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Wekesa Zablon on his hyper-local approach to circularity
In Kenya’s capital, less than half of all the waste produced by the city’s 4 million…
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Six innovations taking on the plastic waste crisis
Experts predict that by 2050, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish. This is something…
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Protest Posters for the Global Climate Strike
On March 19, millions around the world will march (both virtually and physically) in support of…
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‘Climate change is the most challenging brief I’ve worked on’
Naresh Ramchandani has a way with words. As a young copywriter, he entered the advertising industry…
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Clayre Coello & Carmen Serratos: weaving networks between women
By Coolhuntermx As with every year, March 8 marks International Women’s Day. This date is a…
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The link between waste & climate change, explained
At the core of our climate emergency is a planet that’s growing hotter and hotter by…
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Why waste is a socio-political issue
In the last few decades, waste has become a global environmental problem. We now live in…
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A mobile game that plants real trees
A game that’s gorgeous, fun, and that creates real-world change? Say hello to Birthplace. Part adventurous…
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How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen revolutionary protests erupt in cities across the United States.…
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4 new books on the making of trash and treasures
Circular design guides, museum manifestos, and feminist poems about a warming planet; this fall is filled…
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Crisis Mapping the US Elections
When we first heard of Ushahidi, it was an open-source tool designed by hacktivists and journalists…
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The Smart App making Sao Paulo Cleaner and Safer
“Studying the behaviour of public transportation users may bring benefits for the safety of passengers as…
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Seventeen new toilets for Tokyo
Even in the world’s most modern metropoles, public toilets are often difficult to find. And once…
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No Place for Sex Trafficking
As social issues go, sex trafficking is as complex and insidious as they come. The crime…
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New spatial strategies for museums
With some cities shifting out of lockdown, a handful of museums, galleries and theatres around the…
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Estudio Guto Requena turns heartbeats into digital art
Brazilian architect and designer Guto Requena is known for his two favourite muses: love and technology.…
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Marcus Lyall invites you to Scream the House Down
With social distancing still in place and tensions continuing to rise, artist Marcus Lyall has designed…
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Shelterbags for South Africa’s homeless
Back in 2014, Dutch designer Bas Timmer developed the first Sheltersuit: a weather-proof, wearable sleeping bag…
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Stories from Latin American creatives, from Mexico to the world
Just before the news of the pandemic José de la O, industrial designer and founder of…
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Art through the screen
‘Exhibitions give ammunition to think about things’, curator Paola Antonelli of New York’s Museum of Modern…
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A Hand Signal for Help
As the COVID crisis deepens, domestic abuse cases continue to rise around the world. Under the…
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Can art help us navigate an infodemic?
World-renowned artist Olafur Eliasson has published a new conceptual artwork to commemorate World Press Freedom Day,…
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Every empty street is a crowd against the virus
Artists use stencils and chalk to share positive, publicly useful messages about social isolation on the…