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Can music make a connection through people’s busy everyday lives and change the narrative on environmental issues? That is the...
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See moreDo you like skating and want your personalised skateboard deck? Look no further than Project RPSD. Oh, and did we...
See moreAs you know, last month we held Fixing the Future Festival here in Barcelona and it was a blast! There...
See moreAtlas of the Future and Fashion Fictions are looking for digital storytellers to create a simple game based on an...
See moreAlthough running events can be a strain on the environment, there are initiatives that are tackling food waste at catered...
See moreMore than 70 international experts, with more than 50 ideas and projects to inspire change, will meet on 16–17 September...
See moreMarina Testino is an award-winning ARTivist who works at the intersection of fashion and advocacy. It’s well known that the...
See moreInnovating within an institution that is over one hundred years old is no easy feat, but that’s what Innovation Partnerships...
See moreFixing the Future Festival, held on 16 & 17 of September at CCCB (Barcelona), is an all-encompassing experience, with talks,...
See moreThe Artivist Network brings together arts activists and facilitators to imagine a better future. Here at Atlas of the...
See more“You cannot respect something without loving it, and you cannot love something you do not know” Jon Kareaga is a...
See moreWe recently dived head-first into the world of music visionary and climate activist Brian Eno. After an inspiring conversation about...
See moreWelcome to World 54, where the production of new textiles has been severely restricted, leading to the development of a...
See moreWelcome to the Mushroom World, an ecologically minded generation of thinkers who adopted mushrooms as their non-human spiritual guides. Once...
See moreGender adviser for climate justice and resilience at Oxfam Intermón, Sandra Sotelo Reyes has always been interested in questioning the...
See moreHow do you inspire action on the climate emergency? Through spectacle, satire and humour, according to ClimActs. ClimActs co-founder...
See more“The future we are trying to create is a future in which people are able to find the time to...
See moreRun by refugees, Talking Hands is the Italian design & fashion studio where art and storytelling create employment opportunities, tear...
See moreThe community-powered organisation keeps over 8 thousand Black women gamers safe online and advocates for diversity, inclusion and equity in...
See moreBrew your tea, stir some milk in. Make some toast and butter it. Sip, eat, wash, dry. Now, can you...
See more“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
See moreWe hope you’re enjoying this holiday season! Whether you’re a fan of mulled wine and sweaters or a Santa hat...
See moreDear explorers, It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that the 3rd edition of Fixing the Future Festival...
See more“It’s possible at a neighbourhood or city scale for us to completely overturn how change happens” Imandeep Kaur, CIVIC SQUARE....
See moreCan you imagine a world where affordable housing would be defined according to average income, not market forces? Where neighbourhoods...
See moreEcologist, research professor and world-renowned alien expert Montserrat Vilà joins us to discuss the fascinating story of what’s hiding in...
See moreWe recently caught up with entrepreneur, eco-legend and all-round excellent chap Tim Smit. In a winding conversation (incl. digressions into...
See moreHave you heard the one about the bull, the rabbit, and the policeman? And the one about the flawed dinosaur?...
See moreBarcelona’s street vendors launched a fashion brand that’s all about “doing things right.” Six years ago, Barcelona’s street sellers...
See moreSitting comfortably? For the 1 billion people around the world who live with a disability, wearing standard clothing can mean...
See more💬 “A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.” – Patrick Geddes The...
See moreDaring conservationist, biologist and adventurer Sacha Dench, a.k.a the “human swan”, is saving migratory species one awe-inspiring expedition at a...
See moreLocated on Canada’s Pacific Coast, an alliance of First Nations is working to protect the ecosystems of an area that...
See moreEver felt inspired to take action after seeing a beautiful piece of art? An international non-profit based in Hawaii is...
See moreBeetime connects socially engaged art with natural beekeeping practices to bring together community, scientists and artists in their southern Spanish...
See moreLittle Amal is a little girl on a BIG journey. The giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl is journeying...
See moreIt’s 2002 and in a large square just streets away from the Colosseum, market stalls line up to sell their...
See moreIf COVID left you feeling down in the dumps, send in the clowns! It goes without saying that communities...
See moreEurope’s densest neighbourhood, die-hard champion of authenticity and diversity, is starting to tell its own story in its first co-created...
See moreOne of the most exciting legacy project’s from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is the Museu do Amanhã, or Museum...
See more“What if we welcomed all animals, plants and things into our Parliament? What would the argument of the cod, algae...
See more“It is important to tell our stories as refugees, to express ourselves, to be heard.” David Thok Koang, 16 years...
See moreIt’s bold, colourful, and sometimes illegal; it makes big statements and spreads joy; it redefines our streets even when it...
See moreThis art collective serves society through the revival of inner city spaces and creates community spirit reflected in urban art....
See moreIf not us, then who? When it comes to keeping trees standing, that’s the question the inhabitants of the world’s...
See moreGROW fuses art and science, using lighting design to improve crop resilience and production while inspiring us to take a...
See more“I always tell kids the same thing: the future has not yet been written.” Javier Goyeneche believes that children are...
See moreNope, we’re not at church – but this anonymous congregation are here to worship all things creative. Working to a...
See moreAs Neil Gaiman wrote, ‘a town isn’t a town without a bookstore.’ So, in the age of internet shopping, what’s...
See moreThe Fabricademy program is training a global community of transdisciplinary designers to propose new ways of making, designing, wiring and...
See more‘Creative’ and ‘factory’: two words not often seen together. It’s time they were. About a Worker describes itself as...
See more“If we don’t know what we’re saying to each other how can we move forward on a shared path?” Samata...
See moreThe algae-based bio-company Algaeing not only produces dyes, their patented technology allows for the creation of coloured fibers, changing the...
See moreBlackbirds are the inspiration for SauColors' vibrant blue dye made from waste berries – a possible sustainable alternative for colouring denim....
See moreTômTex uses shellfish waste to create a sustainable alternative to harmful leather practices. Designer Uyen Tran may have developed TômTex...
See moreFaber Futures is revolutionising colour with bacteria, using 500 times less water than traditional dyeing. Assemblage 002 is a reversible...
See more🔴 “We are not alone in the universe. The irrational thing is to believe that we are.” – Juan Insua Mars...
See more“Museums that involve citizens are the future.” Jordi Costa is the writer, filmmaker and cultural critic behind the exhibitions at Barcelona’s CCCB, one...
See more15 things that have given me joy as Editor of Atlas of the Future Yes, it’s officially time for me...
See moreForget the ‘latest trend’. This fashion magazine is replacing newness with a different type of luxury: creativity, originality, and slowing...
See moreAn orchestra made up of young people at risk of social exclusion turns rubbish from the largest landfill in Paraguay...
See moreYoung people are unleashing their creative brilliance by creating high end couture from everyday junk. At a time when...
See moreTake a cup of old coffee grounds, a handful of mussel shells, and a dash of green tea, and what...
See moreChile-based designer Margarita Talep has developed her own eco-friendly packaging as a substitute for plastic. Part of the problem causing the...
See moreA new generation needs a new generation of media. Enter GUAP: a media platform that has earned its description...
See morePrecious Plastic is on a mission to boost recycling by helping everyone start their own local plastic workshop. A...
See moreA social enterprise in India is bringing much needed play into children’s lives with low-cost playscapes made from scrap tyres...
See moreThe beautiful game is embracing its green side. In the ultimate upcycle, a global architecture studio is using airplane bodies to...
See moreImagine being able to grow and make almost anything. Well, you can. That’s what this ‘Fab’ global initiative is...
See moreA new circular model of housing entirely created with reusable and recyclable materials has taken form in Italy thanks to...
See moreMeet the Icelandic designer turning animal skin and bones into food packaging to get us talking. And it is. ...
See moreDespite artisan know-how stretching back to ancient times, independent clothes makers around the Mediterranean now struggle against powerful global brands...
See moreIn Colombia, sustainable affordable homes are being built on solid grounds... coffee grounds. We love a project that solves...
See moreIs there anything sweeter than a library made from ice cream buckets? Yes. One whose facade spells out "books are...
See moreThe global sextech industry is huge and growing. If there was ever a time to want more pleasure, it’s during lockdown,...
See moreThe world is on the move, our climate is changing, a pandemic keeps us apart. So there's never been a...
See moreReopened in November 2020 after a major renovation, Sydney’s Australian Museum brings a focus on climate solutions and First Nations...
See moreA drone company saving lives in Ghana and Rwanda has become a lesson in using autonomous drones as a tool for social...
See more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...
See moreThe Internet is broken. But we can fix it with an alternative collection of open, fair and safe alternatives. For...
See moreBuilding on the trust and popularity of museums, this NY-based climate museum bakes action into everything it does, inspiring the...
See moreMost people’s concept of what a museum is needs updating. In response to the challenges of COVID, the digitisation of...
See moreWhat links Arcade Fire, lab-grown chicken burgers, the rare white Arabian oryx, masks made from plastic waste and the circular economy?...
See moreImagine going from 30 to 80 years old in ten minutes by slipping on an age simulation suit and going...
See moreWe're living in one of the most memorable moments in history. Blavity is the powerful multi-platform, multimedia Black-owned and Black-community serving...
See moreHome to endangered marine turtles that come to its shores to lay their eggs, Ghana has a rich fauna and...
See moreThese dolls outsell Barbie in Nigeria and so they should. The colourful Queens of Africa help young African girls embrace their...
See moreWhat links Arcade Fire, a marching band in rural Haiti, goats and the circular economy? Régine Chassagne, from the...
See moreThey might not be taking clothes to space, but the AWAYTOMARS crowdsourcing collective have found a new frontier in the...
See more“The vision for Blavity is a world in which all Black people are happy.” Aaron Samuels’ life is a tale...
See moreBoomera works with Brazil’s waste pickers and big brands to find new creative uses for plastic that normally ends up...
See moreThe current face of architecture is not an accurate reflection of what our cities look like. One woman in Detroit...
See moreIn this storybook sisterhood, a diverse range of phenomenal women mirror characters from books to inspire girls to read for...
See moreTo seduce the public with culture, some saucy Spanish poets are prostituting themselves for money, but not in the way...
See moreAre you ready to speak frankly about gender issues and sexual taboos? Because this virtual art gallery wants you to...
See moreTake a virtual walk through space and time with a walking audio book that tells a new story of the...
See moreThe creative producers behind WADUP are making podcasts with teens across the world. Meet generation podcast. "Our ultimate goal...
See moreTwo women are changing the narrative on Yemen by creating groundbreaking and authentic local artistic content in an extreme environment....
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