Berlin-based artist Katie Paterson is growing books for people who haven’t even been born yet, via her ambitious century-long Future Library project.

It’s rather undignified, but I’ve always had a certain scatological obsession. So imagine my joy when I realised my adopted home of Spain shares the same preoccupation.

Lauren Singer lives a completely waste-free life in New York City.

Taking their cue from the spectacle industry, this Canadian couple are transforming ugly prosthetics into avant-garde fashion.

Shane Thoms spends most of his spare time and cash chasing photos of neglected buildings around the world. His trips are often illegal, and can result in a faceful of mould.

Two European countries are pushing the idea that travelling quietly can help slow us down and make us more aware of what’s around us.

Dubbed the “solar mamas”, the unorthodox training these women go through is all thanks to 70-year-old Indian social activist Bunker Roy and his global Barefoot College.