Take a cup of old coffee grounds, a handful of mussel shells, and a dash of green tea, and what...
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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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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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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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“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
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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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Primary school pupils and beach strolling enthusiasts have turned into leading allies for scientists fighting problems in marine ecosystems. ...
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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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Agriledger is turning the supply chain upside down. Now, smallholder mango farmers in Haiti can sell their produce directly in...
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Fashion has always set out to be bold and original. But real creativity comes from new, different, underrepresented voices. ...
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Bold quotes, high end looks, and a top made out of radicchio. This is what the face of slow fashion...
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Forget the ‘latest trend’. This fashion magazine is replacing newness with a different type of luxury: creativity, originality, and slowing...
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“Fashion is both a powerful art form and a way of communicating that is faster and arguably more powerful than...
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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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Meet the Icelandic designer turning animal skin and bones into food packaging to get us talking. And it is. ...
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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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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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Is there anything sweeter than a library made from ice cream buckets? Yes. One whose facade spells out "books are...
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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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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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Qatar has an extreme climate, fragile ecosystems and a high dependence on non-renewable energy. But that's starting to change thanks...
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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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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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MyOmani hopes to inspire the residents and citizens of Oman by promoting sustainable projects and effective practices for a better...
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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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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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A group of activists led by a 'Water Warrior' are on a mission to improve the lives of Detroiters by...
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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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As Wales entered its first lockdown, Mymuna Soleman set up a virtual space for difficult conversations. She just never expected...
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Can words posted to social media suggest where a genocide might happen? This rumour police in Kenya fights misinformation with...
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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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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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“Without a healthy ocean, life as we know it would not exist.” For Farah Obaidullah of Women4Oceans, gender equality and...
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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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Are you helping to build a fair fashion sector?Are you a fashion-lover working on ways to reimagine how we produce what we...
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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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Do you know who made your clothes; who grew the cotton, spun the threads, dyed the fabric and sewed them...
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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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Calling all doctors, nurses, engineers and designers: coronavirus wants you! Ventilators are essential for taking care of people struggling to breathe...
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“No matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, getting sick reminds us that...
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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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“We have to work together to stop this pandemic. All of us have to stay safe and have to use...
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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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Sex. It never gets old. Why, then, is the idea of older people having it so hard to think about?...
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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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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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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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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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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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Florence is a 95 year old partially sighted widow who used to be a keen tennis player. The RAF veteran was...
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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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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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“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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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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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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“The forest is like a mother. She gives us everything we need to live comfortably." Timbaktu Collective is empowering villagers...
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In Democratic Republic of the Congo, poor educational access and poor quality education is linked with the historic instability the...
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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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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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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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Black holes are found at the centre of most, if not all, galaxies. The bigger the galaxy, the bigger the...
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Many children resist new foods, and encouraging them to make healthy choices about what to eat can look like an...
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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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“We vote not only for ourselves, but for 'all sons and daughters' and every layer and intersection of identity. We...
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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Girl bikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; this digital platform shows you a different side of Pakistan....
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Our W.I.S.H : Wisdom through Well-being, Inspiring confidence and a creative mind set for the next generation, Shaping the future in...
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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...
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Curiscope's Virtuali-Tee is a t-shirt with guts. The ‘smart’ garment projects biology onto children in order to teach them about anatomy. Described by...
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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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FutureFun – Submitted by you: Circatronic is a retro futuristic steampunk electronic circus with robotic animals – that the WWF...
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Providing pure creativity in a digital world, Barcelona-based creative symposium OFFF is more than a design festival with unbridled Fs. It's a...
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Submitted by you: Tecla is a switch-wheelchair interface suitable for anyone who can’t easily use a smartphone, tablet or computer....
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In the late 19th century a travelling book salesman had a revolutionary idea – to get women to sell beauty...
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'Forthright: Stronger than a weapon' – straight forward, direct – is a book and ongoing project that follows different artists in...
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The late great comedian Bill Hicks said that we have, “just a single choice, between fear and love.” Too often,...
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Submitted by you: The UnSchool is an experimental knowledge lab for creative rebels and change agents that teaches the 'Disruptive...
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Using the Internet and Raspberry Pis, rather than prayer and scripture, with software replacing rules and doctrine, the unMonastery collective borrows from...
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Two students who connected over a shared interest in invention and problem-solving have designed a pair of gloves that translate American Sign...
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Today mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
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Sencity is a training programme run by the Skyway Foundation in which young deaf and hard-of-hearing people organise sense-stimulating music events...
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Hamburg is home to one of the world’s largest container ports. Also known as Germany's ‘Gateway to the World’, the...
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Mexico City’s masked superhero Peatónito (Little Pedestrian) has a mission - zero deaths on the roads. The safe streets crusader is delivering...
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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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“What’s it like to be a real life Weki or Femi?” asks the blog for gritty teen drama MTV Shuga. Weki...
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In the Southern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Chirezi Foundation is helping to bring about peaceful solutions to...
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As far as daunting projects go they don’t come much bigger than overhauling one of the worst performing schools in...
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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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Created BY 3D computational artist, geneticist and ‘data-friendly Elvis’ Peter Crnokrak and visionary director GMUNK, HALO is a data visualisation software that represents...
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Back in June 2011, civil unrest proved its ability to act as a catalyst for political change and amid bloody...
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Most major voting systems are unevenly weighted, prone to manipulation by and via the media, established parties and corporations, and...
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Every day, millions of photographs of the same landmarks are captured and posted on social media. As our glaciers are...
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Launched in September 2014, the aim of Programá tu Futuro (Programme Your Future) is to enable schoolchildren over the age...
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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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Head to Zooniverse and you’ll find ordinary people helping scientists to identify galaxies, explore historical records, or in the case...
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