BY: ROB HOFFMAN On October 15th, Google officially launched their new branch of street view that allows you to virtually explore Yosemite National Park and climb the stiff face of El Capitan. Looking out from two-thirds up the mountain you…
Apparently, psychedelic shroom experiences are the key to quitting smoking
BY: TYLER FYFE Coffee breaks, car rides, drinks with friends—all have become high-wires forcing participation in a game of mental acrobatics. I’m sitting at my desk chewing on the back of a plastic pen. My co-worker has a sickening smirk…
Family explores the wilderness full-time in an eco-trailer that runs on free vegetable oil
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Jerud and Ching roll their mountain bikes into and over the cascading mountains of the pathless Northern Pacific. Most days, they’ll spend their afternoons chasing the rugged and unfamiliar terrain and return to their trailer in the…
Moss-growing concrete absorbs CO2, insulates and is also a vertical garden
BY: SWIKAR OLI Sustainability has always been a game of catch up. The current energy production and construction trends mean that sustainability researchers have to come up with clever ways to lower emissions. Researchers at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)…
This infographic shows the easiest ways to beat the system and travel the world for free
BY: ROB HOFFMAN You would be surprised at the amount of free-travel opportunities that most people pass up because they don’t know the right places to look. Pricey all inclusive deals, tourism commercials and a general barrage of travel advertisements…
Gorgeous vertical farm lets city-dwellers become self-sustaining gardeners
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Living in a small space often means sacrificing the garden. Without access to a backyard, or sometimes any outdoor space at all, such as a balcony, growing your own fruits and veggies isn’t an option. Even those…
Norway’s capital is investing in the future by going car-free
Oslo is banning all private vehicles in its city centre by the year 2019. The city elected the leftist Labour Party this past September, who teamed up with the Green Party and the Socialist Left to make the change. The…
Why travel is sometimes the only cure for festering mediocrity and greyscale existence
BY: TYLER FYFE There were plenty of reasons not to come out here. Common sense was certainly one of them. I was pressed beneath the thumb of debt. But life was becoming a manic brand of boring. My weekdays were…
Being sent to boarding school against my will was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
BY: TREVOR HEWITT “Anything you want to give me now before I find it?” I shook my head. “Spread your legs, please.” I thought I had misheard her at first. She repeated herself, and reluctantly I obeyed. After, she started…
Becoming a vegetarian is the easiest way to save the planet
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS Forty years ago vegetarianism wasn’t accepted. People didn’t have the means to get cognizant about what they were consuming before they consumed it. Twenty years ago it was difficult for vegetarians to grocery shop. Ten years ago,…
6 of the weirdest fetishes you may have, but probably haven’t heard of
By: ALEXANDRIA LEE A paraphilia is a condition in which someone experiences sexual arousal from atypical or extreme sources. Examples of popular paraphilias include exhibitionism, voyeurism and cross-dressing. We’ve all heard of the classic story of the woman who married…
This man-made super-soil is how ancient Amazon civilizations bio-designed 12% of the rainforest
BY: EDITORS From the sky, the thick canopy of green foliage gives one the impression that the Amazon rainforest is a natural paradise with an endless supply of food. But like all things, the surface is often deceiving. As American…
My social phobia found a cure in an unlikely place—death metal shows
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE I’m a 5’2”, 95 pound, quiet Asian girl with glasses and braces. I also have social phobia, agoraphobia, and a love for brutal, disgusting, ear-bleeding music. Hardcore, grindcore, sludge, doom, noise, I listen to it all, and…
American grocery store offers discounts to the less fortunate in exchange for volunteer time
BY: JESSICA BEUKER This summer, a non-profit grocery store opened that offers healthy foods at a discounted price to those who volunteer their time. The Good Grocer, founded by former pastor Kurt Vickman, is an attempt to restore the dignity…
These surf enthusiasts are repurposing old billboards into awesome, sustainable surf bags
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Alec Avedissian never felt comfortable in a suit. Which is why he traded in his investment-banking job for a six-month surf trip through South America with his best friends. According to his website, the group travelled through…
Apparently, a messy desk makes you less boring and more creative than neat freaks, says study
BY: ROB HOFFMAN If your parents ever forced you to clean your room, it turns out that they may be responsible for inadvertently robbing you of your creative talent, soiling your imagination and destroying your chances of ever achieving the…
The benefits of going old school and synchronizing your menstrual cycle with the moon
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS It’s time to get your hands on a lunar calendar. Learn about the moon’s phases. Familiarize yourself with your organic cadences. Let the two cycles live symbiotically. The moon has always been a symbol for the energy…
An innocent VICE journalist is being unjustly imprisoned in Southeast Turkey
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS The Turkish government wrongly detained Mohammed Rasool, an accomplished freelance journalist, 56 days ago. Today, Rasool is still floating in the pre-trial investigation stage while being held in Adana Kürkçüler Prison. Constant pressure needs to be kept…
Those little white beads in your face wash are actually tiny spheres from hell
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS It’s Sunday night; you start the workweek again tomorrow morning and you desperately need to take a shower if you don’t want to offend any of your customers. Shit! You don’t have any body wash. So, you…
This company just created a device that’s going to revolutionize the DSLR camera
BY: TREVOR HEWITT A new L16 camera, created by the company Light, pushes the boundaries of photography, combining 16 lenses to create DSLR-quality images – all while fitting in your pocket. The L16, which the California startup describes as “the…