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CitieS-Health is making citizen science people-centred from research questions to solutions. Several citizen science projects have evaluated environmental parameters...
See more“An unpolluted night sky that allows the enjoyment of the contemplation of the firmament should be considered an inalienable right...
See moreSoftware freedom activism meets environmentalism in Bogotá. Like anybody else, Antonio Vanegas likes to breathe clean air in his...
See moreThe best built-in odour sensor? It’s sitting on your face. Did you know that around the world, odour pollution...
See more“Equity is not secondary to survival, as some suggest; it is survival.” — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilson,...
See moreThe B-Lines project supports the small wild inhabitants of the British landscape by forging new pathways and regenerating an interconnected...
See moreLittle Amal is a little girl on a BIG journey. The giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl is journeying...
See moreFlowers, vegetables, tea plants, fragrant herbs and fruit trees blossom next to the train platforms used daily by hundreds of...
See moreNeed a distraction? Lots of people are turning to the world’s leading citizen science platform to help scientists without leaving...
See moreIf a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound? It does when the trees have electronic...
See moreA drone company saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for social...
See moreJust one step can be an insurmountable obstacle for wheelchair users. And this is where Wheelmap comes into play: the crowdsourcing...
See moreA museum created in Minecraft is craftily encouraging citizens to fight climate change in virtual worlds – to help solve...
See moreIs there water on Mars? This technology was designed to tell us, but now it’s being used to see leaks...
See moreInstead of casting their eyes to the starry night sky, this Observatory is looking at one of earth’s most precious...
See moreA group of activists led by a 'Water Warrior' are on a mission to improve the lives of Detroiters by...
See moreTake a virtual walk through space and time with a walking audio book that tells a new story of the...
See moreCan words posted to social media suggest where a genocide might happen? This rumour police in Kenya fights misinformation with...
See moreIn São Paulo, people are using the Cataki app to swipe right on cleaner streets, protecting the environment, and improving...
See moreFor many of us, a hole in a much-loved jumper sees it drift to the back of the cupboard and...
See moreArticles, photo essays, videos, exhibitions, reports, events, training and other multimedia material can effectively affect policy-making. That's why AMWAJ is spearheading the move...
See moreToday the food systems must adapt quickly. Farmers, growers, food businesses, cafes and restaurants are being forced to simultaneously and...
See moreGames can transform how we live, work and play. This UN programme proves how people of all backgrounds and ages can show...
See more“No matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, getting sick reminds us that...
See moreCaring for one another is, well, caring, but it can be hard and it can be lonely. You need to...
See moreWant to see what London's Abbey Road looked like in 1969, explore LGBT+ life in the sixties or map the...
See moreButterflies don’t just look beautiful, they have an unusual trait. They are nature's way of showing us the effects of...
See more“You can spend your time on Facebook and Instagram, or spend half of that time helping researchers realise their objectives!”...
See moreDo you know your yellow-browed warbler from your bluethroat? Then Ornitho.cat wants you. The online citizen science project is dedicated...
See moreSongwriting grannies, robot sidekicks, savvy social media training, wild swimming, hip hop-picking and hen road shows; what does it mean...
See moreToday, smartphones are as fast as 120,000,000 Apollo 11 computers, which were capable of taking people to the moon. If we...
See moreIf somebody has a heart attack in a film, there's nearly always a crowd of people nearby – and screaming...
See moreWho doesn't want to discover new planets? With Exoplanet Explorers, citizen scientists search for exoplanets, the planets around other stars. One...
See moreBlack holes are found at the centre of most, if not all, galaxies. The bigger the galaxy, the bigger the...
See moreBig in Japan: the global goals can seem too big to make a difference. That’s where the 2030 SDGs Game comes...
See moreGround control to major impact! dashboard.earth wants you to feel good while helping the planet – and be rewarded while...
See moreA video shows a local football match kicking off in El Madania, Algeria; another takes us to Cotonou, Benin, to...
See moreBrazil’s culture-friendly tax law, a bus trip in India where he met his future wife and a desire to dive...
See moreAs the world's population continues to grow, industry has begun to affect even the most remote of places. As well...
See moreAre you a creator focused on social change? Or a hub of art-ivists whose work benefits your community? CultureFutures is...
See moreOur W.I.S.H : Wisdom through Well-being, Inspiring confidence and a creative mind set for the next generation, Shaping the future in...
See moreWhat if you want to assess a proposed development's contribution to the social, economic and environmental pillars of sustainability? A new...
See moreAtlas of the Future has partnered with Red Bull Amaphiko to share each other's stories. The global platform enables, connects and inspires social...
See moreRivers move. Fires occur. Cities grow. Forests shrink. Icecaps melt. Ecosystems change. That's why Robbie Schingler founded Planet, with the mission...
See moreWe've had vultures with GoPro cameras strapped to their heads and pigeons with backpacks. Always ones to follow the crowd, now it's...
See moreIf there’s one political topic that has dominated our collective social consciousness in the last decade, it’s terrorism. Terrorism and...
See moreOver the last decade Fab Lab Barcelona has helped people around the world to locally conceptualise, design, develop and fabricate, with a...
See moreTwo Afghan refugees are raising global awareness of a neglected topic: landmines. There are 110 million landmines worldwide – and every day ten...
See morePakistani human rights activist Gulalai Ismail set up Aware Girls when she was just 16-years-old to empower women and girls in her country....
See moreDuring Christmas 2003, computer scientist Frédéric Mazzella couldn’t get from Paris to his family home a few hours away. He...
See moreWhat 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...
See moreSubmitted by you: When someone you love is sick, you want them to have the best possible caregiver... You. Healthcast empowers...
See moreThe world is on an unsustainable path, but powerful ideas and innovations that could help solve social, economic and environmental...
See moreUsing the Internet and Raspberry Pis, rather than prayer and scripture, with software replacing rules and doctrine, the unMonastery collective borrows from...
See moreToday mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
See moreWhen we think of NASA, we think of sending man to the moon – or Mars – but the space agency is...
See moreMexico City’s masked superhero Peatónito (Little Pedestrian) has a mission - zero deaths on the roads. The safe streets crusader is delivering...
See moreBarcelona's former factory neighborhood Poblenou, meaning 'new town', is witnessing a new type of industry in the neighbourhood’s streets. A...
See moreIs there anything cooler than the misunderstood king of the sky, the vulture? Yes... A vulture with a GoPro camera...
See moreThe popular 1990s' computer game SimCity gave people the freedom to design and build their own metropolis. Today the ‘make your...
See moreSubmitted by you: Rising global connectivity shows that mobile internet is rapidly becoming a primary source of information and knowledge...
See moreIt is both amazing and disconcerting to know that we are surrounded by an invisible architecture of radio waves and...
See moreData in the digital age data has transformed the way we live our lives, from artificial intelligence and drones, to...
See moreBy now you’ve probably had some exposure to the driverless technology phenomenon – even if it’s that taxi in Total...
See moreIt bothered designer and engineer Ross Atkin that while handheld devices, such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, now give us highly customised...
See moreGlobal Breakfast Radio aggregates local radio stations from across the world, constantly streaming broadcasts from wherever the sun is rising...
See moreThere are approximately 130 unregulated matatu lines in Nairobi. Cheap, convenient, popular – and often decorated with disco balls and...
See moreBarcelona-based studio Noumena have used their collective backgrounds in design, research and education to develop a data-collecting drone that maps the...
See moreCreated BY 3D computational artist, geneticist and ‘data-friendly Elvis’ Peter Crnokrak and visionary director GMUNK, HALO is a data visualisation software that represents...
See moreThe digital age loves maps, but not everywhere in the world is represented equally. Digital survey application tool Map Your...
See moreAfrica is growing at a rate never seen before, and everyone wants a piece of the action, but not everyone...
See moreHart Island lies to the east of New York City and is the largest tax-funded mass cemetery in the world....
See moreEvery day, millions of photographs of the same landmarks are captured and posted on social media. As our glaciers are...
See moreSão Paulo’s women say enough and team up to map catcalling. Chega de Fiu Fiu, which translates into English...
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