Tuesday 14 June 2011

Tues 21 June: Repair and Reuse Shop, Seven Sisters Road

Link to 'Bright Sparks'

"Bright Sparks is Islington’s new Repair and Reuse Shop that brings small electrical items back to life. The shop is run by the social enterprise DigiBridge, and sells and repairs small electrical items."

"It is part of the London Community Resource Network (LCRN), a social enterprise charity, supporting organisations and communities working to manage resources sustainably, especially through waste prevention, reuse and recycling.
Click to enlarge
(we are trying to get a better map)
North London (centres usually service multiple boroughs, at least to some extent)
  1. Barnet Furniture Centre
  2. Restore Community Projects (Haringey)
  3. Forest Reuse Project (Waltham Forest)
  4. St Vincent de Paul (SE1)
  5. Bright Sparks (Islington)
  6. Camden's new Reuse Centre
"LCRN is working with support funding from the London Waste and Recycling Board (LWaRB) [Boris money] to develop our vision for the London Reuse Network."


In Friern Barnet!
(Click above for more details)

"If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it."
- Albert Einstein  

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