{"id":11352,"date":"2023-03-01T18:14:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2023-03-01T18:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:42:00","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US<\/h2><\/div>
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\nParanduskelder is an NGO based in Tartu, Estonia. Our mission is to create a global network of individuals and organisations that have already adapted behaviours, and implemented systems of a circularity based world. We serve this goal on three levels:
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HANDS-ON<\/h4><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” el_class=”delay-400″]Paranduskelder<\/b>\u00a0(meaning Repair Basement) is a community maker\/repair space located in\u00a0The Widget Factory.<\/a>\u00a0We are focused on repair, upcycling and do-it-yourself activities. We aim to encourage change within people\u2019s habits and mindset towards repairing.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

LOCAL LEVEL<\/h4><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” el_class=”delay-800″]Paranduskohvik<\/b>\u00a0event series (Repair cafe<\/a>\u00a0events) provides an opportunity for the local community to gain and develop their DIY and repairing skills. In this manner we demonstrate very practically, that most of the everyday objects, regardless of their design, are in fact repairable.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″]

GLOBAL LEVEL<\/h4><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” el_class=”delay-1200″]The international community is grown via\u00a0YouTube channel<\/b>\u00a0Paranda<\/a>. Paranda\u2019s videos are in English and they cover broader ideas on transition to sustainably functioning global systems. We have planned activities taking part in international strategic partnerships.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bk_type=”boxed_look”][vc_column width=”1\/1″]
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OUR HISTORY<\/h4><\/div>
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Our goal is to popularize repairing and upcycling as one of the necessary components of circular economy. One of the most influential ways to serve this purpose is to organize\u00a0Repair Caf\u00e9s<\/strong>\u00a0which we have been doing since 2017 in various places around Estonia. In this way, we extend the lifespan of everyday objects (whilst saving valuable resources and the environment) and people acquire repair skills. In November 2019 we opened up our own workshop in the basement of an old factory complex and called it\u00a0Paranduskelder<\/strong>. Since then we have organized various workshops, events and lectures connected to sustainable lifestyle and have been working towards building a resilient community. The community includes professionally skilled craftsman, engineers, architects, creatives, educators and artists. Our NGO is funded yearly by the municipality of Tartu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text] Paranduskelder is an NGO based in Tartu, Estonia. Our mission is to create a global network of individuals and organisations that have already adapted behaviours, and implemented systems of a circularity based world. We serve this goal on three levels: [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” el_class=”delay-400″]Paranduskelder\u00a0(meaning Repair Basement) is a community maker\/repair space located in\u00a0The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11352","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11352"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11377,"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11352\/revisions\/11377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paranda.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}