Pedalling Towards a Sustainable Future

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Pedalling Towards a Sustainable Future 

Cyclonomia is a participative bicycle repair workshop that has been running in Budapest since 2013. As a social cooperative, it provides an open space where people can repair their bicycles with the help of shared tools and advice, not direct repairs. The cooperative promotes the values of degrowth by organising training workshops and awareness-raising events, building a community centred around sustainable practices. 

Building a Community of Change 
Cyclonomia serves people in Budapest who rely on bicycles for their livelihood but may lack the financial resources to afford professional repair services. Its open workshop attracts 200-300 users, empowering them to learn self-repair skills. The cooperative works to create a community that embraces autonomy, self-sufficiency, and the principles of degrowth through shared knowledge and collective action. 

Impact Beyond the Workshop 
With 200-300 active members, Cyclonomia has successfully integrated bicycle repair with socio-economic awareness, focusing on degrowth and re-localisation of production systems. The cooperative’s workshops and training sessions go beyond just repairing bikes, fostering a civil platform where people actively engage in discussions on economic and political topics related to sustainability and community-driven change. Cyclonomia operates without formal funding, relying on donations, voluntary membership fees, and in-kind offers from citizens. Despite this, it has grown substantially and is now transforming into a new legal form to accommodate more people with stable financing.  

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