Myanmese artist and former political prisoner Htein Lin aims to cast the hands of 1000 political prisoners in plaster of Paris as a reminder of Myanmar's past. >
Ikea is putting the innovative design they're celebrated for into action in crisis zones across the world, such as Nepal, to give people better shelters. >
Vidhi Mehta posits that Post/Biotics can establish a global database that will help scientists find substances that could hold the potential for new antibiotics >
UK-based tech firm Aleutia will this month construct solar classrooms in each of Kenya’s 47 counties in an effort to bring e-learning to rural Africa. >
Celebrate designs that address serious modern challenges, this year's INDEX Awards winners include clean energy batteries and a language learning app. >
Overflowing with Malian refugees and in need of classrooms, sandbags made for the most logical and durable building material for a school at Mbera refugee camp. >
Kot Bonkers is a brazen illustrator who fiercely defends her right to draw for the sake of it and identify with no political groups, despite audience opinion. >
“I realised that Street Debating not only addresses the problem of begging but something much bigger. It’s addressing the problem of social segregation.” Watch full talk >
