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AbleGamers empowers people with disabilities to access video games and fight social isolation. Hate lockdown? Spent the better part...
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The Sports Bra Project provides sports bras to those who don’t have access to them, lifting barriers to sports participation....
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“I ended up taking surfing as my coping skill because every time I am in the water, I take the...
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Little Amal is a little girl on a BIG journey. The giant puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl is journeying...
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Fashion Minority Report is a call for measurable change in the offices of fashion brands across the UK. What...
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A social enterprise in India is bringing much needed play into children’s lives with low-cost playscapes made from scrap tyres...
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The 'Clothing Man' has transformed the culture of giving – and receiving – in India with his treatment of clothing and...
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Fancy fabricating your own beehive in 30 minutes? A buzzy giant hive of makers and beekeepers have come together in...
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This fun social video-sharing platform built for young creators makes daily actions easy in the ultimate competition to save the...
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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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What if we could rethink, reimagine, remake the world of fashion? Inequality, injustice, pollutants and waste – the fast...
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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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A youth network in the Mediterranean is flowing with ideas of how to solve the world’s water challenges. They’re the...
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Instead of casting their eyes to the starry night sky, this Observatory is looking at one of earth’s most precious...
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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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MyOmani hopes to inspire the residents and citizens of Oman by promoting sustainable projects and effective practices for a better...
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Environmental activists Zakiya Mckenzie and Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley want you to go outside and embrace the countryside, to take in all...
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A new meeting place is weaving a culture of cycling into the fabric of everyday life in Tunisia – with women cyclists...
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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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This water on wheels technology proves an idea doesn’t have to be complicated to be useful. Designed in Africa for Africa, Hippo...
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Home to endangered marine turtles that come to its shores to lay their eggs, Ghana has a rich fauna and...
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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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Boomera works with Brazil’s waste pickers and big brands to find new creative uses for plastic that normally ends up...
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A group of activists led by a 'Water Warrior' are on a mission to improve the lives of Detroiters by...
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Aware that Detroiters of African descent have never lacked creativity or entrepreneurial zeal, one Detroiter wants to provide the one...
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Testing is not a motivator. But immersing yourself in a paper on civil movements, a climate change project or a...
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As Wales entered its first lockdown, Mymuna Soleman set up a virtual space for difficult conversations. She just never expected...
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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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One third all all food is wasted; which is staggering. But there is a fun way to reduce this. The...
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We've all heard the expression 'Don't judge a book by its cover'. Yet we’re all guilty of doing it. And you...
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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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"When dreams die, they do not make much noise. When hopes are crushed, the signs are soundless." Sheroes Hangout is...
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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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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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Scrolling through Instagram, a Too Good To Go ad pops up in which a girl and a boy sprint through...
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Cooking for someone is quite possibly the oldest and most elemental expression of love, solidarity and caring. Community – or...
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The simple act of riding a bike helps rural families with limited resources in Mozambique to irrigate their family plots....
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Articles, photo essays, videos, exhibitions, reports, events, training and other multimedia material can effectively affect policy-making. That's why AMWAJ is spearheading the move...
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"Together we can make a significant impact in the fight against shark fishing and their declining populations." Barcelona's Regina Domingo has...
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Earth Logic is a simple yet transformative call to the fashion sector: to put earth first, pledging loyalty to the...
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Are you helping to build a fair fashion sector?Are you a fashion-lover working on ways to reimagine how we produce what we...
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When it comes to our fruit and vegetables, we’re used to supermarket perfection, but a misshapen carrot or heart-shaped potato...
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"We envision a world where cities recognise their interdependence with the world’s forests and use their political, economic, and cultural...
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“There's an Eskimo on a mass of ice, a Bedouin in the desert and a Polynesian at sea. All three of...
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“Muhra in Arabic means 'foal', but also new beginnings. It represents what we do here." In a discreet five-story building...
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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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"It's time to change the conversation about climate change from polar bears to people.” – Dominique Browning Forget Thunderbirds, these moms...
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People will always love books. While digital media has disrupted other industries, there really is nothing like a physical book...
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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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Rape threats, racist slurs and being followed home are just some of the things that women and girls are subjected...
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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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Sex. It never gets old. Why, then, is the idea of older people having it so hard to think about?...
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Caring for one another is, well, caring, but it can be hard and it can be lonely. You need to...
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Meet Basma and Jad, the Muppets addressing the devastating impacts of crisis and displacement on children. American educational children’s television...
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Millennials may or may not save the world; only time will tell. But forget labelling Gen Y as saviours or slackers,...
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that irate grandmas are not to be messed with. Watch out, then, for the...
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Dutch investigative journalist Teun van de Keuken was shocked when he discovered that much of the world’s chocolate production has...
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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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Welcome to the world’s first ever cemetery made using single use plastic bottles. Having opened its gates on World Wildlife...
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Transformed poachers trained as 'blasters' are helping keep elephants from raiding farmers' crops in Zambia – using non-lethal chilli powder...
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“Food is a central part of the Filipino life. For the people of an agricultural country such as the Philippines...
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Crack open the sherry, gin and Pimms, because Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’ is on the sound system; Hetty has donned her...
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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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What looks like an insect, roams around southern Africa, and farts out balls of fire? A giant dung beetle made...
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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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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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"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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“The peasant way of life is one of the most precious things we have on this planet to shine a...
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Decades of over-exploitation have left our ocean and fish populations a shadow of their former selves. That’s why, after securing...
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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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“Hip Hop Caucus represents the streets, it represents those who have a message to tell and who won’t be quiet,...
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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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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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A photographer called Jose Martínez took the picture below. He calls it ‘End of discrimination’. Jose is one of the...
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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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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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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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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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Husband and wife team Mark and Mo Constantine were part of a group who co-founded what would become Lush Fresh...
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India has the highest number of undernourished people in the world, but at the same time sees 40% of all...
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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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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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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 In the quiet port town of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, over 1000 children work and live on the beaches,...
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By now we all know that indestructible plastic is bad for the planet. A massive amount ends up in our oceans...
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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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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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If there’s one political topic that has dominated our collective social consciousness in the last decade, it’s terrorism. Terrorism and...
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Food has always had a special place in human history. From the multi-religious traditions of “breaking bread” with friends and...
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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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Design education is being given a radical redesign by extreme experience designer – and Atlas FutureHero – Nelly Ben Hayoun. The...
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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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Japan is facing a demographic disaster. As of 2014, 26 per cent of the population is over 65-years-old. Simultaneously the...
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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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A lifelong boater and self-professed ‘beach bum’ wants to stop virgin plastic from entering the ocean ever again. And help...
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While the panda is officially no no longer endangered, there are fewer than 2,000 giant pandas in China – the...
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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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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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In 2015 roughly 36 million people in the world were living with HIV or AIDS, with about 70% of them...
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US election outcomes are always governed by expensive campaigns and big money, but this year the role of money has...
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What if the darkest social and environmental clouds really did turn up silver linings? What if the United Nation’s Sustainable...
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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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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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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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Today mankind does incredible things. Thirty years of digital revolution have brought previously unimaginable advances in the way we live...
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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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When we think of NASA, we think of sending man to the moon – or Mars – but the space agency is...
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Chicken Town have come up with a recipe to reduce obesity in school children by offering an alternative to the...
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When the land you live in is arid and inhospitable, and it rains on average only two days a year,...
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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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Mexico City’s masked superhero Peatónito (Little Pedestrian) has a mission - zero deaths on the roads. The safe streets crusader is delivering...
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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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Is there anything cooler than the misunderstood king of the sky, the vulture? Yes... A vulture with a GoPro camera...
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Nairobi's minibus taxis carry over three million people around the city every day. The loud and tightly packed matatu buses...
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The world isn’t just losing its biodiversity; human cultures are at risk as well. Across the globe indigenous peoples suffer...
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Trialled in numerous countries since the second world war and supported by many, there has never been a study which...
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The number of homeless people in New York City’s shelters peaked at 60,670 in January 2015 – and this figure only...
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In March 2012, two graphic designers and teachers living in Tel Aviv, Israel declared their love for Iran on Facebook....
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Approximately three-quarters of Americans are in debt, in most cases due to the high cost of healthcare and education. Nearly...
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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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As part of a family that owned a moving company in New Jersey for more than ninety years, Adam Lowy...
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The Human Rights Foundation is a small operation with an annual budget of $3.9 million, yet it has chosen to...
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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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Skateistan started in Afghanistan as a "crazy idea" to use skateboarding for empowerment. Now it's opening a fifth school, so more...
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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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Populations in South East Asia have had to live with haze (poor air quality from pollution) for decades, but intensive...
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Healthcare is underpinned by what’s sometimes defined as the ‘biomedical model’: the system responds when people are sick (with treatment)...
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Laki-Laki Peduli, translated as 'men that care', works to reshape common concepts of masculinity in Indonesia. Even in the country’s...
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The debate on how to cope with immigration is heated and complex. Based in Germany, a country which takes more refugees than...
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Back in June 2011, civil unrest proved its ability to act as a catalyst for political change and amid bloody...
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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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An online forum with the simple slogan ‘We Exist!’ is providing support for the 2.5 million gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
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"It is our responsibility to enable every young person to make to learn and learn to make," says David Sengeh, Global...
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Tea is the world’s most popular beverage. It impacts on the lives of millions, providing employment and export earnings worldwide....
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São Paulo’s women say enough and team up to map catcalling. Chega de Fiu Fiu, which translates into English...
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Every day, women across the world are insulted, ignored or assaulted simply because of their gender. In 2012 award-winning journalist...
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The Pope is my new hero – my socially progressive, secularist, humanist new hero. How can you not love a man...
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