Project Description
Inspired by Patagonia’s Worn Wear program and Bay Area Fixit Clinics, Cal Zero Waste, in partnership with UC Berkeley’s student organization ReUSE, proposes to establish a Repair clinic housed in the ReUSE store located at Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building beginning August 2018 for primarily UC Berkeley affiliated students, staff, and faculty. In compliance with the UCwide Zero Waste by 2020 goal, this project aims to reduce the amount of textile waste accruing from clothing damage by hiring a team under CZW to operate the clinic and collaborate with campus entities to host pop up clinics on campus and in residential halls to teach the campus community how to repair common clothing issues while promoting reuse in support of the zero waste effort at UC Berkeley. There will be drop-in hours for the Repair Clinic at the store during the Clinic staff’s work hours, where students and staff can drop off their damaged clothing for repairs and leave behind their contact information for later pick-up, or learn to repair their clothing themselves.