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Bestselling supertaster and food educator Bee Wilson knows a thing or two about healthy and sustainable eating. Author of six...
See moreMore than 70 international experts, with more than 50 ideas and projects to inspire change, will meet on 16–17 September...
See moreSalus.Coop imagines a world where citizens control their health data. The future of our health depends largely on the...
See moreFixing the Future Festival, held on 16 & 17 of September at CCCB (Barcelona), is an all-encompassing experience, with talks,...
See moreCalling all activists, creatives, educators, organisers, troublemakers, lawyers, collectives and communities sparking just climate action in Spain. We want to...
See moreCitieS-Health is making citizen science people-centred from research questions to solutions. Several citizen science projects have evaluated environmental parameters...
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 moreGo online, catch a blood stall, and speed up Alzheimer’s research — by years! Stall Catchers is the game that...
See moreAbleGamers empowers people with disabilities to access video games and fight social isolation. Hate lockdown? Spent the better part...
See more“When you contract your pelvic floor, the bird goes up. When you relax it, the bird goes down.” At...
See moreEnter a safe magical space where you can explore your feelings. Hear the stories of people who’ve been where you...
See moreLove choose-your-own-adventure books? They’re the inspiration for cellphone games that make financial, sexual, and health education accessible to remote communities....
See moreThe Sports Bra Project provides sports bras to those who don’t have access to them, lifting barriers to sports participation....
See moreThe Homeless World Cup harnesses the power of football to put an end to homelessness worldwide. “Football has been...
See more“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
See moreBogotá has a new phone number for men who want to hang up on machismo and prevent domestic violence. ...
See moreIf COVID left you feeling down in the dumps, send in the clowns! It goes without saying that communities...
See moreClosed-loop, regenerative, urban agriculture: Good Neighbor Gardens is farming the city and feeding San Diego one garden at a time....
See moreIf we use local products, we benefit our farmers, ranchers and artisans. This is precisely what’s at the core of...
See moreFarah Liz Pallaro knows from experience that a career in fashion and wellbeing often don’t go hand-in-hand. That’s why she...
See more15 things that have given me joy as Editor of Atlas of the Future Yes, it’s officially time for me...
See moreThe global sextech industry is huge and growing. If there was ever a time to want more pleasure, it’s during lockdown,...
See moreGet ready to enter a new dimension for medical imaging as the world's only accurate and interactive 3D holograms equip...
See moreA pioneering virtual rehab platform is combining VR, gaming and motion capture to help make therapy fun. Virtual reality...
See moreWearables, medical devices, AI and data come together in this lightweight exoskeleton for robot rehab. And it's been tested by former...
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 moreWhat links Arcade Fire, lab-grown chicken burgers, the rare white Arabian oryx, masks made from plastic waste and the circular economy?...
See moreA counter reads: '1,130,106,730' litres served and counting.' That’s over a billion litres of pure drinking water for the most...
See moreEnvironmental activists Zakiya Mckenzie and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley want you to go outside and embrace the countryside, to take in all...
See moreImagine going from 30 to 80 years old in ten minutes by slipping on an age simulation suit and going...
See moreThis water on wheels technology proves an idea doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Designed in Africa for Africa, Hippo...
See moreHelmets are an effective ‘vaccine’ against head injuries on the road. In Vietnam, these helmets are made by people with...
See moreMore and more people are ditching the supermarket in their quest for seasonal local goods. La Ruche qui dit Oui...
See moreCycling Without Age is a movement – literally – that’s creating a sense of freedom, joy and happiness in an...
See moreAfrica is building a big wall of trees through 11 countries, just under the southern edge of the Sahara, to...
See moreIn the deprived slum locations in West India, Prabhat Education Foundation is replacing despair with hope. The community-based organisation helps children with special...
See moreThe Save The Chicken app is providing a digital solution to the very analogue chicken mortalities happening in Africa. Early...
See moreThis collective online platform can make a difference for rare disease patients and their families. Rare diseases amount to...
See moreEducating girls is fundamental for a sustainable future for East Africa, but only 5 percent of girls graduate. Most spend...
See more“Where can I get this ingredient? This one costs a fortune and I only need a pinch of it, this...
See moreBeing an eco-conscious parent means reducing, reusing and recycling whenever possible, but there’s still the conundrum of what to do...
See moreShoes might not grow on trees – but this one grows itself. The Shoe That Grows has a clever design that...
See moreThe cotton industry can be thirsty, toxic and exploitative, but the Barcelona/London based Cotton Diaries believes there are better ways to...
See moreArgentine celebrity chef Narda Lepes has long championed a plant-based diet at Narda Comedor in Buenos Aires and now she’s...
See moreToni Massanés has been wondering what makes things good throughout his career – and has been finding answers at the...
See moreWhile surfers, fishermen and sea-lovers might be aware of the devastating impact of discarded plastic, not everyone knows that marine...
See moreQuite literally raising the bar on anti-knife crime campaigns, Steel Warriors are using surrendered blades in the best possible way. ...
See more"Together we can make a significant impact in the fight against shark fishing and their declining populations." Barcelona's Regina Domingo has...
See moreBritain’s most ethical restaurant doesn’t have a bin. Founded by ex-St John chef Dougie McMaster, the team at Silo brews its own booze,...
See moreDownload the app, lend your eyes to solve tasks big and small, and help blind and partially sighted people lead...
See moreWhen it comes to our fruit and vegetables, we’re used to supermarket perfection, but a misshapen carrot or heart-shaped potato...
See more"We envision a world where cities recognise their interdependence with the world’s forests and use their political, economic, and cultural...
See moreToday the food systems must adapt quickly. Farmers, growers, food businesses, cafes and restaurants are being forced to simultaneously and...
See moreLike it or not – and the international pharmaceutical industry doesn’t – an Indian drug company is boldly reverse-engineering and...
See moreJust ten days before this was written, the lives of four twenty-something friends – Simone Policano, Healy Chait, Mimi Aboubaker...
See moreCalling all doctors, nurses, engineers and designers: coronavirus wants you! Ventilators are essential for taking care of people struggling to breathe...
See more“No matter what we look like, where we live, or how much money we have, getting sick reminds us that...
See moreThis is the sort of rapid response the world needs right now. On the Monday of 3 February 2020, something...
See moreSouth Korea has pioneered an innovative way of testing for the novel coronavirus – inspired by the drive-through counters at McDonalds...
See more“We have to work together to stop this pandemic. All of us have to stay safe and have to use...
See moreGet ready to enter a surreal Noah's Ark of seeds, because deep inside a mountain on a remote island in...
See moreAs doctors limit face-to-face appointments to align with social distancing rules to slow the spread of the coronavirus, tools that help...
See moreDino Impagliazzo dices onions like a master chef and makes a mean vegetable soup – but most of his loyal...
See moreDog detectives are using their pooch powers of perception to save ailing citrus groves from a devastating crop disease that causes mottled...
See moreHave you heard of ‘shredder workouts’? They’re fast and furious exercises that shred the fat off your body. And they’re...
See moreJuan Gimenez is a technician at Diputació de Barcelona (DiBa). Every day, he has to analyse websites to search for...
See moreDecades ago, a man bought an old stone mill to feed his family with traditional cereals. One day, his daughter...
See moreMeet the new magical FutureHero of super-gardening... the black soldier fly. A group of University of Tokyo students have developed...
See moreCaring for one another is, well, caring, but it can be hard and it can be lonely. You need to...
See moreFertility apps aren’t just for women. Now men can test their sperm count on a smartphone, making medical testing easy,...
See moreMeet Basma and Jad, the Muppets addressing the devastating impacts of crisis and displacement on children. American educational children’s television...
See moreClearly not pretending to be human, Intuition Robotics' ElliQ is an AI-powered companion that is half tablet, half robot and...
See moreMillennials may or may not save the world; only time will tell. But forget labelling Gen Y as saviours or slackers,...
See moreIn long-running British soap opera Eastenders, the main square is home to what is known as the 'Bench of Tears',...
See moreIs it possible to bring divided communities together through food? Soil Association believes it is. And it’s bringing bunting, garden...
See moreThe aptly-named Songs & Smiles brings music, fun and friendship to children aged 0-4, their grown-ups, and older adults in...
See moreWhich came first: the chicken or this eggscellent idea? Ok, that was rhetorical. It's the chicken, obviously. Now for a real question:...
See moreColombia’s diverse geography – from towering Andean mountain ranges, to vast flooding wetlands and thick Amazonian jungle – has made...
See moreCrack open the sherry, gin and Pimms, because Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ is on the sound system; Hetty has donned her...
See moreSongwriting grannies, robot sidekicks, savvy social media training, wild swimming, hip hop-picking and hen road shows; what does it mean...
See more“I’m not trying to replace the system, but I think the system is missing an essential component, which is the...
See moreDystopian science fiction movie Ready Player One (2018) showcased a futuristic world where it’s possible to live life in virtual reality, meeting...
See moreInspired by his own story, Stephen Addison created BoxUp Crime to change young people’s lives through the power of boxing....
See moreIf somebody has a heart attack in a film, there's nearly always a crowd of people nearby – and screaming...
See moreWhen you think about climate change, you’re likely to experience a range of emotions. Some of us naturally feel inspired...
See more“Small Food Bakery is a journey to try and build a localised, non commodity food system, perhaps masquerading as a...
See moreExcited by biofertilisers? Want to know about biodynamic vines, Catalonian chickens and compost tea – or get down and dirty...
See moreA lack of wheelchair accessibility makes it hard for disabled people to maintain independence. That’s why a group of ten...
See moreMany children resist new foods, and encouraging them to make healthy choices about what to eat can look like an...
See moreShipping a container from China to South Africa costs the same amount as transporting it from South Africa to Malawi....
See moreIn Uganda, Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga are the major sources of quality protein, in the form of various species...
See more"The more parasites you find, the more data you contribute to fighting the disease." MalariaSpot allows gaming time to be...
See moreA revolutionary supermarket is proving that Brighton really does rock, by making it easier to be a good consumer. Rather...
See moreIn Pakistan, an award-winning startup is redefining special education with augmented reality games that are cheap, efficient, measurable and accessible for everyone....
See moreImagine being stuck in a room you can’t escape. You hear voices: “Do it!” “Stop it!” Light shoots out of...
See moreAs the world's population continues to grow, industry has begun to affect even the most remote of places. As well...
See moreThe numbers look great: 100,000 landmines destroyed, 22 million square metres of land returned to local communities and over 900,000...
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