In part five of the series, the graffiti displays from students caught the attention of JR, a street artist in France who is working on his own global art movement. He invited them to be a part of his art…
Art As A Weapon Part 4/7
Beardtruck Films’ Art as a Weapon is a documentary series examining the power of art in the volatile Southeast Asia state Burma (Myanmar). Part four is entitled “Non-Violent Struggle”, and looks at art’s function as such. We’re introduced to King…
Art As A Weapon Part 3/7
Art as a Weapon is a documentary series examining the power of art in the volatile Southeast Asia state Burma (Myanmar). Part three, entitled “The Voice of the People”, discusses the ways in which street art and punk rock can…
Art As A Weapon 2/7
Art as a Weapon is a documentary series examining the power of art in the volatile Southeast Asia state Burma (Myanmar). In part two of the series, we catch up with students who are being taught the importance of creative…
Art As A Weapon 1/7
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A city is trying to shut down a children’s library that gives away free books
BY: DANIEL KORN In 2009, Todd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin built a wooden model of a schoolhouse— a deep red exterior with white trim and a mini bell tower perched on the roof. He built it in honour of his…
New Zealand just made cosmetic testing on animals illegal, punishable by 6 months in prison or a $125,000 fine
BY: ZOE MELNYK New Zealand recently passed a bill banning animal testing and other types of animal cruelty. Talk of banning animal testing around the world has posed as a controversial debate for decades between two different interpretations of the words…
29-year-old builds a house using shipping containers and now his biggest expense is his phone plan
BY: MATTHEW CHIN PHOTOS BY: Japhet Alvarez/ S7vn Photography In a forest on the outskirts of Ottawa, Canada, Joseph Dupuis built a home out of three shipping containers. They cost $3,400 each. Dupuis’ home is a 355 square foot single-storey…
Marie is a middle-class New Yorker who spends less than $5,000 a year by dumpster diving
Bright lights, tall buildings and a constant flow of excitement— at some point or another most people have dreamt of living in the Big Apple. Like Jay Z and Alicia Keys said, it’s where dreams are made and there’s nothing…
France passes a law banning super-skinny models on the catwalk
BY: JACK M. In what can only be described as a major rejection of an industry that has put countless young women and girls at serious health risks by promoting and glamorizing super-skinny models, France recently made it illegal for…
Will VR porn devices replace your girlfriend or improve your long-distance relationship?
BY:JOHNATHAN MOSS Three naked women sprawl out before me on the bow of a luxury yacht. One moans while clutching her legs behind her head. The other two, who are giggling and bouncing up and down, are sensually massaging her.…
Aldous Huxley’s wife wrote this letter about injecting him with LSD right before he died
BY: TYLER FYFE On the same day President Kennedy was assassinated, the world lost a second giant in time. Aldous Huxley, the author of Brave New World and other stunning works of literature died after a 3-year battle with cancer.…
New family travels America in a 1971 VW bus to strengthen their bond through adventure (Video)
In March of 2013, Lars and Katrin Schneider, along with their 8-month-old son, Fietje, bought a 1971 VW Westfalia Van, and took off across the country, traversing multiple state and national parks including Joshua Tree, Valley of Fire, Death Valley,…
A city in Canada tried giving free permanent housing to the homeless, and it’s working
BY: DANIEL KORN Since April 2009, the government of Medicine Hat—a city in Alberta—has instituted a Housing First solution to homelessness, which provides subsidized, permanent housing for the homeless. Out of the 1,000 homeless individuals that inhabit the city, 885…
A woman quit the NYC fashion scene to build these epic sustainable bamboo homes in Bali
There is a sustainable material that could be used to build houses that has the compressive force of concrete, the strength-to-weight ratio of steel, could be produced quickly, and lasts a lifetime. It’s not some sort of advanced artificial substance,…
Cerebral palsy patient becomes the first to finish the Ironman triathlon and climb Mount Kilimanjaro
BY: ZOE MELNYK If you’re struggling to find a source of motivation in your life, look no further than Bonner Paddock who is the first man in the world to climb mount Kilimanjaro and finish the Ironman Race with cerebral…
Japan’s whaling industry will recommence killing for “science” next year
BY: AOIFE RYAN While the vast majority of the public presume the 1960s Save the Whales movement solved the plight of the largest mammal, Japan is planning on rolling out a virtual killing scheme next year in international waters. Who could…
Elon Musk was fed up with America’s education system so he decided to build his own “unschool” (Video)
Elon Musk has attracted a lot of media attention recently, mainly for his company’s breakthrough invention of the Tesla Battery, but also for his legendary entrepreneurial history and status as “the real life Iron Man.” Recently, Musk made headlines by…
How busking can sustain your travels and broaden your cultural perspective
BY: ZOE MELNYK If you live in a city, you’ve probably seen your fair share of buskers, but have you ever wondered how successful they are at actually turning a profit? During my travels in France, I came across a…
This man built a floating solar-powered fortress made out of 150,000 recycled water bottles
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Off the cost of Isla Mujeres Bay in Cancun, Mexico, environmentalist and architect Richart Sowa lives comfortably on his island made of over 150,000 recycled water bottles. Sowa first built his floating abode in 2005, but harsh…