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The Repair Shop 2049: Mending Things and Mobilising the Solarpunk Aesthetic

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The Repair Shop 2049: Mending Things and Mobilising the Solarpunk Aesthetic. / Stead, Michael; Macpherson-Pope, Thomas; Coulton, Paul.
In: Branch (EIT Climate KIC, Mozilla Foundation, Climate Action Tech, and the Green Web Foundation), No. 4, 05.09.2022.

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Stead M, Macpherson-Pope T, Coulton P. The Repair Shop 2049: Mending Things and Mobilising the Solarpunk Aesthetic. Branch (EIT Climate KIC, Mozilla Foundation, Climate Action Tech, and the Green Web Foundation). 2022 Sept 5;(4).

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Stead, Michael ; Macpherson-Pope, Thomas ; Coulton, Paul. / The Repair Shop 2049 : Mending Things and Mobilising the Solarpunk Aesthetic. In: Branch (EIT Climate KIC, Mozilla Foundation, Climate Action Tech, and the Green Web Foundation). 2022 ; No. 4.

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