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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Projects
"We craft furniture that benefits people and planet; gifts that do good." The problem of waste is a global one...
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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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Backpacks with integrated school desks; modular tiles and twisty joints; pop up recycling trailers; and even a child’s rocker –...
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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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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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"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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In a sea of pharmacies, stationery sellers and coffee shops, one social enterprise in a swarming Lewisham shopping centre, London,...
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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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"This is not just be a destination for people who want to shop in a socially impactful way – although...
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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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“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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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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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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Creating opportunities for women is exactly what Raven + Lily is all about. A flagbearer for gender equality and female...
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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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Ever seen a newsreader rap the news? In Senegal news is being made accessible – and super cool – by...
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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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Girl motorbikers, transgender activists, divorcee entrepreneurs and female cricket journalists; digital platform Aurat Raaj shows you a different side of...
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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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Glitter gets everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE. A weekend at a festival can lead to weeks of picking the sparkly...
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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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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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Noelia Morales wants to help evolve how society perceives breast cancer, femininity and beauty. Born out of personal necessity, her...
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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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Keeping up with the latest fashion can be an expensive business. Constantly buying and throwing away clothes is also really...
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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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Can wool change lives? It can in Buenos Aires, where members of the Villa 31 cooperative turn it into colourful...
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Happiful is a new monthly UK magazine that aims to create a healthier, happier and more sustainable society. Their first mission...
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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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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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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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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 Waves for Change uses surfing to help children and young adults cope with the emotional and psychological stress...
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"We love fashion. But we don’t want our clothes to exploit people or destroy our planet. We demand radical, revolutionary...
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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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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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Design education is being given a radical redesign by extreme experience designer – and Atlas FutureHero – Nelly Ben Hayoun. The...
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Seattle-based mobile app Stuffstr may help multinational retailers transfer to the circular economy. Clothing giants such as H&M and The North...
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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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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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'Forthright: Stronger than a weapon' – straight forward, direct – is a book and ongoing project that follows different artists in...
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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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Today mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
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Submitted by you: Statistics show that more people want to shop sustainably than actually do, but the main barriers are knowledge and...
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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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In Bangladesh, the textile and garment manufacturing sector is fuelled by young workers, many of whom are extremely poor women...
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The soft and silky long staples of Egypt’s high quality, extra-long staple (ELS) cotton make it ideal for the production...
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Everyone is guilty of buying stuff that they secretly know won’t last and will end up in a landfill, in...
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Can you rap about human rights? Make hip hop on good governance? DJ your way to peace? Turning Tables believes you...
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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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Agender definition: Without a gender (nongendered, genderless, agender, neutrois); moving between genders or with a fluctuating gender identity (genderfluid); third gender or...
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On a personal journey to Afghanistan, passionate skateboarder Oliver Percovich found himself ‘rolling’ the rugged streets of Kabul. Captivated by how...
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Although I might struggle to find the long term social good of having shoes that light up and tie themselves,...
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