"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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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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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 bikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; this digital platform shows you a different side of Pakistan....
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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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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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As the world's population continues to grow, industry has begun to affect even the most remote of places. As well...
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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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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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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...
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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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Scott Nelson wants to fully embed a a resource-based economy inside existing market capitalism, just by issuing credit to people...
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What if you want to assess a proposed development's contribution to the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability? A new...
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So, how do you get power to the people who need it most, to those who can’t afford it? ...
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Koullouna is a box of goodness made in Lebanon that supports the local ecosystem. Through a subscription, it aims to connect...
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A festival in a coastline settlement in Lagos is challenging the notion of art in the white cube. Iwaya Community Art...
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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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At its simplest GoodGym is a community of runners that combines getting fit with doing good deeds, building better communities through...
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The Media Trust believes in the power to change lives through, as the name suggests... media. Whether working to help...
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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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Creative resistance Circuito Rolezinho is a new way of thinking about the reality of being young, black and alive in...
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In a part of the world that is modernising as quickly in some regions as others are being destroyed, it...
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Language is a tricky thing: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and numerous irregularities and inconsistencies. If that’s not enough, regional differences and...
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Submitted by you: Actual News reimagines the way we find, consume, interact with, pay for and follow up on news...
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Submitted by you: Ownership is a core area that most people ignore or don't think about when it comes to...
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The Last Stand is a funny project. But at its heart is a great idea... healing London's divisions. The street...
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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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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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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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Submitted by: Skateistan Khrousar Thmey ('New Family' in Cambodian) is a school for children who are deaf or blind living in...
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Street HeArt Africa brings life to walls in underprivileged communities. "We use our art as a way to connect people and...
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Atlas of the Future has partnered with Red Bull Amaphiko to share each other's stories. The global platform enables, connects and inspires social...
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Rivers move. Fires occur. Cities grow. Forests shrink. Icecaps melt. Ecosystems change. That's why Robbie Schingler founded Planet, with the mission...
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When it comes to climate change, a self-described "walking billboard for the glaciers" wants to prove that anyone can make a...
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We've had vultures with GoPro cameras strapped to their heads and pigeons with backpacks. Always ones to follow the crowd, now it's...
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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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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 UK publication is on a mission to convey that it’s ok for men to talk about sensitive things and...
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The Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin was a passionate advocate for women’s right to speak out and influence change, and...
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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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Satellite Archeology is all about perspective. From the outer edges of the planet’s atmosphere, where sky meets space, the view...
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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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Pakistani human rights activist Gulalai Ismail set up Aware Girls when she was just 16-years-old to empower women and girls in her country....
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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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? 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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'Forthright: Stronger than a weapon' – straight forward, direct – is a book and ongoing project that follows different artists in...
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During Christmas 2003, computer scientist Frédéric Mazzella couldn’t get from Paris to his family home a few hours away. He...
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Submitted by you: The impetus for Stories Behind The Fog is to challenge a single-minded view of homelessness by rendering its...
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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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What does the future of business look like? How will developments from big data, artificial intelligence and the internet of things to driverless vehicles, 3D printing and synthetic biology...
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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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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: Neighbourly is a social network that support old fashioned neighbourliness in a digital age by connecting local community and...
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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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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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Condom use is critical to decreasing the spread of HIV and STIs on a global scale, yet there have been...
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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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Submitted by you: The UnSchool is an experimental knowledge lab for creative rebels and change agents that teaches the 'Disruptive...
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Physical limitations don’t necessarily mean a limited life. All that is needed is a new perspective - and Argentine Pitu Blazquez is...
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We don’t really think too much about the story behind the soap that we wash with, but this is a...
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Submitted by you: When someone you love is sick, you want them to have the best possible caregiver... You. Healthcast empowers...
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Every day, sites like Netflix, Spotify and Flipboard tap into the power of data to provide recommendations that make life ‘easier’,...
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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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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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US election outcomes are always governed by expensive campaigns and big money, but this year the role of money has...
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German delivery firm DHL have beaten tech firms Amazon and Google in delivering medical packages to remote or geographically challenging areas via drone, announcing...
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Inspired by his friend Caner's experience, Turkish designer Mehmet Turker has invented an assistive device so that people who can’t use...
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What if the darkest social and environmental clouds really did turn up silver linings? What if the United Nation’s Sustainable...
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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 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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This is your typical story of boy meets girl, boy can't speak French, boy creates some tech. Classic. In 2013, with love in his...
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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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Now more than ever, small teams with limited means have the ability to innovate in ways that only large companies...
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Planned to sail in 2020, Peace Boat’s Ecoship will be the world’s most sustainable cruise ship – and a flagship...
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If you’ve ever felt like you can’t face watching the news then you’re not alone. Research shows that people often...
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Imagine living on a massive ice shelf thousands of miles away from anyone else, that when the weather gets warmer...
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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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“Africa has a very rich storytelling history but because the delivery of these stories was mostly oral we lost a...
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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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When the land you live in is arid and inhospitable, and it rains on average only two days a year,...
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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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For the first time ever there is a clinic which focuses specifically on the body and caring for it after...
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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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Hundreds of students from universities in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East are signed-up to Soliya Connect,...
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Barcelona's former factory neighborhood Poblenou, meaning 'new town', is witnessing a new type of industry in the neighbourhood’s streets. A...
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Submitted by you: Familyar is an app to prevent loneliness and social isolation of older adults by deeply involving families...
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Nairobi's minibus taxis carry over three million people around the city every day. The loud and tightly packed matatu buses...
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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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The world isn’t just losing its biodiversity; human cultures are at risk as well. Across the globe indigenous peoples suffer...
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