African sci-fi, a call to action and gift innovation

What we’ve read, written and seen

Newsletter week 51

 
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Gift Innovation

French start-up hub Station F has put together this super interesting gift guide of innovative products, from inclusive underwear and circular sportswear to beauty products. Read more here

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African Sci-fi Stories

Disney is partnering with a Nigerian-Ugandan animation studio for an African sci-fi series. While Disney has had big success with Africa-influenced Marvel’s Black Panther and Lion King they had not worked with African creatives. The partnership is an opportunity for Disney to tell a modern and authentic African story to the world. See more here


Reversible Poem

As part of their “Buy Less, Demand More” campaign Patagonia created a reversible poem to warns us about the impending climate crisis. Read more here

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Technosphere Outweighs the Biosphere

The growth of anthropogenic mass, all the things we build, houses, cars, roads, aeroplanes etc. Is now bigger than the mass of all living things. In coming years, the living world will be far outweighed, as much as threefold by 2040. Read more here

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