BY: MATTHEW CHIN One third of the food produced in the world is wasted, amounting to approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of waste stuffing landfills every year. In addition, 13.5 per cent—or 805 million people in the world—don’t have enough food and…
The DIY greenhouse of the future offers a year-round private oasis
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Francis Gendron recently launched a DIY sustainable greenhouse guide that makes it possible for anyone to construct their own indoor garden-house, built entirely out of recycled and natural materials, and powered entirely by renewable sources. Gendron’s guide…
An amazing underwater museum is conserving the ocean in the most haunting way possible
Just off the Mexican coastline, 28 feet below the ocean’s surface, stand over 500 life-sized sculptures making up MUSA: the worlds largest underwater museum. The project began with the objective of diverting divers and snorkelers away from the popular Mesoamerican…
Travelling is scientifically proven to make you healthier
BY: ZOE MELNYK If for some reason you need another reason to travel besides the thrill of adventure and the opportunity to explore the hidden corners of the world and your mind, try your health. Besides the obvious psychological benefits…
Young entrepreneurs are saving the rainforest with an incredible new alternative to coffee
BY: MATTHEW CHIN If you’re an avid coffee drinker, you might be disappointed to find out that every cup you drink destroys roughly 3cm2 of pristine rainforest. The Amazon is also one of the world’s largest producers of coffee, and…
Governor of Minnesota in the top 1% started taxing the rich and now the 99% are thriving
BY: DANIEL KORN In 2010, after previous unsuccessful political campaigns, Mark Dayton was finally elected as the Governor of Minnesota. In the years since, he has instated several progressive policies. Dayton has raised taxes on tobacco and individuals who make…
The top 5 vacation destinations for travellers addicted to the rush of adrenaline
BY MATTHEW CHIN This is not for the faint of heart, the couch-potatoes or the worry warts. This is for the bold, for the rebellious, and for those unafraid of staring death right in the face and laughing. If you…
This 26-year-old makes a living by train-hopping and capturing it all on Instagram
BY: ROB HOFFMAN 26 year-old Florida native, Molly Steele, was recently arrested for illegally hopping freight trains in El Dorado, Kansas. Sharing the experience on Instagram with nearly 40,000 followers, Steele’s Instagram features an envy-inducing catalogue of train-hopping, traveling and…
One man quit his high-paying desk job to become a dogwalker in the stunning Norwegian woods (Video)
BY: MATTHEW CHIN After nearly five years of working an office job in finance, Matt Hein quit and moved to Oslo, Norway. At 26, Hein realized there should be more to life than biting his nails in commuter traffic and…
This Major League baseball pitcher threw a no-hitter while tripping on LSD
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In one of the most memorable games in Major League baseball, Dock Ellis—a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates—threw a no-hitter while he was tripping on LSD. Ellis was an incredible player, and arguably an even greater person—a…
If you’re a born traveller, science says you may have the “wanderlust gene”
BY: MATTHEW CHIN If you’re the kind of person that feels compelled to travel—bound to an uncontrollable urge that flows through you, motivating you to drop everything and explore the world—chances are that desire is actually embedded in your genetic…
How “The Revolving Door” has made contemporary politics a puppet show
BY: MITCHELL THOMPSON The Federal government has attempted to stop revolving door practices by banning officials from working for companies that they had dealings with in their final year in office. However Duff Conacher of Democracy Watch argues that the…
This 22-year-old is the Robin Hood of the travel industry and can save you up to 80% on airfare
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA In the ultimate David and Goliath battle, Aktarer Zaman stood before the lawyers of some of the biggest players in the travel industry for uncovering a dirty little secret that could save consumers up to 80%…
5 easy ways to legally sell your body parts for a living
Few people realize that their body has the potential to be an economic powerhouse without applying for a position at a local brothel or waking up in a motel bathroom with a kidney missing. From top-to-bottom you could possibly be…
I went to a live porn shoot high on hyper-potent magic mushrooms (NSFW)
Written By: Bryce B. Higgins Photos By: Jason Jones The last time I took Amazonian mushrooms I was so incapacitated that I almost ruined a wedding. The second time, I wound up in a penthouse suite at the Fairmont, Banff Springs…
A 55-year-old Japanese man is sacrificing himself to save Fukushima’s abandoned and radioactive animals
The entire world was watching when the devastating Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster hit Fukushima, Japan in 2011. After six nuclear reactors broke down due to an earthquake-triggered tsunami, 160,000 people were forced to evacuate and relocate to emergency shelters outside…
This 25-year-old is the youngest person to walk the entire circumference of the planet
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Andrew Siess, a 25 year-old from Minnesota, just became the youngest person in the world to circumnavigate the globe entirely on foot. Born out of a recklessness passion for the road, for Siess, his journey wasn’t about…
Peaceful photos of eco-villagers will make you dream of going off-grid
BY: CONNOR BRIAN Often a sense of struggle settles in when we find ourselves surrounded by the daily routine of urban life. Crammed into a sea of vacant faces in the early morning rush hour, sometimes I can’t help but…
Awe-inspiring drone footage will convince you to travel to the untamed Antarctica wilderness (Video)
Antarctica is an inhospitable and distant place that many dream to see through their own eyes, yet only the truly bold will ever set foot on the frozen soil. Standing amidst this untamed wilderness will make you understand your insignificance…
The publisher of Vangardist magazine prints the latest issue with ink infused with HIV-positive blood
BY: MATTHEW CHIN The newest issue of the magazine took the blood of three HIV-positive volunteers that range from three different demographics: as a 32-year-old straight male, a 26-year-old homosexual male, and a 47-year-old mother. Although the magazine caters to…