BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICS A homeless shelter in Atlanta holds a large garden on its roof, which is completely grown and maintained by its residents.The concept began in 2009 with the first harvest producing 55 pounds of produce. The garden has…
This family turned their life into a permanent road-trip to teach their daughters the meaning of life
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Somewhere in the windswept valley of Patagonia, Emily sits cross-legged next to her blue Westfalia at the foot of a glacial-blue lake looking up at a series of snow-capped mountains, huddled behind the trees. She holds her…
I got trashed with a room of writers to see if booze actually improves writing
BY: LISA CUMMING The decade between someone’s late teens and their late twenties is one that is often looked back on nostalgically as a period of great sex and even greater parties. We can drink vodka like it’s water, and…
These amazing tents can collect water, fold up and harvest energy from the sun
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Extreme challenges await for environmental migrants as a direct result of climate change. The United Nations estimates that by 2050 the earth will have to come face to face with 200 million environmental refugees. Families will lose…
Arizona raises a middle finger to puppy mills with a law that pet stores can only sell shelter dogs
BY: ROB HOFFMAN This summer a federal court stood its ground in an important case that shed light on the country’s dire lack of animal care regulations for the treatment of dogs and cats within pet stores, and where they…
This company is capturing greenhouse gas emissions and turning them into building materials
BY: SWIKAR OLI By the time “limestone and other ingredients [are heated] to 2,640 degrees F (1,450 degrees C) by burning fossil fuels” to create one ton of cement, concrete’s main component, another ton of carbon dioxide is released, sometimes more.…
This UK food waste infographic represents an apocalypse of flaming socio-environmental values
It’s easy to point the finger of food-waste at restaurants and big businesses, but the reality is that 50% of the total discarded food in the UK can be found in the garbage cans of peoples’ homes. This equates to…
The world’s largest smog sucking vacuum has the potential to rid cities of pollution
BY: STEFANIE PHILLIPS If you’re a city dweller, waking up to smog around the tops of buildings is a normal occurrence, and socially we accept this sight. We might even take it for granted. Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and his…
‘Agrihoods’ combine suburban life with rural benefits
BY: SWIKAR OLI In a verdant living community, thousands of families share large acreages of farmland full of berries, artichokes and heirloom vegetables. People of all ages can walk around the fields to pluck what catches their eye. By the farm,…
This scientist created a device so that you can absorb information with absolutely zero effort
BY: M. TOMOSKI It is one of the most frequently asked childhood questions: “why is the sky blue?” And it sends parents everywhere into a mad scramble to remember their sixth grade science class before finally settling on a Google…
Hunter S. Thompson speaks about riding with the Hells Angels for 2 years
BY: TYLER FYFE In 1965, Hunter S. Thompson was introduced to the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angels by San Francisco reporter and gang-member Birney Jarvis. For over a year and a half, Thompson drank, snorted coke, witnessed gang-rapes and…
Bukowski wrote this letter about ditching the 9-5. Thirty years later it’s more relevant than ever
BY: TYLER FYFE Before becoming one of America’s greatest writers, Charles Bukowski was a blue-collar worker with an alcohol problem, acne scars and the dream of writing his way out of mediocrity. Before pissing on literary cliches to bring the…
Photos of children that shook history and the stories that still haunt their photographers
BY: TYLER FYFE There is something deeply disturbing about seeing the soiled innocence of a child. Its power lies in its familiarity. In children we see two visions of the world— visions of our own distorted past and visions of…
This artist literally bleeds for his art
BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ Most artists are starving, some are bleeding. Marc Quinn is of the latter. Every five years, the British artist creates a frozen solid bust of his own head created purely from his own blood. It takes 10…
This guy navigates the wild with his wolf-dog like he just stepped out of Narnia
There are few things in this world with a higher calibre of majesty than the wolf. Half part beautiful, half rip-your-fucking-face-off. If you manage to befriend the beast, you are instantly endowed with a certification of downright, unparalleled badassery. On…
The first ever man-made biological leaf could enable us to replicate Earth in space
BY: ANGELICA LITSIOU Julian Melchiorri, a Royal College of Art graduate working with Dezeen and MINI Frontiers, has designed a synthetic biological leaf that would absorb water and carbon dioxide and produce oxygen the way a plant does. “Plants don’t…
Jakub Geltner’s creepy art installations reveal how the surveillance state is always watching you
BY: ERIC ZDANCEWICZ If you’ve ever walked alone and stoned through the city streets you know how unnerving the experience can be. Cameras hover outside of every store and peak around every corner. Your phone, your credit card, and anything…
Grab your fucking inhaler, Billy, this long-boarder just hit 70mph on a Colorado freeway.
Zak Maytum takes to the highways of Colorado with his longboard, a helmet, and minor body pads to shred one of the fastest boarding runs in the country. With a camera following closely behind, Maytum reaches speeds close to 70mph/112kph.…
An American artist is bitchslapping invasive ads by replacing them with serene photos of nature
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Advertising has become inescapable. The imposing glare of a commercial message is likely cluttering your computer screen as you read this. Step outside onto city streets and you might notice the flashing neon signs, billboards, kiosks, posters,…
Money with David Bowie’s face is being used as real currency in Brixton, England
BY: SWIKAR OLI By now, most of us know we can use our money as protest—or rather, not use it. But many residents and businesses in Brixton are not only being particular about where they spend their money, but what…