Find A Spark | Ideas to inspire

Max Strom presenting his TED talk on how there is no app for happiness — the effect of technology on happiness and relationships

Video

There is No App for Happiness

A train track, with trees and sunset in the background - a possible inspiration location

Blog Post

My Inspiration Location

The cover of The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Book

The Hidden Life of Trees

The cover of the DVD of the film The Prophet, based on the book by Khalil Gibran and starring Salma Hayek and Liam Neeson

Film

The Prophet (film)

The cover of the book You Can Learn to Remember by Dominic O’Brien

Book

You Can Learn to Remember

An infographic showing how memory works, including details on the brain, how to improve your memory and how memories are created

Infographic

How memory works

The cover of the book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

Book

21 lessons for the 21st century

The cover of the book Feral by George Monbiot

Book

Feral

Carl Honoré presenting his TED talk praising slowness

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In praise of slowness

The cover of Postcapitalism by Paul Mason

Book

Postcapitalism

A planning meeting at a table, with a map plan, laptop and other items

Blog Post

To plan or not to plan?

A screen grab from the Refugee Project interactive map of refugee migration from 1975 to 2015

Website

The Refugee Project

The cover of the book The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

Book

The Art of Learning

A screen grab from the Garbage Island documentary by Vice

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Garbage Island

A screengrab from the National Geographic video "This Crazy Tree Grows 40 Kinds of Fruit"

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This Crazy Tree Grows 40 Kinds of Fruit

The cover of Out of the Wreckage by George Monbiot

Book

Out of the Wreckage

A screengrab from the "What's the deal with diesel?" video by Greenpeace UK

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What’s the deal with diesel?

The cover of the DVD of Life Itself, the story of Roger Ebert's life

Film

Life Itself

An image from the article How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math by Barbara Oakley

Article

How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math

A roadsign with the place names 'Usefull' and 'Useless' on it, representing effectiveness and ineffectiveness

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Efficiency and effectiveness