BY: SWIKAR OLI Wang Yan was looking for his missing dog in 2012 when his friend suggested he search a dog slaughterhouse. He arrived at the slaughterhouse to the sight of dogs being horrifically treated. While Yan didn’t find his…
Couple builds beautiful glass greenhouse around entire home for all-year growing
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Cold winter months in Sweden, which sit at an average of minus two degrees Celsius (27 degrees Fahrenheit), come with a few issues. So, realizing that the cold weather cost them money to heat their home, and…
Why Donald Trump’s brand of Conservatism is so dangerous
BY: TREVOR HEWITT The twin towers fell a little over a month from my ninth birthday. I remember my mom taking me out of Ms. Baker’s dingy khaki portable; we went and picked up my six-year-old sister from her class.…
Wage inequality isn’t a western concept – it’s a global catastrophe
BY: REGAN MCNEILL Have you ever heard of ladybucks? No, I did not invent them, the comedian and political commentator John Oliver did. First things first, ladybucks are a currency made for female employees to avoid the hassle of paying…
A green subterranean oasis is being built for New York City’s west side
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Above the bustling metropolis of New York City, spans the 2.33 kilometre-long High Line. The High Line, a park in Manhattan that was built upon an elevated section of abandoned railroad space, has become one of New…
This artist is making bronze statues of garbage to blindside the ivory towers of art
BY: CONNOR BRIAN I’m contemplating the empty pizza box that sits upon my desk. First I see dinner. Then I see a disposable by-product of an unsustainable consumerist culture. Then I see art. The artwork of Zeke Moores has raised…
How floating “science cities” will change the world
When we think of the future, our minds often go to hovering cars and teleportation- to science. We are slowly learning to put our faith in a better tomorrow through technology. But for some inspired scientists, this process is happening…
This glass couple’s hotel hangs on a cliff face 400 ft. above Peru’s Sacred Valley
BY: DANIEL WATERBOURNE While the breakfast buffets, chlorine pools and tourist tan lines of all-inclusive resorts hugging the equator might be the ideal couple’s getaway for some—there are those who are drawn to vacations that are a little less conventional.…
I hate to offend you R-word users for being ignorant, but you need to make a change.
BY: REGAN MCNEILL Do you know that scene in the film Tropic Thunder when Robert Downey Junior’s character tells Ben Stiller that going “full retard” never works for actors? Even if you haven’t seen Tropic Thunder this is all you…
Artist brings the pyramids into museums to show how pieces of history are domesticated
BY: DANIKA MOIR Images by Magdalena Jetelová Installed in several locations between 1992 and 1994, Magdalena Jetelová’s installations of the “Domestication of Pyramids” were used as a visual metaphor of the Western ideology. This ideology involved taking bits of history…
I became agnostic to free my mind, after my journey with religion closed it.
BY: SYDNEY MCINNIS I walk into a softly lit room with tall ceilings, the powerful sounds of voices joined together in chorus echo between the walls. Having arrived to the service late, I slink into the very back row of…
The Ex-Uruguayan President sums up the problem with consumerism in under one minute
José Mujica might just be the greatest President on the planet. He’s certainly a fan favourite—not only did he turn down Uruguay’s presidential home to live in his wife’s modest farmhouse, but he also turned the state-provided presidential suite into…
This is how a small Japanese town recycles, reuses or composts 83 per cent of all waste
The impacts of human industry and waste are largely only realized after the damage has been done. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. Yet remaining ahead of the curve, especially in terms of environmental issues, is critical. This was the…
In Hollywood, not having a penis is a barrier to both funding and power (Infographic)
BY: DANIEL WATERBOURNE Hollywood has a diversity problem. Behind the camera and in front of the camera there is a common thread. Although visible minorities constitute nearly half of the American population, the difference in creative and onscreen representation between…
This artist vacuumed Beijing’s air for 100 days and created a brick out of China’s air pollution
BY: TREVOR HEWITT As Beijing is engulfed by its worst ‘airpocalypse’ of the year, one artist is taking to the streets to help us visualize just how bad pollution really is. For the last 100 days, Nut Brother, a Chinese…
Doctors want to end drug advertisements so people are seen as patients, not consumers
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE Why are pharmaceutical drugs even advertised to consumers who can’t actually buy them without spending an hour reading year-old magazines in a sterile waiting room? According to Lynn Payer, a prolific writer on the reciprocal influence of…
How an unlikely African country became the world leader of mobile money
BY: REGAN MCNEILL Since we already use our phones as computers, it is not surprising that they could replace our wallets too. We will most likely get there one day, but as of now we’ve only evolved to the point…
A punk rocker famously threw shit on people – and they liked it
BY: ALEXANDRIA LEE He was fucked from the start. Jesus Christ Allin was born on Aug. 29, 1956 in New Hampshire. He was given his name after his father, Merle Allin, had “visions” of his son being not unlike a…
Arnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t give a f*ck if you believe in climate change
BY: JONATHAN MOSS “I don’t give a **** if we agree about climate change,” writes Arnold Schwarzenegger. He hears your indignant grumbles about his drive for a clean renewable future, but believe me, your assertion that climate change is just…
This man used to hike for two days just to check his emails—then he did something about it
BY: DANIEL WATERBOURNE The Annapurna Region in Nepal is an incredibly remote region, circled by limestone mountains capped with snow. To this day, Nangi is only accessible by foot. So for six years, once a month Mahabir Pun would hike…