BY: TYLER FYFE Dutch architect Raimond de Hullu is currently searching for a location to build his latest concept—one that borrows the environmental accountability and forest serenity of Thoreau while forgoing the isolation. Dutch architect Raimond de Hullu has designed…
The Aquaman Crystal may allow us to ditch oxygen tanks and breathe freely underwater
BY: JOHNATHAN MOSS The ability to breath underwater without being weighed down by clumsy oxygen tanks and burdensome equipment has long captured the imaginations of humankind. The idea of roaming carelessly 50 feet below the ocean’s surface, exploring submerged caves and…
An Egyptian billionaire wants to turn and entire island into a home for Syrian refugees
M. TOMOSKI As the debate in Europe continues over whether to welcome Syrian refugees, it would appear that there is nothing more powerful than an image. For four years statistics and news reports have flooded the media about the worsening…
Hipsters, weirdoes and free thinkers—Portraitlandia captures the spirit of America’s most interesting city
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Portland—the original home of gutter punks, hipsters, weirdoes and forward thinkers. In the middle of one of America’s most beautiful and progressive states, Portland is a magnetic core of positive energy, interesting people and free thought, quickly…
With this 3-D printer you can build 10 tiny houses in under 24 hrs for less than $5,000 each
BY: EDITORS A new technology is hoping to give a facelift to the dilapidated living conditions of rural villages in China. See, China has a problem—income in urban areas is three times higher than in rural areas and as time…
China’s state surveillance proposal might as well be straight out of a George Orwell novel
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Big Brother is watching you.” The chilling slogan was once only part of George Orwell’s fictional dystopia – a totalitarian society where every citizen is under constant surveillance by the government. Now, the idea of “Big Brother”…
These environmentally friendly foldable dome homes are for the all-season camper
BY: SWIKAR OLI Cabins are cozy and tents are fun, but neither can really keep pace with anything in the modern convenience-minded era. I for one don’t need a lack of water or heat to give me the full backcountry…
Starting work before 10am isn’t just soul crushing, this scientist says it’s equivalent to torture
BY: TYLER FYFE It’s 9 am and under the the cheap hue of white fluorescent light, a daily workforce of cataleptic creatures crane their necks over an excel spreadsheet. According to Dr. Paul Kelley of Oxford University, this is what…
Aspen, Colorado, just became the third American city to run on 100% renewable energy
BY: SWIKAR OLI Sustainable energy, that is power generated from non-exhaustible resources such as wind, hydro or solar, has always seemed a little power-weak and a bit too rooted in science-fiction to truly satisfy our energy-hungry needs, but recent stories show…
With the female body as her canvas this artist blends into famous New York City landmarks
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Photographer Trina Merry uses the female body as her canvas and New York City as her background to create a unique style of art. The portraits range from iconic locations such as the Brooklyn Bridge to vibrant…
Brazil’s forest villagers are fighting a losing battle to save their homeland from illegal loggers
Armed first with bows and arrows, swords, rifles and now also GPS tracking devices and cameras, Ka’apor villagers are refusing to lose their land to illegal loggers. Left with only empty promises from their government, villagers have taken charge of…
These are the strange writing habits of some of the world’s greatest authors
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Hunched over a typewriter in a cloud of cigarette smoke and a bottle of Jameson rested at the corner of a cluttered desk. The lifestyle habits of a writer have long been represented in the caricature of…
This vagabond-extraordinaire is re-claiming America on a green cafe racer named Battle Cat
BY: ROB HOFFMAN The romance of a road-trip on two wheels has long inspired the bold, adventurous and freedom-loving, including iconic thinkers like Che Guevara, Hunter S. Thompson and Bob Dylan. After all these years the appeal of a motorcycle…
Wild land fire fighters tell us what it’s really like combating dangerous fires
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ This past summer there has been a flurry of fires sweeping the west coast destroying everything in its pathway. We watch the news and hear of the flames that are swallowing the west coast tree by tree,…
One hundred cameras were given to London’s homeless to show us the city through their eyes
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ This past July a project by Café Art supplied the homeless people of London with disposable cameras and the opportunity to show people the city through their eyes. One hundred disposable cameras were given to the cause,…
Meet Claudette, the 76-year-old champion cyclist, husband, and hermaphrodite prostitute
BY: CONNOR BRIAN “I’d rather sell my ass than my soul, it’s harder but much cleaner,” she tells photographer Malika Gaudin-Delrieu. Claudette is a grandfather, award winning cyclist, a campaigner for sex workers’ rights, and a happy husband who has…
Wild land fire fighters tell the story behind the world’s most adrenaline-injected job
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ This past summer there has been a flurry of fires sweeping the west coast destroying everything in their pathway. We watch the news and hear of the flames that are swallowing the west, tree by tree, but…
The Netherlands just banned wild animals from being used in circuses
BY: JESSICA BEUKER On September 15, 2015 a ban on wild animals being used in circuses officially went into effect in the Netherlands. According to Four Paws, there are 22 active circuses in the Netherlands and between 16 of them…
23 beautifully illustrated letters by Van Gogh, Warhol, Kahlo, etc. show the long-lost art of hand writing.
BY: JOHN DILLON “Letter writing is probably the most beautiful manifestation in human relations, in fact, it is its finest residue” writes artist John Graham in a letter to his wife. Long before our hours were consumed with texting, tweeting,…
This school built an urban garden paradise on their roof to inspire a more sustainable future
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS Vietnam was once known for its vast agricultural landscape of large rice fields and rich coffee crops, but like many countries, a change in the economy has lit fire to rapid urbanization. As a result they are…