Future Mending Radio

Reboot, Reuse, Refurbish


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Matt visits Free Geek Toronto, a non-profit that refurbishes donated electronics and sells them to charities, non-profits and the general public. He also chats with Free Geek’s Executive Director Ryan Fukunaga about all the different ways that Free Geek has a positive impact on people and the planet.

Learn more about Free Geek Toronto here: https://www.freegeektoronto.org/

Browse computers and more: https://shop.freegeektoronto.org/

E-waste study: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/canadian-e-waste-has-tripled-new-study-finds

Also mentioned:

St Clare’s housing charity: https://www.stclares.ca/

Center for Mindfulness Studies: https://www.mindfulnessstudies.com/about/

Parkdale Project Read: https://www.parkdaleprojectread.org/

Creative Reuse Toronto: https://www.creativereusetoronto.ca/

Repair Café Toronto: https://repaircafetoronto.ca/

Music Credits:

'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions.  Used with permission of the artists.

‘Opening’ by Phillip Glass.  Arr. by Karl Michelson.  Performed by The Union Guitar Trio.  Used with permission of the artists.

Union Guitar Trio on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/2E0NidLjIzBAO7t0BBPFUD

Union Guitar Trio on Apple Music - https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-union-guitar-trio/1592543833

Sound effects:

FX evil sting.wav by v0idation -- https://freesound.org/s/368674/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

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