Artistic action and clay oven construction at Portes et Passages du Retour art center
Portes et Passages du Retour is a holistic art center in Senegal where art becomes a tool for social change.
Arcosanti: urban laboratory or forgotten utopia?
Arcosanti is an experimental town that was designed to show a car-free alternative to urban planning, but very little of the town has actually been built.
Invasive water hyacinths turned into a resource
Water hyacinths on Lake Victoria are negatively impacting the lake’s ecosystem and fishermen, but crafts groups in Kenya have found a use for the invasive plant.
Recycling of bombs in Laos
Unexploded ordnance and the recycling of bombs are simultaneously a threat and an opportunity for the people of Laos.
METI Handmade School – design from tradition
METI Handmade School in Bangladesh shows how modern technology and design can be used to improve traditional building techniques – and rural lives.