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Begin forwarded message: > From: The Restart Project <[email protected]> > Date: 4 June 2020 at 17:05:01 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: (no subject) > > > Here's the latest edition of The Restart Project's newsletter, full of > upcoming community repair events and news > View this email in your browser > > For months, we've been following and supporting independent repairer Henrik > Huseby in his long-fought legal defense against Apple, one of the richest > companies in the world. > > But in a significant setback for the Right to Repair and huge blow to Henrik, > Norway's Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favour of the tech giant. As the > European Right to Repair movement concludes, Apple was able to weaponise > copyright law to shut down independent repair: bad news for consumers, repair > businesses and the environment. > > > Read the full analysis and take action at the European Right to Repair > > campaign > > In better news, our online gathering for the UK repair community starts at > 8pm (BST) today! We're kicking things off with a keynote from Josh Babarinde, > CEO of "Cracked It" - an inspiring mobile repair social enterprise staffed by > young ex-offenders and youth at risk. This will be followed by a session on > Right to Repair in the UK. > > To grab your free ticket and learn about the nine other amazing sessions > coming up over the next month, just hit the button below: > Get your free Fixfest UK ticket > > Stay safe and keep repairing, > > James and the whole Restart Project team > > > Upcoming Events > > In light of coronavirus, all in-person events this month have been cancelled, > postponed or moved online. Here is a selection of upcoming online events: > Marlow Repair Café > 06 Jun > 10am - 12pm BST > [convert to your local time] > Join Marlow Repair Café online to learn how to fix your broken stuff, from > electronics to furniture, or from jewellery to bikes. This session will be in > English. Learn more and join here. > Virtual Repair Q&A > 13 Jun > 7pm - 8:30pm BST > [convert to your local time] > Need help with a repair? Join Repair Café Malmö (SE) and the Fixit Clinic > team (US) for a virtual repair event to get repair advice in English or > Swedish. Learn more and register here. > Fixfest UK 2020 > Online > 04 June - 09 July > Our biennial gathering for the UK repair community starts online today. We've > lined up 10 fantastic sessions over the next month and anyone actively > involved in community repair in the UK is welcome to join us. Learn more and > get your ticket here. > See all upcoming online events > Is your online event missing? Get in touch! > > Can’t make it to an online event? > Ask the community for repair help by tagging @restartproject on Twitter or > Instagram. Repairers from across the network will be on hand to offer advice > and support to help you. > > New this month > > Producing great online repair events - learning from around the world > > Repair data: why community groups collect and share > > Restart Podcast: Our low-tech future with with Kris De Decker > > Poll: Britons want to repair electronics, but there are barriers > > Restart Radio: Apple's T2 chip & ownership rights after the 1st owner > > May community update: online events & restarters.net updates > > Your impact so far > > 22,113 kg > Waste prevented > (+108 kg since last month) > > 334,502 kg > CO2 emissions prevented > (+725 kg since last month) > – TOTAL GLOBAL STATS AS OF 1 JUN 2020 – > Note: these increases are a result of data being uploaded from past events. > > Want to boost the network's impact? > Find your local group > > © 2020 The Restart Project > This newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons > Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. > Want to change how you receive these emails? > Choose which emails you receive or Unsubscribe from all our emails > The Restart Project, 3Space (International House), 6 Canterbury Crescent, > Brixton, London, SW9 7QD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Potteries Hackspace" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potteries-hackspace/D6B75415-B4D4-4C4F-B0A4-974BC2B5B4F7%40gmail.com.
