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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"Why should we study for a future we don’t have?" On 20 August 2018, a 15-year-old girl walked out of...
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Imagine going from 30 to 80 years old in 20 minutes; suddenly able to understand how it feels to be older...
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Welcome to the world’s first ever cemetery made using single use plastic bottles. Having opened its gates on World Wildlife...
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“You can spend your time on Facebook and Instagram, or spend half of that time helping researchers realise their objectives!”...
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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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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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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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Songwriting grannies, robot sidekicks, savvy social media training, wild swimming, hip hop-picking and hen road shows; what does it mean...
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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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With faith in politics at an all-time low and thorny and divisive issues aplenty in these volatile and politically corrosive...
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“I spend the bulk of my waking life thinking about the news industry and audience engagement. And there’s a particularly...
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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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“I’m not trying to replace the system, but I think the system is missing an essential component, which is the...
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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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Today, smartphones are as fast as 120,000,000 Apollo 11 computers, which were capable of taking people to the moon. If we...
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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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"We know that 'ethical' can mean very different things to different people. But for us, it's broadly about pursuing sustainability...
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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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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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The F.A.K.E. Movement is a platform where vegan and ethical designers can promote proudly their clothes and accessories. Created by Jonathan...
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Owing to crime, the neighbourhood of Kalihi in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, has a bad rap. That's where KVIBE (Kalihi Valley Instructional...
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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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"Because we might not have friends or family in abundance who already work in the creative industries, we're having to...
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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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Quite literally raising the bar on anti-knife crime campaigns, Steel Warriors are using surrendered blades in the best possible way. https://vimeo.com/279623430...
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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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“The peasant way of life is one of the most precious things we have on this planet to shine a...
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When the landmark IPCC report came out in October 2018 detailing the extent of the humanity-threatening climate crisis, a few...
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When you think about climate change, you’re likely to experience a range of emotions. Some of us naturally feel inspired...
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Thrift celebrates resourcefulness over wastefulness. Through art. Concerned with sustainability in the fields of art, design and fashion, the ongoing publishing and...
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🎫 AtlasEvent ► Meet Agamemnon Otero at Fixing the future 2019 in Barcelona. “If you want to be Che Guevara, stop walking around pointing to...
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The Olive Network is an online platform that aims to foster tolerance and understanding throughout diverse global communities by focusing on...
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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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Let us transport you to central Chile to a small farm tucked way in the coastal hills near San Javier....
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Excited by biofertilisers? Want to know about biodynamic vines, Catalonian chickens and compost tea – or get down and dirty...
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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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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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Black holes are found at the centre of most, if not all, galaxies. The bigger the galaxy, the bigger the...
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🎫 ►AtlasEvent: Meet Bee Wilson (chair of TastEd). the UK’s most influential food writer at Fixing the future 2019. Many children...
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The Incredible Edible Network started out in the small market town of Tomorden in the North of England. It was...
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In an ever-changing creative landscape, today's youth need to become multi-disciplinary – skilled at being creative in different mediums. Pitch Futures...
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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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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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"We vote not only for ourselves, but for 'all sons and daughters' and every layer and intersection of identity. We...
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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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"Music gives children a new language – which they can use to meet and communicate with others, and makes them...
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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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"I really do believe in the community. I really do believe in the genius in every person. And that's not...
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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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Backflipping for freedom in Gaza, the Camps Breakerz Crew aren’t letting rubble-strewn pavements stop them dancing in the street. These...
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“Art can transcend the walls of galleries and the walls in the streets, being a powerful tool of social transformation.”...
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Word has it that Winston Churchill enjoyed playing card games like Gin Rummy and Mah Jong with his family before...
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"It's just as important listening to these stories as it is fairy tales." Today there’s an increasing recognition of the...
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Ground control to major impact! dashboard.earth wants you to feel good while helping the planet – and be rewarded while...
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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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Take a cup of old coffee grounds, a handful of mussel shells, and a dash of green tea, and what...
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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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The stage is set… but not as you know it. Step into a boxing gym, explore the rooms of a...
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Described as “The Glastonbury of business“ (minus the wellington boots, silent disco and huge clean-up operation), Meaning is an edgy...
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In the UK, buildings, transport and energy account for over two thirds of our carbon dioxide emissions. What if there...
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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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A lot of things we have are made from plastic. The synthetic material is used everywhere, but it also ends...
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"Do you have any family or friends that you’d like to record a message for?" A walk along Market Street in San...
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One face forward, another facing back: you’re looking at Jirondai, the legendary shaman with two faces. He gives his name...
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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 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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Ever seen a newsreader rap the news? In Senegal news is being made accessible – and super cool – by...
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Back in 2011 in Rwanda, 16 years after the genocide against the Tutsi sent shock waves across the world, creative...
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A photographer called Jose Martínez took the picture below. He calls it ‘End of discrimination’. Jose is one of the...
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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is all about – a...
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"I recognise the power of the chef in today’s world. Traditions and cultural connections should be front and centre – chefs...
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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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Drawing from their backgrounds in fashion, advertising, the entertainment industries and social organizations (or NGOs), in 2011 four dynamic Paraguayan entrepreneurs cooked up Koga,...
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“All people can be as powerful as Odin or Thor with the right and appropriate support. We are all unique...
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Wrapped in a colourful sari and holding her hand to her heart, the green-eyed Priya rides a tiger: “Speak without...
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Imagine being stuck in a room you can’t escape. You hear voices: “Do it!” “Stop it!” Light shoots out of...
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A video shows a local football match kicking off in El Madania, Algeria; another takes us to Cotonou, Benin, to...
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Girl motorbikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; digital platform Aurat Raaj shows you a different side of...
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Turning the silver screen green and providing a ray of light in South Africa (literally), Sunshine Cinema is not just an...
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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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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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Imagine a phoenix rising from the ashes. But it's made from 12,072 homemade paper feathers, painted, cut out and trimmed to...
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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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As night falls on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, traffic descends into chaos. Intersections transform into free-for-alls of motorcycles packed...
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Global sportswear giant Nike has unveiled a hijab designed for female Muslim athletes... and the press went wild. After sparking a flurry of...
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Are you a creator focused on social change? Or a hub of art-ivists whose work benefits your community? CultureFutures is...
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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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What do you get if you cross a community centre, a laboratory, a studio, a gallery, science centre and a...
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“The ice caps are melting, Leonard. In the future, swimming won’t be optional!” So says the inept genius Sheldon Cooper...
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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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