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Refurbishment Inspo
with repair doyenne Cherie Findlay One of our favourite things is sharing refurbishment and up-cycling projects with The Bower’s community. Cherie Findlay is a retired Visual Arts & Textiles...
View ArticleThe 2020 Tiny House Course & Auction
The Bower’s tiny house was built by 15 students from Australia’s only hands-on Tiny House building course with Reclaimed Materials. The intensive hands-on tiny house building course used recycled and...
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$23,000 mini-home up for sale in Redfern this weekendCity Hub 18/8/2023 Festival of Repair proposes a different approach to sustainabilitySouth Sydney Herald 17/8/2023 The women building tiny homes to...
View ArticleRight to Repair: Establish a Consumer Right to Repair & Enshrine it in...
A Right to Repair for Australians will help our waste crisis The first Right to Repair legislation was introduced in Massachusetts, USA in 2012 in response to demand from motorists and car repairers...
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Festival of Repair Launch
Wednesday 9 August, 2023 Speech by City of Sydney Councillor Adam Worling “This inspiring festival is beyond needed. It will help to replace our throw-away culture with a hands-on culture of repair.“...
View ArticleBower Repair Shop in Sydney Morning Herald
Senior Reporter Julie Power visited The Bower’s Electrical Repair Shop in Summer Hill and spoke with our lead repairer Othy Willis and customers. Here’s an extract from the full story about her visit:...
View ArticleNewsletter March 2024: Building an Ethos of repair
At The Bower we are always working on new ways to inspire people tp make repair options part of daily life and we have two exciting announcements to make – we are creating a Community Repair Shop in...
View ArticleNewsletter April 2024: New Repair Shops &Cubby Houses
Our new Furniture and Bike Repair Shops are now open in Summer Hill. Get in quick to book for our amazing Build A Tiny House Course – see our new timelapse video of our last Tiny House being built...
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Festival of Repair will be back in 2024
Australia’s first-ever Festival of Repair was a great success We had about 1500 visitors over the eleven days and two weekends. To quote City of Sydney Councillor Adam Worling – .stk-b10e49e...
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Market Day 1 June 2024
Sustainable Markets – 1st Saturday of the month Our Bike, Electronic and Furniture Repairs Shops are open for bookings on market days (as well as Wednesdays 2-4 pm Electronic Repair Shop, Fridays...
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Build A Tiny House Course – 19 June 2024
BOOK HERE https://events.humanitix.com/build-a-tiny-house-course-june-2024?hxchl=hex-pfl Participants say this 6-day hands-on course gives them confidence to handle building and power tools. Women...
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Introduction to Watercolour Painting – 6 July 2024
BOOK HERE https://events.humanitix.com/introduction-to-watercolour-painting-ubbmwcmf In this two-hour intro watercolour class, you will learn about the pros and cons of watercolours. Rachel will...
View ArticleLearn to repair before you buy
In a world where people are more interested in disposable goods, Bower is aiming to educate people how to repair their old clothes, furniture, electrical goods and much more. Nathan Smith, the general...
View ArticleNewsletter May 2024: Building a ‘Culture of Repair’
With our Bike, Furniture and Electrical Repair Shops open in Summer Hill, our range of repair and DIY workshops running every weekend and our Festival of Repair returning from 14-18 August, The Bower...
View ArticleNewsletter February 2024: Welcome to new General Manager – Nathan Smith
Nathan has a background in business management and marketing, including running a small business in Sydney for 15 years. He is committed to affecting behavioural change to improve our environmental...
View ArticleAdvice on how to fix 12 common household items
Frayed cables and yellow pillows: how to fix, reuse or ditch 12 confusing kinds of household clutterBy Lucianne Tonti 13 September, 2025This story on how to fix common household items includes advice...
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