On October 14, Microsoft is ending free support for Windows 10. This decision lead to an enormous increase in electronic waste. As a result, this year's International Day of Repair which takes place on October 18th focuses on this issue. The Open Repair Alliance, an international group of repair advocate organizations including Repair Cafe International, is helping community groups around the world save laptops from landfill by either keeping them running on Windows 10 or helping upgrading them to a Linux operating system. This international group effort will then collect data to show just how large scale this movement can be when working together to save electronics from premature obsolescence.

On October 18th, there are many repair cafes taking place throughout the Hudson Valley - find the one nearest to you on the list below:

Can’t make it to this one? Repair cafes happening monthly throughout the Hudson Valley. visit https://www.repaircafehv.org/ and follow @repaircafehudsonvalley for more information!