Get ready for Design Indaba Conference and Young Designers Simulcast from 29 February to 2 March 2012. It’s the ultimate creative boost. >

Project Repat sends discarded T-shirts from America to be upcycled in developing countries, to be sold back to American customers, with all profits to NGOs. >

The UNICEF Brick serves the dual purpose of providing food and water for victims of natural disasters, and can be used for constructing temporary shelters. >

The look of the South African Climate Change Response Expo running alongside COP17 in Durban was conceptualised by designworkshop : sa. >

The Goethe-Institut presents a diverse cultural programme during COP17, which includes workshops, exhibitions, performances and more. >

It's not every day that one gets to see the president of the USA, Barack Obama, kissing one of his rivals. The Benetton UNHATE campaign promotes love, not hate. >

Compost Mobile is a Miami-based initiative that collects household food scraps and turns it into compost for community gardens. >

In rural parts of Africa, chillies are being used to keep elephants off cultivated land while also providing an income for the subsistence farmers. >

“Food must not be a weapon”, Amy Franceschini calls on Via Campesina’s seven principles of food sovereignty. >

Shin-ichi Takemura says we should rather be talking about being “creative” than “sustainable" in terms of the environment. >