RESOLVE is on a mission to tackle social issues through process-led design. What are the emotions that your city...
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Do you like skating and want your personalised skateboard deck? Look no further than Project RPSD. Oh, and did we...
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Did you know that the planet’s topsoil is the world’s largest living entity? A handful of rich soil is...
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The Artivist Network brings together arts activists and facilitators to imagine a better future. Here at Atlas of the...
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Force of Nature responds to eco-anxiety through education programmes, consulting and campaigns, asking people to step up rather than shut...
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In the remote jungle of South Sumatra, Indonesia, conservationist Pungky Nanda Pratama walks for hours to reach every child with...
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Youth activism is on the rise, thanks in part to the actions and visibility of people like Greta Thunberg and...
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Solar Sister is bringing solar lighting to hard-to-reach communities in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Women are disproportionately impacted by...
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Where’s gender in the climate change negotiations? The Gender Climate Tracker app and platform answers this question with the latest...
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Resolve Trash2Cash is a women-led micro enterprise that transforms attitudes to waste and recycling. Waste has one of the...
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How do you inspire action on the climate emergency? Through spectacle, satire and humour, according to ClimActs. ClimActs co-founder...
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“The future we are trying to create is a future in which people are able to find the time to...
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Need systems to change? It helps to have the law on your side. In our fight against the climate...
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Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica are coming together to influence international politics and advocate for their rights in the climate change...
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At the opposite end of poverty tourism you can find Unseen Tours, a social enterprise that supports vulnerably housed individuals...
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Feeling weird about being served by robot staff? What if your humanoid waiter was creating employment opportunities for flesh-and-bone workers...
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To stay ahead in an increasingly automated world, we’ll need to be more human than ever. You’ve probably heard the...
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“Our city is a place we built with our own hands to live in peace.” In Turbaco, a 20-minute...
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Go online, catch a blood stall, and speed up Alzheimer’s research — by years! Stall Catchers is the game that...
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Join the wildest egg hunt on Earth, count penguins, chicks and eggs and help Oxford researchers understand the lives of...
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“Your eyes will be of no help. So close them, sharpen your hearing and your blade… And embark on an...
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AbleGamers empowers people with disabilities to access video games and fight social isolation. Hate lockdown? Spent the better part...
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This educational video game highlights the importance of preserving ecosystems, caring for local fauna, and fighting urban speculation. Would...
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Brew your tea, stir some milk in. Make some toast and butter it. Sip, eat, wash, dry. Now, can you...
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The Homeless World Cup harnesses the power of football to put an end to homelessness worldwide. “Football has been...
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The non-profit Social Skate gets social change rolling on skateboards for vulnerable children and young adults. In the 1980s,...
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“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
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The 2021 IPCC report is 3,949 pages. Too busy to read it? This card game makes climate education fun. ...
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“Do you remember a time when the sky was filled with birds and bees, and colourful fruit grew from the...
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What if you could join a global governance body built on fairness and empathy and informed by scientists and Indigenous...
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This initiative is making Europe a wilder place by bringing back the variety of life into the landscape and helping...
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A simple sticker can keep fruit fresh for up to two weeks longer, using natural plant compounds and creating a...
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Barcelona’s street vendors launched a fashion brand that’s all about “doing things right.” Six years ago, Barcelona’s street sellers...
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Tough Turban offers a solution to close the gap between religious freedom and safety for Canadian Sikh riders. In...
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Bogotá has a new phone number for men who want to hang up on machismo and prevent domestic violence. ...
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La Caravana Escuela sets up blacksmithing schools in remote communities and sets off a future-fixing chain reaction. At over...
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Businesses too can be the change. In 2010, three engineers met and started what can only be described as...
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Kids are running the show in Cotacachi. There’s a rabbit, a princess, a cowboy. Children dancing in circles, a human...
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“We’re the street plants that’ll resist even when you suffocate them with concrete.” There’s a neighbourhood in Colombia that uses...
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This story starts with a pair of shoes and ends with a hotel chain that empowers women at risk of...
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A new soap bar is washing pollutants and harmful bacteria off Andean rivers. Rural communities in the Peruvian Andes...
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Two Achuars, a gringo, a German, two Kichwas, and three quiteños got on a boat and revolutionised transport in the...
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Sitting comfortably? For the 1 billion people around the world who live with a disability, wearing standard clothing can mean...
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“We know we’re in the middle of an extinction crisis but we still know remarkably little about which species live...
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The Knepp Castle estate has bravely brought ecological history back to the present and is now an example of a...
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The ResCap project releases gorgonias and soft coral accidentally fished by traditional anglers back to their natural habitat. The...
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In Catalonia, thousands of people are committed to nature tracking. Their data collected over the years has enabled analysis of...
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Photographer, journalist and graphic designer Callie Broaddus felt moved to create Reserva: the Youth Land Trust by her professional and...
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Meet the forensic scientists tackling the illegal timber trade. Scouring the world of wood in search of clues, solving crimes,...
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Primary school pupils and beach strolling enthusiasts have turned into leading allies for scientists fighting problems in marine ecosystems. ...
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Beetime connects socially engaged art with natural beekeeping practices to bring together community, scientists and artists in their southern Spanish...
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Little Amal is a little girl on a BIG journey. The giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl is journeying...
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It’s 2002 and in a large square just streets away from the Colosseum, market stalls line up to sell their...
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If COVID left you feeling down in the dumps, send in the clowns! It goes without saying that communities...
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“It is important to tell our stories as refugees, to express ourselves, to be heard.” David Thok Koang, 16 years...
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If not us, then who? When it comes to keeping trees standing, that’s the question the inhabitants of the world’s...
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The Amsterdam based Black Archives boasts an inspiring mixture of educational resources, cultural projects, and political organisation, highlighting the diversity...
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Flowers, vegetables, tea plants, fragrant herbs and fruit trees blossom next to the train platforms used daily by hundreds of...
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If we use local products, we benefit our farmers, ranchers and artisans. This is precisely what’s at the core of...
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How can we buy clothes that look great, fit well – and don’t harm the planet? Ecoalf has found one answer:...
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The Fabricademy program is training a global community of transdisciplinary designers to propose new ways of making, designing, wiring and...
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‘Creative’ and ‘factory’: two words not often seen together. It’s time they were. About a Worker describes itself as...
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Blackbirds are the inspiration for SauColors' vibrant blue dye made from waste berries – a possible sustainable alternative for colouring denim....
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How should I take care of my winter woollens? Who can finish knitting my cardigan? What’s the best way to...
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The combination of laser and ozone technologies allows Jeanologia to finish a pair of jeans using just a glass of...
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Justice, conservation, wilderness; soulful, ancestral, unconsumable – these are not words usually associated with the fashion industry. But The Lissome...
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An ethical women's enterprise is creating vegan soaps that use plastic-free packaging made from a natural waste material that is...
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An orchestra made up of young people at risk of social exclusion turns rubbish from the largest landfill in Paraguay...
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Young people are unleashing their creative brilliance by creating high end couture from everyday junk. At a time when...
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Take a cup of old coffee grounds, a handful of mussel shells, and a dash of green tea, and what...
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A new generation needs a new generation of media. Enter GUAP: a media platform that has earned its description...
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Africa’s first space for democratic technology has now produced over twenty 3D printers made from e-waste. Over one billion...
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Precious Plastic is on a mission to boost recycling by helping everyone start their own local plastic workshop. A...
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A social enterprise in India is bringing much needed play into children’s lives with low-cost playscapes made from scrap tyres...
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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
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A new circular model of housing entirely created with reusable and recyclable materials has taken form in Italy thanks to...
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A Kenyan entrepreneur has taken discarded plastic and turned it into bricks that can hold twice the weight of concrete...
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The 'Clothing Man' has transformed the culture of giving – and receiving – in India with his treatment of clothing and...
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Ever travelled by poo power, perhaps even your own? These buses are powered by the fuel of the future. ...
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Two Mexicans have created an eco-friendly leather made from cactus to help save the environment. They want to reduce animal...
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In Colombia, sustainable affordable homes are being built on solid grounds... coffee grounds. We love a project that solves...
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Fancy fabricating your own beehive in 30 minutes? A buzzy giant hive of makers and beekeepers have come together in...
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Need a distraction? Lots of people are turning to the world’s leading citizen science platform to help scientists without leaving...
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Nature is the new gold! Save your local forest and earn money with this new stock exchange for biodiversity. ...
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Tickr’s app allows users to invest as little as £5 in companies expanding access to education, clean water, renewable energy...
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Is there anything sweeter than a library made from ice cream buckets? Yes. One whose facade spells out "books are...
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A self-trained robotics engineer is sparking creativity and accelerating science learning in Africa – with a strong focus on rural...
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Get ready to enter a new dimension for medical imaging as the world's only accurate and interactive 3D holograms equip...
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The world is on the move, our climate is changing, a pandemic keeps us apart. So there's never been a...
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A pioneering virtual rehab platform is combining VR, gaming and motion capture to help make therapy fun. Virtual reality...
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Reopened in November 2020 after a major renovation, Sydney’s Australian Museum brings a focus on climate solutions and First Nations...
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Wearables, medical devices, AI and data come together in this lightweight exoskeleton for robot rehab. And it's been tested by former...
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Welcome to the future of recycling. A waste-sorting AI robot that can tell a Coke bottle from a Pepsi one? It...
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Forget Google! Ecosia is a search engine that uses profits to fund reforestation projects in the world's most threatened biodiversity...
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If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound? It does when the trees have electronic...
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A drone company saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for social...
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Just one step can be an insurmountable obstacle for wheelchair users. And this is where Wheelmap comes into play: the crowdsourcing...
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In the least mechanised place on earth, tractors and farming machinery are expensive. This agritech app connects smallholder farmers to tractor owners...
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People have always found ways to use clothes to make a statement. What do yours say? Birdsong began life...
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Building on the trust and popularity of museums, this NY-based climate museum bakes action into everything it does, inspiring the...
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The first of its kind, La Marjal is more than a park. Floodable, it acts as a retention basin for...
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Rain might be rare in the Moroccan desert, but there is no shortage of mist. Thanks to North Africa's largest fog...
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In an organic farm in an ancient city in Galilee, a materials scientist is reversing environmental damage using the green...
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In the Greek islands, a community of 'water allies' is working to solve the problems of water supply, wastewater and...
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No irrigation? No problem. These clever tree-planting cocoons can bring soil back to life and restore dry, dusty land back...
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This smart irrigation system helps farmers reduce their water footprint, control soil conditions and grow better crops with data and...
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A museum created in Minecraft is craftily encouraging citizens to fight climate change in virtual worlds – to help solve...
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This is how you grow vegetables in the Sahara – by piping seawater from the Red Sea across the sands to produce...
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An innovative system of huge yellow floodgates is blocking the Adriatic Sea to hold back the tide, inspired by Moses parting the...
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Resonate unlocks leadership potential of women and girls in East Africa with a training programme dedicated to building self-confidence and leadership....
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These low-cost wooden drones can reforest burned forests ecologically – and fast. Sowing 100 seeds per second using drones...
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A forest is emerging from the Egyptian sands to fight desertification – thanks to wastewater. No, this is not a...
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Is there water on Mars? This technology was designed to tell us, but now it’s being used to see leaks...
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A startup in India is using AI to address the growing urban problems of water loss and pollution, by predicting...
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By now you will know of Extinction Rebellion, the global movement changing climate action. So what's next? "Troublemakers change...
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A franchise network of 'digital' toilets in Nairobi is helping to stem the spread of COVID-19 among vulnerable urban slum communities....
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Come rain or shine, knowing weather patterns is pure gold when it comes to food security. But in the tropics, you...
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A counter reads: '1,130,106,730' litres served and counting.' That’s over a billion litres of pure drinking water for the most...
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Environmental activists Zakiya Mckenzie and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley want you to go outside and embrace the countryside, to take in all...
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A new meeting place is weaving a culture of cycling into the fabric of everyday life in Tunisia – with women cyclists...
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Imagine going from 30 to 80 years old in ten minutes by slipping on an age simulation suit and going...
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We're living in one of the most memorable moments in history. Blavity is the powerful multi-platform, multimedia Black-owned and Black-community serving...
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This water on wheels technology proves an idea doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Designed in Africa for Africa, Hippo...
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Home to endangered marine turtles that come to its shores to lay their eggs, Ghana has a rich fauna and...
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These dolls outsell Barbie in Nigeria and so they should. The colourful Queens of Africa help young African girls embrace their...
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Helmets are an effective ‘vaccine’ against head injuries on the road. In Vietnam, these helmets are made by people with...
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Finger lickin’ crispy cell-based chicken is going straight from bioreactor to table in the world’s first lab-grown meat restaurant. ...
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What links Arcade Fire, a marching band in rural Haiti, goats and the circular economy? Régine Chassagne, from the...
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More and more people are ditching the supermarket in their quest for seasonal local goods. La Ruche qui dit Oui...
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Together we can fix our broken politics. Sortition Foundation want to create a real democracy of the people, by the people, and for the...
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They might not be taking clothes to space, but the AWAYTOMARS crowdsourcing collective have found a new frontier in the...
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Cycling Without Age is a movement – literally – that’s creating a sense of freedom, joy and happiness in an...
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Boomera works with Brazil’s waste pickers and big brands to find new creative uses for plastic that normally ends up...
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A group of activists led by a 'Water Warrior' are on a mission to improve the lives of Detroiters by...
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One of Detroit’s most blighted inner city blocks is being transformed into an eco-village, led by a powerhouse resident with...
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Aware that Detroiters of African descent have never lacked creativity or entrepreneurial zeal, one Detroiter wants to provide the one...
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Africa is building a big wall of trees through 11 countries, just under the southern edge of the Sahara, to...
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In this storybook sisterhood, a diverse range of phenomenal women mirror characters from books to inspire girls to read for...
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Fashion can be a blueprint for other industries – one that’s regenerative rather than extractive, supporting life on Earth. ...
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Are you ready to speak frankly about gender issues and sexual taboos? Because this virtual art gallery wants you to...
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Testing is not a motivator. But immersing yourself in a paper on civil movements, a climate change project or a...
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The creative producers behind WADUP are making podcasts with teens across the world. Meet generation podcast. "Our ultimate goal...
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Two women are changing the narrative on Yemen by creating groundbreaking and authentic local artistic content in an extreme environment....
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"Hope is sprouting in the margins, from the grassroots.” – Rhiannon White The stage is set… but not as you know...
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Meet the people bringing the magic of music to youth in Palestine. In Bethlehem’s refugee camps, it can be hard...
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“The way you get a better world is, you don’t put up with substandard anything.” – Joe Strummer, The Clash...
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In São Paulo, people are using the Cataki app to swipe right on cleaner streets, protecting the environment, and improving...
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Silver Sharers is a sharing scheme with a heart that matches homeowners over-50 in London with flatmates, providing long-term and...
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“Thanks to the confinement we have witnessed a profusion of creative people using social networks for the production and distribution...
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Tip ► Play music by the Garifuna Collective while reading this to bring their culture into vivid life. And because it’s...
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Beauty is being created in black and white just a few metres away from the Syrian border in an area...
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Backflipping for freedom in Gaza, the Camps Breakerz Crew aren’t letting rubble-strewn pavements stop them dancing in the street. Meet the...
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"I marvel at the talent of youth in impossible situations and their potential to move things.”– Martin Fernando Jakobsen Can...
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The spirit of Mahatma Gandhi lives on in western India, brightening the futures of underprivileged children thanks to NGO Manav Sadhna....
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On the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad in western India, a small school is making a big noise...
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Do you segregate your wet and dry waste? Most people think it’s extra work, but if you can convert it...
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In the deprived slum locations in West India, Prabhat Education Foundation is replacing despair with hope. The community-based organisation helps children with special...
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If you feel that formal education doesn't hold the answers to a sustainable future, take a few tips from Enrol Yourself...
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One third all all food is wasted; which is staggering. But there is a fun way to reduce this. The...
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In the state of Lousiana, the coastline abutting the Gulf of Mexico is disappearing at an alarming rate, due in...
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Pupils have been swinging from the trees at Summerhill School for a century. Founded back in 1921, the oldest and probably most...
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"Whoever you are, wherever you are, you only have to know one thing. You can learn anything." That's the motto...
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How can we make cutting-edge science and STEM discoveries available to younger audiences? It's important for the scientist of the...
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Online exchange and interaction between young people around the world is now a part of our daily lives, but how...
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We've all heard the expression 'Don't judge a book by its cover'. Yet we’re all guilty of doing it. And you...
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Founded in 2015, French biotechnology start-up PILI Bio seeks to disrupt the unsustainable production of dyes in the textile industry...
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The Save The Chicken app is providing a digital solution to the very analogue chicken mortalities happening in Africa. Early...
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The London Interdisciplinary School is a really interesting new university in the UK, led by a group of academics, entrepreneurs...
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This is what happens when two punks from Doncaster decide to open a school, which becomes a beacon for social...
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Learn languages with native speakers in conversation sessions that offer hope to refugees who have lost everything. Looking to...
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Five years have passed since Berlin-based Vincent Zimmer and Markus Kressler launched Kiron Open Higher Education, the first online university...
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Did you know that we can enable African students to learn vital IT skills in addition to offsetting tonnes of...
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The Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh is an astonishing secondary school set up by a couple of North American...
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After the success of Somos Brasil – a photography, sound and DNA exploration of Brazilian identities – British artist Marcus...
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This collective online platform can make a difference for rare disease patients and their families. Rare diseases amount to...
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Educating girls is fundamental for a sustainable future for East Africa, but only 5 percent of girls graduate. Most spend...
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A picture paints a thousand words – but when it comes to fashion, there’s a lot more to say. Texture is...
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Recycling clothes is a complicated business. Making fabrics new again isn’t the only challenge – the threads, zippers and buttons...
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No, not edible clothes – but even better. MycoTEX are creating custom-made clothing from mushrooms, that produce zero waste and...
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WhyWeCraft creates immersive experiences for consumers, artisans and designers that take them closer to our cultural heritage of making. ...
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"When dreams die, they do not make much noise. When hopes are crushed, the signs are soundless." Sheroes Hangout is...
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Pathways for Promise, an initiative within the Asian University for Women, is providing free education to talented women from among Bangladeshi garment...
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This activewear helps clean the oceans, reduces waste and limits the number of pieces in our wardrobes – all while...
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Every second, a garbage truck full of textiles goes to landfill – despite fabric having a significant water, carbon and chemical...
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Ready, set… STOP. This team of planners and pickers are putting an end to plastic pollution in South East Asia....
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The consumption of non-renewable resources for single use items and the amount of waste generated is profoundly unsustainable. That’s why London-based tech startup NotPla wants...
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Swedish Stockings is the first and only sustainable stocking company that is closing the loop by converting its recycled nylon...
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While mobile phones bring huge benefits – such as accessibility to information, ability to set up mobile payments and help...
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Despite being born over a thousand years before the invention of the computer, Saint Isidore of Seville is considered the ‘Patron Saint...
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Imagine if you could donate clean air to the city simply by buying a ring or set of cufflinks? But...
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“There is no question that plastic pollution is one of the most pressing problems of our time – and it’s...
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As in every design endeavour, it all started with a problem. In fact, two of them. The first encountered problem...
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The Littery is Latvia’s answer to reducing the man-made problem of litter waste with the most global of incentives: money....
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Repair has always been a noble profession, but our increasing obsession with newer, better, faster means we have stopped fixing...
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The cotton industry can be thirsty, toxic and exploitative, but the Barcelona/London based Cotton Diaries believes there are better ways to...
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“Storytelling is the most powerful tool that we can give to kids." Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cineastas del Futuro...
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Scrolling through Instagram, a Too Good To Go ad pops up in which a girl and a boy sprint through...
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Want a world with cleaner air? Try on this coat for size. Aldo Sollazzo and the team at WEARPURE.tech have created a...
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Do you rule out peppers because they're too twisted? Unconsciously, most of us discard some fruits and vegetables in the...
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When Morocco went into lock-down during the Covid19 crisis, the first thing that Amal Center did was set up a...
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Cooking for someone is quite possibly the oldest and most elemental expression of love, solidarity and caring. Community – or...
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Ivory Coast and Ghana produce about 60% of the world’s cocoa, but in the small state of Liberia, farmers cannot...
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"The world needs 70 percent more food right now and there are two ways to address that: deforest to create...
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While surfers, fishermen and sea-lovers might be aware of the devastating impact of discarded plastic, not everyone knows that marine...
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Quite literally raising the bar on anti-knife crime campaigns, Steel Warriors are using surrendered blades in the best possible way. ...
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The simple act of riding a bike helps rural families with limited resources in Mozambique to irrigate their family plots....
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Articles, photo essays, videos, exhibitions, reports, events, training and other multimedia material can effectively affect policy-making. That's why AMWAJ is spearheading the move...
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“Without a healthy ocean, life as we know it would not exist.” For Farah Obaidullah of Women4Oceans, gender equality and...
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Britain’s most ethical restaurant doesn’t have a bin. Founded by ex-St John chef Dougie McMaster, the team at Silo brews its own booze,...
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Download the app, lend your eyes to solve tasks big and small, and help blind and partially sighted people lead...
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When it comes to our fruit and vegetables, we’re used to supermarket perfection, but a misshapen carrot or heart-shaped potato...
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"We envision a world where cities recognise their interdependence with the world’s forests and use their political, economic, and cultural...
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“There's an Eskimo on a mass of ice, a Bedouin in the desert and a Polynesian at sea. All three of...
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“Muhra in Arabic means 'foal', but also new beginnings. It represents what we do here." In a discreet five-story building...
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Do you know who made your clothes; who grew the cotton, spun the threads, dyed the fabric and sewed them...
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Games can transform how we live, work and play. This UN programme proves how people of all backgrounds and ages can show...
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Like it or not – and the international pharmaceutical industry doesn’t – an Indian drug company is boldly reverse-engineering and...
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"Our mission is to end the sixth mass extinction. Humans have driven it and humans have the power to reverse it."...
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"It's time to change the conversation about climate change from polar bears to people.” – Dominique Browning Forget Thunderbirds, these moms...
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Just ten days before this was written, the lives of four twenty-something friends – Simone Policano, Healy Chait, Mimi Aboubaker...
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If life gives you good lemons, pass them to your neighbour... Globally over one third of all the food we...
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This is the sort of rapid response the world needs right now. On the Monday of 3 February 2020, something...
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As our cities continue to grow, we need to get better at using our transport more efficiently. Yet to encourage...
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South Korea has pioneered an innovative way of testing for the novel coronavirus – inspired by the drive-through counters at McDonalds...
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Get ready to enter a surreal Noah's Ark of seeds, because deep inside a mountain on a remote island in...
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As doctors limit face-to-face appointments to align with social distancing rules to slow the spread of the coronavirus, tools that help...
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Rape threats, racist slurs and being followed home are just some of the things that women and girls are subjected...
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Could 3D-printing help to tackle homelessness and provide affordable housing for those who need it most? Rural families in...
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As climate change shrinks Andean glaciers and brings water shortages, two Quechua sisters are building traditional ‘sacred’ reservoirs to harvest...
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Dino Impagliazzo dices onions like a master chef and makes a mean vegetable soup – but most of his loyal...
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Dog detectives are using their pooch powers of perception to save ailing citrus groves from a devastating crop disease that causes mottled...
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Plastic bottle pavilions and urban-mined glasses, 'Polli-Brick' and 'Eco-Morph' and the waste that it slashes, upcycled film theatres and recycled...
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Have you heard of ‘shredder workouts’? They’re fast and furious exercises that shred the fat off your body. And they’re...
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Today, the number of girls who opt for technical or scientific studies is much lower than boys. TecnoGirl wants to...
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Juan Gimenez is a technician at Diputació de Barcelona (DiBa). Every day, he has to analyse websites to search for...
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CuEmE (Entrepreneurial Culture in the School) is a programme in Barcelona that links schools and local authorities so students can...
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Some say the word ‘Bages’ comes from Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. This probably isn’t true, but wine has...
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The use of forest biomass to generate heat energy is huge in Europe: trunk, bark, branches, needles leaves and roots...
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Caring for one another is, well, caring, but it can be hard and it can be lonely. You need to...
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Fertility apps aren’t just for women. Now men can test their sperm count on a smartphone, making medical testing easy,...
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Meet Basma and Jad, the Muppets addressing the devastating impacts of crisis and displacement on children. American educational children’s television...
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Everyone needs to feel valued and needed. That’s why psychologist Dr Derenda Schubert created a powerful intergenerational mini-village in Portland, Oregon,...
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Trail cameras are an important tool in wildlife research and conservation – and you get some surprising results. What's...
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Clearly not pretending to be human, Intuition Robotics' ElliQ is an AI-powered companion that is half tablet, half robot and...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that irate grandmas are not to be messed with. Watch out, then, for the...
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Is it possible to bring divided communities together through food? Soil Association believes it is. And it’s bringing bunting, garden...
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Dutch investigative journalist Teun van de Keuken was shocked when he discovered that much of the world’s chocolate production has...
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You can find rubber just about everywhere you look in modern society: tyres and protective clothing, household utensils and medical...
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The aptly-named Songs & Smiles brings music, fun and friendship to children aged 0-4, their grown-ups, and older adults in...
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Want to see what London's Abbey Road looked like in 1969, explore LGBT+ life in the sixties or map the...
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A unique media project in Valparaíso, Chile, is challenging stereotypes in an often ageist world of social media, podcasts, blogs and...
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Thought by some to be the original Garden of Eden, Iraq’s marshlands were the birthplace of agriculture. After the 1991 Gulf War,...
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Do you know your yellow-browed warbler from your bluethroat? Then Ornitho.cat wants you. The online citizen science project is dedicated...
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Transformed poachers trained as 'blasters' are helping keep elephants from raiding farmers' crops in Zambia – using non-lethal chilli powder...
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“Food is a central part of the Filipino life. For the people of an agricultural country such as the Philippines...
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"We love Patagonia – it’s one of the wildest places left on Earth, where there’s a chance to protect ecosystems...
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Imagine an organism that feeds you, heals you, reveals secrets of the universe and could help save the planet. Fungi, are...
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One of the planet’s smallest and fastest-growing organisms is helping inventor-engineer Julian Melchiorri to think macro by playing with the micro;...
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Every night across the world’s former murder capital, young boys and girls study the four elements of hip-hop to transform...
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Something important is happening in Cleveland: one of America’s poorest cities has a radical plan to remake itself. Anyone who...
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"We craft furniture that benefits people and planet; gifts that do good." The problem of waste is a global one...
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Dystopian science fiction movie Ready Player One (2018) showcased a futuristic world where it’s possible to live life in virtual reality, meeting...
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What looks like an insect, roams around southern Africa, and farts out balls of fire? A giant dung beetle made...
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Hong Kong-born Bonnie Chiu is inviting everyone to step into the worlds of garment workers in Bangladesh, sex workers in...
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Since the 1970s, development initiative Sekem has been revitalising the hot, arid sands of a once untouched part of the Egyptian desert, transforming...
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“The forest is like a mother. She gives us everything we need to live comfortably." Timbaktu Collective is empowering villagers...
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Backpacks with integrated school desks; modular tiles and twisty joints; pop up recycling trailers; and even a child’s rocker –...
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The excellently-named Fishyleaks has been created by the Our Fish campaign to end “rampant” overfishing and illegal, unreported fishing activity...
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Marine conservation successes are happening all over the world. Green sea turtles in Mexico are no longer listed as endangered,...
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It was during a brainstorming session with the Chelsea fire brigade that British inventor and engineer Yusuf Muhammad learned that...
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We live in worrying times. Sometimes it’s hard to see the bright side. Eco-anxiety is on the rise. But a...
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"Pablo Picasso once said: 'Every child is an artist. But the problem is how to remain an artist once we...
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Toast Ale is the UK’s first beer produced with bread. The award-winning craft beer uses surplus fresh bread from bakeries and sandwich...
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“We are trying to demonstrate that it is possible to build projects that combine sustainable economic activity with social inclusion...
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Inspired by his own story, Stephen Addison created BoxUp Crime to change young people’s lives through the power of boxing....
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"It’s important to bring open-ended tools for discovery to a broad spectrum of users without dumbing down the tools." –...
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In a sea of pharmacies, stationery sellers and coffee shops, one social enterprise in a swarming Lewisham shopping centre, London,...
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“The peasant way of life is one of the most precious things we have on this planet to shine a...
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“Small Food Bakery is a journey to try and build a localised, non commodity food system, perhaps masquerading as a...
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"We are living in the most challenging, yet greatest years mankind has ever seen. We are all facing different struggles,...
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Decades of over-exploitation have left our ocean and fish populations a shadow of their former selves. That’s why, after securing...
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LitFilmFest wants to help kids save the day, write the future and appear on the giant cinema screen. The film festival is designed...
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Who doesn't want to discover new planets? With Exoplanet Explorers, citizen scientists search for exoplanets, the planets around other stars. One...
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Plankton are a critically important food source. No plankton = No life in the ocean. Plankton also play an important...
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With Snapshot Serengeti everyone can observe animals in their natural habitat, without disturbing them – so you feel like you’re seeing...
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A lack of wheelchair accessibility makes it hard for disabled people to maintain independence. That’s why a group of ten...
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"Trees are the ultimate act of nature. They are the matrix of everything that is living, everything that gives life...
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Shipping a container from China to South Africa costs the same amount as transporting it from South Africa to Malawi....
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"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
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“Hip Hop Caucus represents the streets, it represents those who have a message to tell and who won’t be quiet,...
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“We vote not only for ourselves, but for 'all sons and daughters' and every layer and intersection of identity. We...
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“With a collective effort and more awareness we can work against gangsterism. The way I see it, culture is a...
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“In the 20th century, we learned to read, so we could read to learn. Now, we’re learning to make so...
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"The more parasites you find, the more data you contribute to fighting the disease." MalariaSpot allows gaming time to be...
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In the small Afro-Indigenous community of Cabelo Seco in Brazil, an arts-as-transformation project is addressing the survival and transformation of...
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A simple but effective solution to tackling ocean waste, the Seabin Project was created by two surfers, Pete Ceglinski and Andrew...
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Big in Japan: the global goals can seem too big to make a difference. That’s where the 2030 SDGs Game comes...
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“Gastronomical culture and food heritage is very important. We have a responsibility to acknowledge Bolivian products and work with them...
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An experimental organic farmers’ market set up by a ‘culinary activist’ is breaking down religious and cultural barriers in the...
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Science and engineering is the most fascinating story on earth in the hands of the right storyteller. "It’s in the...
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An anonymous pirate radio DJ is sharing positive ideas, encouraging young East Africans to take action to improve their lives...
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In Pakistan, an award-winning startup is redefining special education with augmented reality games that are cheap, efficient, measurable and accessible for everyone....
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In Argentina, the term villa miseria is used to describe the impoverished shanty towns that exist within large urban settlements. And in Buenos...
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Out of the mouths of babes… come wondrous ideas and fantastical plans. Ever seen a rucksack with wings? How about...
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On paper it looks weird: A three day congress dedicated to technology and innovation taking place in the heart of...
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In old Norse mythology the Aesir are the principal gods of the pantheon. In present day Hong Kong AESIR are serious games for social inclusion....
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Priya is a ‘rape survivor superhero’. Together these three words are shattering taboos in India, thanks to the powerful comic...
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Girl bikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; this digital platform shows you a different side of Pakistan....
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Brazil’s culture-friendly tax law, a bus trip in India where he met his future wife and a desire to dive...
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One person’s toxic e-waste dump is another’s treasure workshop. That's why a Ghana-based architect duo have launched AMP (Agbogbloshie Makerspace...
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The aquaponics game is fun, and now Aquapioneers wants to show Barcelona that it's also easy to harvest fish and grow food without...
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Millions of amputees worldwide live with the loss of a limb, especially in developing countries that don’t often have access...
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Modern life feels like it can race out of control and it's hard to create positive change alone – but...
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Do you know what an open source restaurant is? Located in Barcelona's Poblenou’s 22@ neighborhood, Leka is the first of its...
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"Imagine if you could take billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere every year, safely, effectively, economically and...
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Innovative outdoor brand Houdini Sportswear is creating sportswear so pure that you can eat it. Based in Sweden, with a passion...
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Documentary filmmaker Stalin K Padma is convinced that the lack of diversity in India’s mainstream media results in large swathes...
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Eco-warrior and outspoken founder of the world’s first green energy company, Ecotricity, Dale Vince is on a mission to green up...
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Oatly is milk from oats grown in Sweden. But it’s not just a tasty and healthy alternative to cow's milk,...
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In the extreme north of India, the harsh mountain area of the Trans-Himalaya is experiencing acute water shortages; the desert's...
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Meet Cameroon's protector of the oceans using plastic waste to build eco-canoes. The charismatic Ismaël Essome Ebone is the young entrepreneur...
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Happiful is a monthly UK magazine that aims to create a healthier, happier and more sustainable society. Their first mission is...
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Vienna-based Helioz aims to solve the problem of the lack of access to safe drinking water in the Global South, through...
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Located in Bermondsey, London inside an old school and made from recycled salvage from a local theatre company, decommissioned bio...
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Just as the Atlas mission is to 'Democratise the Future', littleBits is on a mission to 'Democratise Hardware' by empowering everyone –...
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Inspired by the thousands of tents typically left behind after music festivals, two twenty-something Dutch entrepreneurs have decided to give...
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Although farming still seems like an un-cool career option to many young people, Mmabatho Morudi wants to change the face of agriculture: "It’s...
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Submitted by: Skateistan Universe Awareness (UNAWE) believes that learning about our cosmos and space can help expand children’s worldview and...
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Submitted by: Skateistan Since 2002, Tony Hawk Foundation has been helping youth and their communities connect with their local leaders to...
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Submitted by: Skateistan In the quiet port town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, over 1000 children work and live on the beaches,...
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By now we all know that indestructible plastic is bad for the planet. A massive amount ends up in our oceans...
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Within a hidden mad professor's lab in Berlin-Kreuzberg, one team is on a mission to feed a rapidly expanding population,...
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Food has always had a special place in human history. From the multi-religious traditions of “breaking bread” with friends and...
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A vegan mayo CEO wants to change the world by making the right thing easy and sexy: "The thing that, if...
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Insects often get a bad press. In reality, however, they can provide essential functions in agriculture and other areas. The...
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Around 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean every year – killing over a million seabirds, hundreds of thousands...
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Do you know where your handbag or tuna comes from? Every product tells a story. And knowing more about where products...
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What if your business didn’t have to buy any lamps or lights and could just pay for the light you...
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? AtlasEvent ► Meet Agamemnon Otero at Fixing the future 2019 in Barcelona. In South London, a ‘renewable dynamo’ is tackling fuel poverty with renewable...
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Submitted by you: There is a world of untapped opportunities to make our everyday life more sustainable. It’s the world...
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Over twenty years ago, a little known carpet tile company called Interface embarked on its plush path to sustainability. Its destination...
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Growing up in Brazil, Luciana Oliveira was often exposed to the reality of the hardworking waste picker at an early...
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A lifelong boater and self-professed ‘beach bum’ wants to stop virgin plastic from entering the ocean ever again. And help...
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Mobile Internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of knowledge for rural populations in developing countries. But not every one...
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To shine a spotlight on the lack of data, on 14 September 2016, the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon,...
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While the panda is officially no no longer endangered, there are fewer than 2,000 giant pandas in China – the...
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For decades, the high prices of computers has prevented most of the world’s population from being able to buy PCs...
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Bakey's have come up with an edible alternative to the 120 billion pieces of disposable plastic knives, forks and spoons...
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Can an airplane fly all around the world without using a drop of fuel? Swiss pilots Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg proved...
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Frustrated that black girls are almost never the main character in children's literature, and tired of only reading about "white boys and...
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A young Ghanaian rising social entrepreneur is changing the face of transport in Ghana through her women-led Ghana Bamboo Bike project. Unemployment is one of...
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Few things are as wasteful as a mobile phone. Designed to be discarded, even the latest model can seem outdated...
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Our friends the bees are in scarily rapid decline worldwide due to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a phenomenon caused by pesticides, parasites,...
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Our thirst for computer programs and mobile apps shows no sign of abating. From online to the impending launch of...
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Tania Hadjithomas Mehanna knows that wonderful things happen in the resilient and energetic Lebanon – and that they deserve to be heard of....
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The Earth's atmosphere contains mostly unexploited freshwater and Fontus is an attempt to discover these resources. The self-filling water bottle is...
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The world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
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Amirah Sackett is break(dancing) stereotypes by using hip-hop to promote religious tolerance. With her female Muslim dance group We're Muslim, Don't Panic,...
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Chicago’s Stickney Water Reclamation Plant is the biggest wastewater treatment plant on Earth. In fact, at a whopping 260 square miles...
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Now more than ever, small teams with limited means have the ability to innovate in ways that only large companies...
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Now you really can be a tree... when you’re six feet under. It might not seem so, but two Italian...
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When we think of NASA, we think of sending man to the moon – or Mars – but the space agency is...
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Installation artist Olafur Eliasson is combining sustainable energy with art to bring clean, reliable, affordable light to the 1.3 billion...
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Imagine climbing a skyscraper while carrying an elephant. Or dragging a blue whale around on land. Engineers from Stanford’s Biomimetics...
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Built on floating barrels in the lagoon heart of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, the eco-friendly Makoko Floating School addresses the...
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It is both amazing and disconcerting to know that we are surrounded by an invisible architecture of radio waves and...
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Spoiler Alert: In The Martian (2015), a stranded astronaut farms potatoes to survive on the Red Planet – and Matt...
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When the man who coined the term 'global warming' describes the scientist trying to reduce carbon dioxide levels as "the most...
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Amidst the mohawks and psychedelic shop fronts of London’s infamous Camden Town, the legendary Roundhouse boasts a rock’n’roll heritage stretching...
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When a busy commercial block collapsed due to structural failure in the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh,...
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Skateistan started in Afghanistan as a "crazy idea" to use skateboarding for empowerment. Now it's opening a fifth school, so more...
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Revolutionary technology rarely looks the part. The steel chimneys and chemical storage silos of Kalundborg on the Danish island of Zealand could be...
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Known for his genetic research, biochemistry scientist and Stanford University professor Patrick Brown has created a plant-based hamburger that ‘bleeds’ just...
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Drones are being used to hunt down poachers in Namibia. Using US homeland security techniques, poachers are being tracked by...
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An unlikely hero – the oyster – is set to revitalise New York City's polluted waterways. To improve the city's harbour’s...
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The Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators (GTOPP) program is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration among biologists, engineers and computer scientists, which...
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Most of the veg we eat starts life underground, but usually pops up into the sunshine to complete the process....
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This free floating, untethered deep ocean fish habitat looks like a giant underwater hamster ball: Aquapods are giant, free range fish...
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For those craving independence and interaction, a team of European academics, designers and organisations has created a consortium to support ageing...
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São Paulo’s women say enough and team up to map catcalling. Chega de Fiu Fiu, which translates into English...
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Every day, women across the world are insulted, ignored or assaulted simply because of their gender. In 2012 award-winning journalist...
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