Becoming carbon neutral is not just for the big organisations, but it can be a challenge to find the resources...
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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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The 2021 IPCC report is 3,949 pages. Too busy to read it? This card game makes climate education fun. ...
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Imagine the scene: you’re in the Russian Arctic and, suddenly you spot a tall, blonde woman descending from the sky...
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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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Meet the forensic scientists tackling the illegal timber trade. Scouring the world of wood in search of clues, solving crimes,...
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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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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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“We have this big vision that we would like every child to own a hundred books by the age of...
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Farah Liz Pallaro knows from experience that a career in fashion and wellbeing often don’t go hand-in-hand. That’s why she...
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As Neil Gaiman wrote, ‘a town isn’t a town without a bookstore.’ So, in the age of internet shopping, what’s...
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Bel Jacobs and other fashion experts talk to students about the ways that fashion can be damaging to human wellbeing...
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Being in the spotlight is a chance to get green, seen. The glamorous dresses and stylish suits that grace...
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How should I take care of my winter woollens? Who can finish knitting my cardigan? What’s the best way to...
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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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Imagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
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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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Tickr’s app allows users to invest as little as £5 in companies expanding access to education, clean water, renewable energy...
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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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Forget Google! Ecosia is a search engine that uses profits to fund reforestation projects in the world's most threatened biodiversity...
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同志亦凡人中文站 (Queer as Folk) is the most reliable source for queer media on the Chinese internet and go-to place for...
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Just one step can be an insurmountable obstacle for wheelchair users. And this is where Wheelmap comes into play: the crowdsourcing...
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In the least mechanised place on earth, tractors and farming machinery are expensive. This agritech app connects smallholder farmers to tractor owners...
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The Internet is broken. But we can fix it with an alternative collection of open, fair and safe alternatives. For...
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Water is getting the digital treatment. Within a network of innovative control towers in Spain, people are coming together with...
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Imagine if voting was more representative of what people really wanted? That‘s exactly what is happening in Argentina thanks to these...
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This smart irrigation system helps farmers reduce their water footprint, control soil conditions and grow better crops with data and...
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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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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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We're living in one of the most memorable moments in history. Blavity is the powerful multi-platform, multimedia Black-owned and Black-community serving...
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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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Let us transport you to central Chile to a small farm tucked way in the coastal hills. This is a story...
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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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"I marvel at the talent of youth in impossible situations and their potential to move things.”– Martin Fernando Jakobsen Can...
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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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If you feel that formal education doesn't hold the answers to a sustainable future, take a few tips from Enrol Yourself...
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"Whoever you are, wherever you are, you only have to know one thing. You can learn anything." That's the motto...
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How can we make cutting-edge science and STEM discoveries available to younger audiences? It's important for the scientist of the...
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The Save The Chicken app is providing a digital solution to the very analogue chicken mortalities happening in Africa. Early...
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The London Interdisciplinary School is a really interesting new university in the UK, led by a group of academics, entrepreneurs...
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Five years have passed since Berlin-based Vincent Zimmer and Markus Kressler launched Kiron Open Higher Education, the first online university...
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Did you know that we can enable African students to learn vital IT skills in addition to offsetting tonnes of...
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The Liger Leadership Academy in Phnom Penh is an astonishing secondary school set up by a couple of North American...
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This collective online platform can make a difference for rare disease patients and their families. Rare diseases amount to...
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Colèchi’s mission includes working to dismantle bad practices, change mindsets and confronting sustainability and fashion’s relationship with the planet. ...
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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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Is this the clothes shop of the future? Imagine walking into a space on your local high street, selecting a...
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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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The cotton industry can be thirsty, toxic and exploitative, but the Barcelona/London based Cotton Diaries believes there are better ways to...
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Imagine for a moment finding yourself in an abandoned town under the characteristic scorching sun of south-eastern Spain. You look...
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Most farmers in advanced economies take advantage of a wealth of agricultural information services to support farm management and increase...
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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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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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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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“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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Get ready to enter a surreal Noah's Ark of seeds, because deep inside a mountain on a remote island in...
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As doctors limit face-to-face appointments to align with social distancing rules to slow the spread of the coronavirus, tools that help...
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Today, the number of girls who opt for technical or scientific studies is much lower than boys. TecnoGirl wants to...
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CuEmE (Entrepreneurial Culture in the School) is a programme in Barcelona that links schools and local authorities so students can...
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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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"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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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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“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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“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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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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"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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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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"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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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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Excited by biofertilisers? Want to know about biodynamic vines, Catalonian chickens and compost tea – or get down and dirty...
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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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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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"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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There’s a growing unease about the use of behavioural advertising: technologies that track and learn about our online behaviour in...
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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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"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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“Gastronomical culture and food heritage is very important. We have a responsibility to acknowledge Bolivian products and work with them...
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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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Out of the mouths of babes… come wondrous ideas and fantastical plans. Ever seen a rucksack with wings? How about...
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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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"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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Priya is a ‘rape survivor superhero’. Together these three words are shattering taboos in India, thanks to the powerful comic...
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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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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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“The ice caps are melting, Leonard. In the future, swimming won’t be optional!” So says the inept genius Sheldon...
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Open Motors (formerly OSVehicle) is an example of a distributed 21st century design. Their purpose is to democratise mobility – by enabling...
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The world is full of different people and cultures, each with their own unique stories to tell. Getting children to...
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Who would have thought at the start of 2017 that Bitcoin would increase 20-fold? Since it became the first decentralised digital currency released...
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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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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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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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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: The Estonians have a long history of trying new things in digital, and blockchain is no exception....
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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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Submitted by you: Based in Israel, Amos Meiri and the 30+ strong team at Colu are helping people to support...
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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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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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Iceland is progressive. It ranks first on the World Economic Forum’s global gender gap index, is the first to legalise abortion...
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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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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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Insects often get a bad press. In reality, however, they can provide essential functions in agriculture and other areas. The...
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Now you are welcome to download a virtual van Gogh without having to pay an arm, a leg or an ear for...
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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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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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'Forthright: Stronger than a weapon' – straight forward, direct – is a book and ongoing project that follows different artists in...
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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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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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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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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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Our thirst for computer programs and mobile apps shows no sign of abating. From online to the impending launch of...
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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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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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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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“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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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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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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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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Data in the digital age data has transformed the way we live our lives, from artificial intelligence and drones, to...
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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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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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In the woods of Maine is a US Summer Camp like no other. Travelling thousands of miles from their homes...
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In Sweden up until the 21st century, there was no way to describe female genitalia other than using a clinical...
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With Google as an indispensable tool omnipresent in everyday life, it’s easy to feel like we have all the information...
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Domestic workers’ pay and conditions are among the worst in the US. A quarter are paid below the minimum wage. Few receive...
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The self-published DIY ‘zine’ has always been the domain of those in search of alternatives. Its DIY nature eschews the...
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An estimated 750 million people worldwide drink and cook with water from a contaminated source every day. Providing cheap, clean drinking water for...
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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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The Global Tagging of Pelagic Predators (GTOPP) program is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration among biologists, engineers and computer scientists, which...
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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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A new model for democratising software education is forcing top French universities to rethink accessible training. Conceived by a multi-billionaire...
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