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Live and let live, sew your own clothes, grow your own veggies and stop the blame game. Meet one writer/activist that's made this work. >

The Lifeplayer is a new mobile innovation with the potential to dramatically improve the state of education in Africa. >

House-in-a-Can is both a cost-effective housing solution and a novel way of giving unused grain silos a second life. >

PASS Radio effectively uses the internet to facilitate a progressive cause. >

Proceeds from PACT's funky new underwear collection will help artist's with development disabilities. >

The Tramshed Event is hoping to add some international flair to the London Design Festival through a collaborative show. >

Chicken to Change is a brilliant collaboration between Freshlyground and ZA News, commenting on the leadership of Robert Mugabe. >

Inspiration and the creative process are thought to be bedfellows. A new book, Inspired, explores to what extent the two rely on each other. >

Custom-shaped solar panels are helping to popularise the use of solar panels because of their flexibility and versatility. >

From garage enterprise to multinational. In A Fine Line Hartmut Esslinger takes the reader on frog design's life journey. >

Bollywood, cricket, curry and the Kama Sutra. These are probably the clichés most people associate with India. We challenge the stereotype. >

Art of Farming is a new kind of auction that celebrates edible heirlooms and the art involved in their creation. >

A new hotel in downtown Jo'burg traces the history of the city with its edgy and original locally-inspired designs. >

It looks like a maze but it could simply be a mirage. Or is it both, and a solar power station? >

Transformation is a Dutch installation that pays tribute to the aesthetics of vernacular architecture. >

With his curatorial debut, Yves Béhar examines the blurring of the creative line between professional and amateur designer. >

South Africa's first non-profit creative agency is aligning smart business practices with a heightened awareness of social responsibility. >

Green Movies at the Encounters Documentary Festival raises concerns over your most pressing ecological and social issues. >

What is the opposite of design? Anti-Design. But what is that? The Anti-Design Festival explores some of the possibilities. >

Cal Earth stepped in after the disaster in Haiti to provide sustainable, low-cost housing, empowering unskilled workers in the process. >

“Earthship” sounds like something from a sci-fi movie, but it’s an environmentally friendly housing solution for earthquake-stricken Haiti. >

An innovative, tea bag-like water filter could provide millions of people with clean and safe drinking water. >

The Waste Not Want It campaign might be the most effective way of (really) greening your office. >

They don’t make them like they used to. Zeenat Aman was always going to get the attention she enjoyed. >

It’s gone. >