If #PlaytheFuture month on the Atlas showed us anything, it’s that games are serious stuff. A playful approach to solving...
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The community-powered organisation keeps over 8 thousand Black women gamers safe online and advocates for diversity, inclusion and equity in...
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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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Games for Change is the world’s largest community dedicated to the intersection of games and social impact, empowering game creators...
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Love choose-your-own-adventure books? They’re the inspiration for cellphone games that make financial, sexual, and health education accessible to remote communities....
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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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In South London a ‘renewable dynamo’ is tackling fuel poverty with renewable power – while showing the true democratic involvement...
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What would the lack of images mean for the fashion industry? Would it collapse? These are some of the questions...
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Fam Studio helps young minds prepare for uncertain futures through hands-on learning. There are many challenges facing the young...
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Can you do your shopping and plant a tree at the same time? Tred is a UK-based green debit...
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Atlas of the Future and Fashion Fictions are looking for digital storytellers to create a simple game based on an...
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Bestselling supertaster and food educator Bee Wilson knows a thing or two about healthy and sustainable eating. Author of six...
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More than 70 international experts, with more than 50 ideas and projects to inspire change, will meet on 16–17 September...
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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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“We believe that technology and renewable energy will not be enough to save us. And that for once, we should...
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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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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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“When you contract your pelvic floor, the bird goes up. When you relax it, the bird goes down.” At...
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Enter a safe magical space where you can explore your feelings. Hear the stories of people who’ve been where 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 2021 IPCC report is 3,949 pages. Too busy to read it? This card game makes climate education fun. ...
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This living breathing playground harnesses the power of play to generate clean air in one of Europe’s most polluted cities....
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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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“Art need not be fiddling while the world burns. Art can link with science and the full power of human...
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The Feira Preta and PretaHub initiatives are turning identity into power and highlighting Brazil’s Black talent to make business a...
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Darling it's better Down where it's wetter Without fishing nets Over the past 10 years, humans have produced more...
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In July, we embarked on a wild journey around our planet. We met weekly for our virtual Fixing the Future...
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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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Daring conservationist, biologist and adventurer Sacha Dench, a.k.a the “human swan”, is saving migratory species one awe-inspiring expedition at a...
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Few chefs have the vision and skill to sow 223 varieties of native potatoes on their Andean restaurant’s high-altitude farmland,...
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The line dividing humans and other animals is often exaggerated. Meet the lawyers trying to redraw it. “I became...
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The Billion Oyster Project wants to restore New York Harbour’s once famous and flourishing oyster reefs, bringing biodiversity back to...
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“Talent is not geographical,” Good Chance’s new Artistic Director Amir Nizar Zuabi tells us – and he should know. The award-winning Palestinian theatre-maker...
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Occupy space, occupy history: can you hear the land you’re walking on? In Fitzroy, a historical inner suburb of Melbourne,...
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One of the most exciting legacy project’s from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is the Museu do Amanhã, or Museum...
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“What if we welcomed all animals, plants and things into our Parliament? What would the argument of the cod, algae...
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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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“Museums that involve citizens are the future.” Jordi Costa is the writer, filmmaker and cultural critic behind the exhibitions at Barcelona’s CCCB, one...
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15 things that have given me joy as Editor of Atlas of the Future Yes, it’s officially time for me...
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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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The beautiful game is embracing its green side. In the ultimate upcycle, a global architecture studio is using airplane bodies to...
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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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Nature is the new gold! Save your local forest and earn money with this new stock exchange for biodiversity. ...
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The global sextech industry is huge and growing. If there was ever a time to want more pleasure, it’s during lockdown,...
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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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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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A youth network in the Mediterranean is flowing with ideas of how to solve the world’s water challenges. They’re the...
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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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Most people’s concept of what a museum is needs updating. In response to the challenges of COVID, the digitisation of...
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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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What links Arcade Fire, lab-grown chicken burgers, the rare white Arabian oryx, masks made from plastic waste and the circular economy?...
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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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“The vision for Blavity is a world in which all Black people are happy.” Aaron Samuels’ life is a tale...
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Some clothes become our office staples or Saturday night favourites – but, increasingly, some only ever have a place in our...
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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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Spinnova claims to have created the most sustainable fibre in the world – no small claim! Taking inspiration from the...
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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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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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"Together we can make a significant impact in the fight against shark fishing and their declining populations." Barcelona's Regina Domingo has...
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Welcome to Groundhog May. In most parts of the world May is a time of joy, when everything seems possible;...
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Think adults don’t play Minecraft? Think again. Games help solve society's challenges. Minecraft is a lot more than the biggest video game...
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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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Good news: Kindness has gone viral. OK, things are definitely weird now that we're inside for the foreseeable. But on...
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A powerful mini-computer ‘teaching assistant’ is revolutionising Latin American education and can help bridge the pedagogical divide between the world’s...
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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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"I am a scientist. I am a strategist. And I am a black woman." Biomedical scientist, South Central Los Angeles...
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“I am the Amazon. Please look after me.” Thought–provoking and emotional, the stirring sound of a 22-year-old afro-indigenous eco-activist from...
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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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The streets of Portugal are being turned into vibrant canvases as ‘wrinkle wall writers’ get to grips with spray cans;...
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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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Crack open the sherry, gin and Pimms, because Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ is on the sound system; Hetty has donned her...
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“It’s like watching YouTube: you start on one thing and then an hour later you’re watching something completely different.” Distinguished...
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"In these volatile times, with so much in flux, there’s everything to play for." The most daring innovators aren’t found...
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“Want to be a revolutionary? Rip up paving slabs, plant gardens & cover your roof in solar panels." In South...
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"Why do an equality lineup now? Because we should have done it ages ago." It's 2019 and we've all had...
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We’re overjoyed to announce that ‘Fixing the future’ is back. And this year it's bigger, better and faster – because...
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An egg has become Instagram’s most-liked post ever. Yep, a regular egg. In its shell, without avocado. The world's most famous egg...
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Turbulent headlines on the morning of 14 November (in the form of a domino run of Brexit-toppled MPs) provided a...
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If you've taken part in a morning rave, group run or public art experience; if you've joined a campaign to...
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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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If you've taken part in a morning rave, group run or public art experience; if you've joined a campaign to...
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Imagine if you could get a 'city' to agree to making the world more self-sufficient. A creative team of pioneers and...
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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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Football is the biggest sport in the world with an estimated 3.5 billion fans, but as the average fan is...
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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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From culinary creativity and food fads to a dystopian future soil crisis, friends of the Atlas ask Dan Barber –...
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Ever travelled back to the future? Well, you're about to. Strap in, because we're transporting you into the heart of...
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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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To read The Third Plate is not only to take an extraordinary journey in the company of chef and writer...
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Fasten your helmets as this week we're exploring creativity in the most toxic place on earth and getting lost in...
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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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Girl bikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; this digital platform shows you a different side of Pakistan....
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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...
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Blockchain isn't just about finance and Bitcoin, but when Jessi Baker started Provenance that wasn’t the case. That’s why her idea was considered...
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"These sneakers were designed with silk sourced from the Brazilian producer Hermès uses." So ran the Vogue headline in an article...
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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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In the 1980s, sci-fi prophet William Gibson coined the term 'cyberspace' to describe a consensual hallucination created by millions of computers that we...
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Are you ready for the good, the bad and the ugly? Here's the bad news: the world is broken. The...
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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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Future curious? On 13 March a future-‘supergroup’ will gather for the first time in Barcelona. Brought to you by Atlas...
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Coneix deu ments brillants que estan canviant el món! Tenen en comú que han trobat solucions a reptes globals que semblava...
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There is no better time to reboot our world than right now, which means there is no better time to...
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When you find yourselves somewhere between Gotham City Police HQ and Blade Runner’s Leon’s Hotel chatting to a Westworld sexbot you...
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We're big fans of simple tech that makes things better. While mobile Internet rapidly becomes a primary source of knowledge, not...
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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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Perhaps the grandest challenge that exists is being able to answer "what if?" What happens to a city when all...
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As storytellers we're interested in how transformative change happens. This week we hosted the first Salon with our Project Breakthrough partners Volans. The...
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As the world turns upside down and unhinged becomes the new normal, we want to provide some positivity from within...
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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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Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar once said: “Everything that can become a platform will become a platform.” The Curve couldn’t agree more, quoting...
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The Cairo-born futurist, technologist and award-winning science fiction author on Elon Musk, how his best ideas come on hikes and why...
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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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They say "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", but that is not computed by 84-year-old Annie Middelburg, who...
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With rice being a major staple of diet in Japan, agriculture is a massively important industry. Japanese IT firm OPTiM and Saga University...
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Games are everywhere, from the daily commute and at work, to in the pub over a pint. They forge friendships,...
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Globally we produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. Yet, according to some digital archivists, much of it could...
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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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Last week, Arpa-E Director Dr Ellen Williams announced that her department had developed an energy storage device to rival Elon Musk’s...
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There is nothing more effective than healthy competition to spur innovators onwards and, in the case of Drones for Good,...
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The popular 1990s' computer game SimCity gave people the freedom to design and build their own metropolis. Today the ‘make your...
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Aligning nature and technology near the Balinese town of Ubud exists an off-grid international school whose mission is to be 'the number...
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The phrase 'dog-eat-dog world' was coined in the 19th century with the birth of modern capitalism. As the power looms...
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Untouched for centuries, Morocco’s deserts are catapulting the country into solar-energy superstardom. Once a backdrop for epic productions such as Lawrence...
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If you've seen the film Limitless, you’re already familiar with the concept of nootropics. They are ‘smart drugs’ that provide...
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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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IBM's game show-winning Watson is a supercomputer like no other. It can take data from any of the digital sources...
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We may look back on 30 July 2015 as the start of something important – the day Ethereum went live....
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The Pope is my new hero – my socially progressive, secularist, humanist new hero. How can you not love a man...
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Instead of using eye tracking to sell us things, as advertisers do, or hijacking our attention for hands-free fun, as...
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