Summary

Te Toe o Mea is the heart of Tuvalu’s circular economy within the Pavilion, offering clean, functional, and community-sourced tools, utensils, and household items. It supports repair culture, reduces landfill stress, and empowers stewardship by transforming discarded goods into sacred, usable resources—tracked and honored through Guardian and Arbor.
 

 🔁 Core Services & Features

• Cleaned & Repaired Household Goods
  Items such as cookware, hand tools, dishes, containers, school supplies, and toys are donated, cleaned, repaired (if needed), and made available at very low cost or token-based pricing. All items are checked for safety and function.

• Story & Ritual Tagging
  Special items may include a tag with a story or memory from the donor—e.g., “Used by my grandfather to build our first canoe shelf.” Tags may be hand-written, stamped, or recorded in Arbor for others to view or hear.

• Youth Repair Station (Shared with Te Tui o te Ola)
  Stewards are trained to fix, clean, and upcycle goods. Items that cannot be repaired are disassembled for parts or routed to the Resource Recovery Node (Te Fenua Fakafoou).

• Civic Credit System
  Donors, cleaners, and repairers earn Civic Credits managed by Guardian and Arbor. Credits can be redeemed for goods, services, or recognition (e.g., mural display, public thank-you).

• Zero Waste Sorting
  Broken items are logged and categorized. Recoverable components (metal, plastic, glass) are sorted into the Vision Waste Management stream. Ritual discard is practiced for items that hold meaning but are no longer usable.
   

🧰 Collection & Processing Workflow

1. Item Drop-Off

   • Items are brought directly to the Pavilion or collected via Arbor-coordinated reuse drives.

   • Guardian logs item type, donor info, and condition.

   • Items are sorted by use category: Kitchen, Tools, Learning, Decor, Toys, etc.

2. Cleaning & Repair

   • Stewards or elders inspect and clean all incoming items.

   • Minor repairs are performed in-house using shared Pavilion tools.

   • Clean, functional items are tagged, priced, and displayed.

3. Display & Exchange

   • Items are organized on open racks and tables with visible Guardian tags.

   • Pricing is set to be symbolic—just enough to sustain Pavilion operations.

   • Token-based or Civic Credit exchanges are encouraged to reinforce dignity and participation.
      

✨ Ritual & Public Engagement

Community events may include Tool Blessing Ceremonies, Repair Workshops, and “Second Life” Swap Days where families exchange goods with story-sharing and music. Arbor narrates item journeys and displays public data via dashboard, celebrating Tuvaluan stewardship values.