By: Rob Hoffman A 25-year-old illustrator recently aired a unique solution to San Francisco’s absurd living costs. When plan ‘A’ fell through due to unexpectedly high housing prices—renting a two bedroom apartment with a friend—Peter Berkowitz decided to innovate. But…
Hawaii will pay you $50,000 to work in paradise
BY: CAROLINE ROLF It’s easy to tell why Hawaii is considered one of America’s happiest states. It boasts sun, sand and surfing. Recently however, a fierce competition has broke out across the islands. Competition, that is, for teachers. There is…
How do you know you’re going to do something, until you actually do it?
BY: Adrian Smith After setting up our apartment in the fall, my roommates and I decided we’d get a canvas and paint something we could hang in the living room. It was pretty plain, with nothing but a plastic tree.…
5 films that will lift your spirits and convince you to see the world
BY: CAROLINE ROLF As beautiful as reality may be, it never seems quite as impressive as what’s on the big screen. If there is one genre of movie that can inspire change in your life and make you lust for…
This Aussie is building a fleet of repurposed buses to give the homeless a place to sleep
BY: JACK M. Simon Rowe knows what it’s like to be homeless, because he’s been there. Evicted from his apartment in Melbourne 23 years ago, Rowe was homeless, and for four months his old car was his castle. So…
This new gourmet restaurant is in a prison and is run by the inmates
By: JACK M. InGalera is Italian slang for “in prison”. It’s also the name of a new high-end restaurant just outside Milan, Italy. And talking about another great restaurant in Italy would be a bit of a snooze-fest, about…
Haunting photos of Atomic City, Idaho, reveal post-apocalyptic America, pre-apocalypse.
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In the fall of 1985, photographer David T. Hanson drove across the American west, photographing the social landscape of a booming nation. Atomic City, an abandoned nuclear town in Idaho dating back to the ’50s, didn’t make…
For true happiness, follow your own checklist—not society’s
BY: ANGIE PICCIRILLO I recently learned the term “tiger style,” which refers to a strict and demanding parent who pushes their children to pursue high levels of achievement. Supposedly, this is done to ensure the success of the children in…
This is what life on the road looks like through the eyes of the most well travelled dog
BY: CAROLINE ROLF Photographs by: Hunter Lawrence Exploring all the beauty the world has to offer is a wonderful thing, but it’s even better with a buddy. Lucky for Hunter Lawrence, his best friend is always ready to accompany him – whether…
Science proves that everyone can be creative. Here’s how.
BY: SWIKAR OLI Solving a problem creatively demands the sort of non-linear thinking that frees us from everyday, familiar reasoning. This is the crucial step to creative problem-solving that’s perhaps the most hard for people to overcome when trying to…
Costa Rica’s Land of the Strays is A Free-Roaming Pup’s Paradise
BY: M. TOMOSKI In Costa Rica’s Heredia province, the Territorio de Zaguatas, or the Land of the Strays, is a dog lover’s dream and home to nearly 1,000 free-roaming mixed breeds. Founded by a local couple, Territorio de Zaguatas is…
This design offers nature lovers a walk through the tree tops
BY: CAROLINE ROLF The design studio behind the bouncy castle of the future and other remarkable net-based structures show no signs of slowing down when it comes to allowing adults to play and explore space from unprecedented angles. Their latest…
This law will consider teenagers to be child porn distributors if they are caught sexting
BY: Mariya Guzova You may be surprised to learn that in Colorado, teens can currently be charged with distributing child pornography if they are caught sexting. The offense could force them to register as sex offenders, and face house arrest,…
The illegal Birth Control book written by teens and distributed across college campuses
BY: JESSICA BEUKER In 1968, The Birth Control Handbook surfaced, printed by students at McGill University and making waves across North America. At this time all forms of contraception, including information and education on the topic, were illegal. For as…
Will Canada’s Cannabis Future Be a Stoner’s Paradise or Corporate Nightmare?
M.TOMOSKI In the Nixon administration’s hallmark hammering tone, John Ehrlichman, a former aide to the President, summed up the motivation behind the War on Drugs by saying, “The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had…
This Colorado weed club has found the perfect way to get people to clean up their community: free pot
BY: TREVOR HEWITT A Colorado marijuana club is offering anyone who comes out to pick up trash on 4/20 a free joint. The Pothole, a weed club in Colorado Springs, Colo., already hosted its first clean-up event on March 20.…
Those flashes of genius you have can be trained to happen more frequently
BY: SWIKAR OLI Despite the popular assumption, creativity is not a capricious muse, continually teasing then eluding writers and artists, revealing only a brief fragment of itself in flight before disappearing, often before we can assimilate the shades of their essence.…
New restaurant dedicated to stoners offers the ultimate menu for late-night munchies
BY: JESSICA BEUKER D’Munchies is owned by Richard Chand and chef David Pyne, who’s worked in kitchens around Sydney for 11 years. “It’s pretty obvious how the idea came about. It’s a very loud statement, but that’s sort of what…
Ira Glass delivers the honest truth about being a creative
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Creatives—the ones who want to produce meaningful things and give to the world the best parts of themselves and their work face an ongoing problem. In the beginning your ambitions, dreams and ideas about the things you…
To fight for proper food regulations, this group of volunteers ate poisoned meals for 6 months
BY: JESSICA BEUKER It’s been over a century since 12 men in suits gathered for dinner in the basement of a government building in Washington. The men were served elaborate meals: roast chicken, braised beef, buttered asparagus, hot rolls and…