * Executive Order signed by President Biden am on July 9th 2021 * Fair Repair Act of New York, June 2022 ---- ### Development in other countries * Germany's Runder Tisch Reparatur (repair round table) lobbying * right to repair is written in the coalition contract of the german government * first Vienna, now whole Austria subsidizes repairs with 50% up to 100€ * same in Germany's state of Thuringia * India has announced right to repair law July 15th 2022 --- ## What can we do? * Repair for yourself! * check youtube for repair videos * Repair manuals on [ifixit](https://ifixit.de) * if you need assistance, visit a Repair Café * Help others repair their stuff * Volunteer as a repair helper at an inititive * find the next / closest event on repaircafe.org * usually you can just drop by * Offer repair consultation hours at your maker space * Start your own repair café * Study shows reduction of CO₂ by repairing: 1-10 kg per kg devices' weight: https://cfsd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Summary-findings-of-study-into-UK-Repair-Cafe%C4%97s-impact-on-GHG-emissions_v1.5.pdf ---- ## What we can do II * think twice before buying stuff & avoid problematic products * "Buy cheap, buy twice" * "If you can't fix it, you don't own it" * cherish service & maintanance (lube, decalcify, clean filters etc.!) * Keep using legacy hardware or strip & exploit for parts * Development and use of efficient & sustainable technologies * give away used stuff instead of throwing it away * Kid's soldering / making classes ---- ## Upcycling | | | | -------- | -------- | | Desk lamp out of broken flat TV | bike trailer cover out of a flag |  |  | | (Robert Strehl CC BY-NC-SA) | (Jonathan Günz CC0) Note: IoT Cloud shit devices Teaching soldering is teaching an important repair technique ## What Chaos does * R5 (Reuse, Repair, Recycle, Rethink, Redesign) * C3SUS(tainability) Activities on #CCCamp19: * 35+ Talks, Lightning Talks & Sessions * Bicycle & air mattress repairs * DIY electronics recycling into jewelry * Electronic waste recycling station ---- # More initiatives * [Alternative Power Network](https://altpwr.net/) (outdoor event solar infrastructure) * [Hackers against climate change](https://hacc.uber.space) * [Hackers for future](https://hackersforfuture.de/) * [Developers for future](https://developersforfuture.org/) * FIXFEST Brussels AND Bits & Bäume Berlin both Sep. 30 - Oct. 2 2022 --- # My dream * mandatory declaration of the projected life time of all products and corresponding warranty * europe-wide return system for functional/repairable goods, seperately from electronic waste (cf. De Kringwinkel, Hey Alter/Computertruhe etc.) * incentives for repairs (vouchers, tax exemption) * regard ecological impact and social damage due to production and disposal (supply chain act) * degrowth society ---- # Discussion  ---- # Resources / Links * https://pads.schaffenburg.org/RepairForFuture-DiVOC2 * https://rcab.de * https://reparatur-initiativen.de * https://repaircafe.org * https://twitter.com/RestartProject * https://germanwatch.org/sites/default/files/Factsheet_Franz%C3%B6sischer-Reparatur-Index.pdf * https://www.dekringwinkel.be/ ---- <!-- .slide: data-background="https://dreambox.guru/JF1_1526.jpg" --> andreas@repairfox.de https://fraxinas.dev ## Thanks for your attention! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> #### CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Justin Frisch