11/29/2025
Day 3, and another casualty of the city’s “Zero means Zero” Budget. Disappointing to see SPEC - Society Promoting Environmental Conservation Repair Cafe funding cut by the City, especially in light of yesterday’s Metro Zero Waste/ Circular Economy Conference, where the importance of repair and reuse in the Circular Economy was front and center.
https://spec.bc.ca/repaircafefundingcut/
Vancouver, B.C., November 26, 2025 The Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC) is deeply disappointed by the Vancouver City Council’s decision to eliminate funding for the citywide Repair Café program as part of its newly approved 2026 budget. For the past several years, SPEC has been...