How to live—and build—in symbiosis with nature
Julia Watson to speak at WDCD Live Amsterdam 2022
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Activists call for a new tech policy based on sustainability, access & care
When innovation meets ancestral materials
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A Sweatshop’s Worst Nightmare
Blue Tin Production, a radical female-led co-operative
How design took shape in 2021
Our top stories of the year, as picked by our readers and editors
‘Let’s talk about race and the climate’
Art exhibition at COP26 explores inequality in the climate crisis
An inventory of stolen objects
New database tracks thousands of African artifacts held in Western museums
‘The Earth feels and lives just like us’
Notes on indigenous knowledge from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
The difference between appropriation & appreciation
Notes on power, identity and community from ‘Urgent Conversations on Earth Day’
Urgent Conversations on Earth Day
An online event about design, climate action & ancestral knowledge
Taina Campos & Olga Rodríguez: making objects and queering spaces
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
Clayre Coello & Carmen Serratos: weaving networks between women
Coolhuntermx celebrates women in Mexico's creative industries for #IWD2021
How New York City’s Armour is Being Transformed into Art
The Plywood Protection Project finds new use for boarded-up storefronts
Crisis Mapping the US Elections
Activists launch new platform to monitor violence across the USA
Viral Times: Broadcasting Untold Stories From the Slums
Chicoco Radio launches new media platform for artists & activists in Nigeria
Powerful prints for Beirut
This week's visual relief celebrates the best of the Beirut Editions art sale
No Place for Sex Trafficking
New program makes hotel rooms and holiday rentals safer for all