{"id":37149,"date":"2014-04-01T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T11:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.meodemo.nl\/en\/repair-cafe-is-hot-topic-in-germany\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T10:48:27","slug":"repair-cafe-is-hot-topic-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/repair-cafe-is-hot-topic-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Repair Caf\u00e9 is hot topic in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MW-RCF-13-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1926 lazyload\" alt=\"MW-RCF-13-2\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MW-RCF-13-2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1926 lazyload\" alt=\"MW-RCF-13-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MW-RCF-13-2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>The Repair Caf\u00e9 is extremely popular in Germany. Repair Caf\u00e9s can be found in more and more German towns and cities. At all levels, people talk about the concept. This spring, Repair Caf\u00e9 creator Martine Postma visits Germany more than once to talk about the Repair Caf\u00e9 concept.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the last week of March Martine was present at a conference in the Northern German town of Bad Zwischenahn. At that conference, organized by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdw-online.de\/\">umbrella organization for housing associations<\/a>, Martine spoke about the roll of Repair Caf\u00e9s in neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p><b>European Forum<br \/>\n<\/b>On April 7, Martine will be in Northern Germany again. She has been invited to speak at a two-day <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/ecoinnovation2014\/1st_forum\/index_en.html\">European Forum on Eco-Innovation in Hannover<\/a>. The forum, organized by the European Commision\u2019s Directorate General for Environment and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, focuses on how cities can work towards a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a circular economy Repair Caf\u00e9s fit right in&#8221;, Martine says. Other speakers at the forum include Karl Falkenberg (Director-General for Environment, European Commission) and the German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MW-RCF-13-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1926\" alt=\"MW-RCF-13-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MW-RCF-13-2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Repair Caf\u00e9 is extremely popular in Germany. Repair Caf\u00e9s can be found in many German towns and cities. At all levels, people are talking about the concept more and more. This spring, Repair Caf\u00e9 creator Martine Postma goes to Germany more than once to talk about the Repair Caf\u00e9 concept.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[277],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-our-network","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Repair Caf\u00e9 is hot topic in Germany - Repaircafe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/repair-cafe-is-hot-topic-in-germany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Repair Caf\u00e9 is hot topic in Germany - Repaircafe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Repair Caf\u00e9 is extremely popular in Germany. 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