Foster Huntington got into the blogging game in 2008, and has since amassed nearly a million Instagram followers on what is quite possibly America’s most inspiring photo and video blog. Though he was making moves as a successful designer for…
Introducing the dating app for women described as the “Anti-Tinder”
The three young women who founded the dating app, Coffee Meets Bagel, created a bit of a stir when they denied Mark Cuban’s record breaking offer of $30 million on Shark Tank. After closing a $7.8 million Series A financing…
Meet the all-female militia hunting African Rhino poachers
BY: JACK M. The seemingly unquenchable demand for rhino horn as a folk medicine, especially in East Asia, has put the African rhino on top of the hit list of poachers, placing one of the planet’s most magnificent animals on…
Here are six edible plants you can forage for in your own neighbourhood (Video)
BY: DANIEL KORN Foraging for food comes with a variety of benefits. It forms a deeper connection between you and your neighbourhood, serves as a fun date/hangout activity, and allows you to eat healthily for free or at least up…
This couple’s epic 1-minute adventure video will convince you to take off with your lover
After three years of epic globetrotting, cinematographer Joe Simon and his future wife, Katie, crammed their footage into a one-minute video sure to leave any vagabond with itchy feet. Simon is the owner, director, cinematographer and editor of The Delivery…
The world’s most sustainable office runs entirely on solar panels and rainwater collection
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In the Netherlands, the world’s most sustainable building shows how the working environment can also be environmentally friendly. The Edge is a 40,000 square metre office building and the headquarters of Deloitte, a company that specializes in…
Giant rats are becoming highly-trained bomb detectors and saving African lives and limbs
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Sub-Saharan Africa, with its large deserts and deep valleys, is home to a diverse number of communities and villages. It is also home to the giant African pouched rat, a rodent that has become so ubiquitous in…
Berlin just passed a rent-control law so that landlords can’t overcharge
BY: JESSICA BUEKER Berlin has become the first German city to pass rent-control legislation. According to the Guardian, starting Monday landlords will be prohibited from increasing rents by more than 10 per cent above the local average. The new law…
Instagrammer captures surfers riding sub-zero swells in the isolated Arctic Ocean (Photos)
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA “Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit,” declares surf photographer Chris Burkard on TED, a man who has found inner peace by surfing the world’s coldest and…
Jon Stewart just turned his farm in New Jersey into an animal sanctuary for abused pets
Jon Stewart’s larger than life on-screen personality notoriously captured the attention of a youth-audience, using comedy to successfully introduce politics to a previously disengaged crowd. In April, his audience was thoroughly disappointed to learn that Jon would be stepping down…
Artist couple built a cabin made of recycled windows in the West Virginia mountains for $500 (Video)
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In 2012, somewhere within the vast forests of West Virginia, Lilah Horwitz, and her boyfriend Nick Olson were huddled in a tent over a pot of rice and beans planning their way out of the rat race.…
New urban algae canopy produces as much oxygen as four hectares of woodland
BY: JESSICA BEUKER An urban canopy created with algae has got people talking about the link between technology and environment. According to Gizmag, the bio-digital structure pumps a fluid with microalgae around a transparent shelter, which in turn produces shade,…
NASA’s guide to the best air-filtering plants to have in your home
Maybe you’ve heard that having plants in your home is proven to increase happiness, and improve your attention span and even reduce fatigue at work. Even with these psychological benefits aside, there’s no denying the peaceful aesthetic of houseplants. One scarcely…
Why you should travel alone as a woman, despite what society tells you
BY: ZOE MELNYK It’s always the same set of rules and stipulations for women to stay safe in society. Don’t go anywhere alone at night, don’t accept drinks from anyone, ignore cat calls, stay out of sketchy areas. It seems…
This city is using tiny house villages to fight homelessness
BY: TYLER FYFE It’s 5:30pm on a Friday and on the sidewalk a line is starting to build outside of the Good Shepherd Centre. Frayed blue tarps clipped to backpacks, and calloused hands clutch soggy cardboard with bleeding marker ink.…
This couple is giving away an organic farm and $20,000 to the best 200-word essay
By: Jack M. Paul and Leslie Spell are the husband and wife owners and operators of Humble Heart Farms in northern Alabama, near the Tennessee border, and they’re moving, along with their 14-year-old son, to join some friends in Costa…
Before he died, Van Gogh wrote a letter to his brother explaining how a true artist must live
BY: MATTHEW CHIN At 37, Van Gogh shot himself and died in his brother’s arms, but before his death, he struggled with philosophical concepts of identity, purpose, and searching for a moral compass. His art became his outlet to find…
This man and his pit bull prove that travel is the best therapy
Photos by: Ara Gureghian For many years Ara Gureghian worked as a gourmet chef, where his love and knowledge of cuisine and unique style—which included coming to your house and cooking for you in your own kitchen—provided food lovers with…
Gas masks, beakers and blue meth: a Breaking Bad-themed bar is opening in London
BY: JESSICA BEUKER If you’re anything like me, you reluctantly watched the Breaking Bad pilot after all of your friends kept ranting about how amazing the series was, only to become more obsessed and addicted than the meth junkies onscreen.…
This solar-powered, recycled eco-house could float on your favorite coast
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Every sunny weekend, swarms of eager families take to the highway in a mad dash to the cottage. The beachfront cottage is a great getaway for a more relaxing escape, with the added benefits of living next…