BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Rail travel kicked off in Europe, and it’s no surprise that even now, though cars and trucks continue to rule the roost in Canada and the United States, Europeans ride the rails more often than their…
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CHINA IS BUILDING SKYSCRAPERS FULL OF TREES
BY: NADIA ZAIDI With over 1.3 billion inhabitants, China is the most populated country in the world. It also has one of the highest rates of pollution due to its densely industrialized cities. Factories, power plants, and vehicle emissions are…
Solar power and electric vehicles to overtake fossil fuels by 2050
BY: DUSTIN BATTY The future looks bleak for the fossil fuel industry, according to a report recently released by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which was working with the Graham Institute at Imperial College London. Despite predictions by BP, ExxonMobil, and…
Oslo is giving their residents $1,200 to buy electric cargo bikes
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Norway has just announced another reason why it’s one of the best places on Earth. Earlier this month in Oslo, Norway, the government began offering its residents money to buy an electric cargo bike. Previously to this…
IKEA garden sphere: free plans for a sustainable garden
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via The Growroom IKEA just released free plans for a sustainable garden and it’s beautiful. It’s probably safe to say that you or someone you know have IKEA furniture in your home. If you have had the…
According to these scientists, our oldest ancestor literally ate shit
BY: PHILLIPE DE JOCAS It’s hard to believe that evolution – the great endless cycle of livin’, breedin’, mutatin’, and dyin’ – has gone on unabated for more than four billion years. In that time, fish have crawled out onto…
This is the kickass plan scientists have formulated to bring extinct tigers back to life
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Jurassic Park was a landmark moment for modern culture and science. Not only was it one of the first movies to highlight what superb computer animation could really do, but it also brought themes such as…
This town just made their tiny penguins’ commute safer (video)
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Everybody dreads their daily commute to and from their day job. Traffic can be brutal and lines at your coffee shop are always too long, but at least you’re not getting photographed by tourists or crushed beneath…
Barcelona is giving the streets back to pedestrians, one superblock at a time
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Living as we do in the age of the car, it isn’t always the most pleasant to be a pedestrian. But in Barcelona, a new Urban Mobility Plan could change the way pedestrians move through the city…
Archeologists are still searching in Honduras for a cursed, magical jungle city
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS You can’t have a pulp adventure without a lost civilization. You might even go so far as to say that no jungle adventure is complete without stumbling on a moldering old jungle city, reclaimed by creepers,…
The battle between print books and e-readers is over because of one big flaw
BY: DUSTIN BATTY It has been a difficult time for book readers these past few years. We have been combating the futurists, the technophiles, the acolytes of the digital revolution who have denounced the printed word and declared it obsolete.…
This Instagram account parodies the white saviour trend
BY:BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re looking for an exotic adventure and the validation that you’re a good person, what better way to do so than by visiting a country in Africa to do a job that you are by no means…
Inside the battle between SpongeBob and the Philippines
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS He may live in a pineapple under the sea, but Nickelodeon darling SpongeBob SquarePants has made a splash on dry land. In addition to a long-running TV series and two theatrical films, SpongeBob’s popularity has sparked…
Bangladesh is saving lives with trees, but it’s not air pollution they’re fighting
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but in Bangladesh, it’s still been striking far too often for anyone’s taste. With at least 200 lightning-related deaths in the country last year, the Bangladeshi government is…
This company brings eco-friendly liquor to the table
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Who doesn’t love to kick back with a drink every now and then? There’s always beer as the good, reliable fallback option, of course, and if you’re out with friends – or if you’re spending a…
Nets that can capture water out of thin air have huge influence on the world’s driest regions
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. You may recognize it from Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets where its desolate appearance was a convincible substitute for Mars. The region in northern Chile sees an…
Justin Trudeau’s face is painted all over trucks in Pakistan
BY: NADIA ZAIDI It’s fair to say that Justin Trudeau is a liberal guy. His progressive views on issues from equality to multiculturalism have increased his global profile and popularity. And in Pakistan, this fondness is displayed through truck art.…
How is horse racing still a thing?
BY RHIANN MOORE Animal Aid, with the assistance of cosmetic superheroes Lush, have set out to end horse racing in Britain. Through their campaign they are hoping to expose the salacious details of Thoroughbred deaths, approximately 200 horses a year,…
You could win this organic farm worth $450,000 with a 200-word essay
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via Bluebird Hill Farm Facebook Norma Burns, owner of Bluebird Hill Farm in North Carolina, is searching for the perfect couple to take over her farm. If it has been your dream and goal to own…
This Toronto dog rescuer is doing her part to help the stray dog crisis in the South
BY BROOKLYN PINHEIRO Emma Gladman’s first rescue dog was her baby, Murphy, a shepherd-retriever mix found roaming the streets in Alabama. Along with her new friend, Gladman found her new calling in rescuing dogs from the southern United States and…