BY: ZOE MELNYK When most children have their first homeless-person encounter, they are usually stricken with fear, confusion or told by their parents to simply ignore the less fortunate. At age five, Hailey Fort had a much different experience when…
NASA is developing a supersonic plane to halve flight times and reduce environmental impact
BY: MATTHEW CHIN NASA recently announced eight new studies to improve supersonic technology in order to become a more efficient, cheaper and relatively eco-friendly form of commercial air travel. The total of the eight studies equate to about $6 million.…
The Church of Cannabis is now a legally recognized religion and weed is its holy sacrament
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In Indianapolis, Indiana, following the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a controversial law that has been known to deliberately suppress LGBT rights, has unintentionally helped The First Church of Cannabis become a legitimate establishment. The RFRA states that…
Salvador Dali’s illustrated version of Alice in Wonderland will give you nightmares (Photos)
BY: DANIEL KORN The story of Alice and her descent into the loopy, maddening world of Wonderland has been a cultural touchstone for over a century. Both the original 1865 Lewis Carroll novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and the colourful…
You could live at this lakeside eco-hostel made entirely out of recycled materials for $2.50 a day
BY: MATTHEW CHIN In Bolivia, one of the most isolated countries on earth with most of its landscapes untapped, one woman built an environmentally friendly hostel next to the lake. Hermana Libertad dubbed her eco-hostel “Kasa cultural Sol y Luna”…
Baby-faced hipsters are dropping thousands of dollars on beard-transplants
BY: DANIEL KORN It’s a good time to be a dude with a beard. It used to be that a beard was a signifier of belonging to some sort of deviant subculture—a hippie, or a biker, or a metalhead. Now…
If you’re sick of high rent, make like this guy and build a tiny house inside a dumpster
BY: MATTHEW CHIN With the price of rent in Brooklyn on the rise—increasing to an average of about $2,700 per month—the cost of living in New York has a hefty price tag. Gregory Kloehn, an artist based in Brooklyn, is…
Stanford just drafted the perfect plan to get America running on 100% renewable energy by 2050
BY: TYLER FYFE A new study by Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford University in collaboration with U.C. Berkeley is the first guidebook for all 50 states to run on 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050. If progressive politicians at…
An underground movement of monks is using street art to fight for human rights in Burma
BY: TYLER FYFE Jeffrey Durkin is trying to avoid security on the rooftop of a mid-construction San Francisco parking garage as we talk on the phone. It’s not a situation that’s entirely out of the ordinary. With a history in…
Piano tuner paid off his student debt in a single year by becoming intentionally homeless (Video)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN Piano tuner Richard Roberts lives on the streets of London with nothing but a backpack, bicycle, and sleeping bag. While living with looming student debt in an expensive apartment, Roberts realized that he was “scratching at the…
Art As A Weapon 7/7
In the final part of the series, those at the forefront of the movement are using their knowledge to inspire the younger generations to take part. Yi-Yi explains that art is a weapon for change, and to use it as…
Art As A Weapon 6/7
Beardtruck Films’ Art as a Weapon is a documentary series examining the power of art in the volatile Southeast Asia state Burma (Myanmar). The sixth part of the series, “Freedom to Lead”, is devoted to Aung San Suu Kyi, an…
Art As A Weapon 5/7
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…