Put down that controller! It’s a refrain that we’ve probably heard many times in our lives. Stop fiddling with your phone! You can’t play that video game right now, you’ve got homework to do! It’s no surprise that for a…
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California makes history by becoming the first state to legally recognize non-binary as a third gender
Sunday, October 15, 2017 will go down as a historic day, as California Governor, Jerry Brown, signed new legislation that will allow the residents of California to choose a gender other than male or female on official documents. The bill,…
Five intense horror VR experiences guaranteed to get your heart pumping
We live in interesting times. Times where technology is growing and expanding exponentially in almost every area, and yet, somehow, truly terrifying horror movies are almost impossible to find. Stories are told of the previous generation peeing themselves in the…
How the North of England is winning the renewable energy game
The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of a number of innovations concerning advancing technologies relating to renewable energy. Being an island, there are a great number of tidal technologies being used, as well as off shore wind farms.…
These five haunted houses will seriously mess with your head
1. Erebus Haunted House- Pontiac, Michigan One time listed as the largest Haunted House by Guinness is an entire block in downtown Pontiac. Four stories of terror stretched out over 100,000 square feet. “Come feast on state of the art…
Are Mobile Devices the Key to Sustainability?
BY: JENN FRENCH Typically, conversations related to mobile devices and sustainability are focused on the damage that our reliance on cellphones and tablets is doing to the environment. It’s undoubtedly a concern; after all, anywhere between 20 and 50 million…
5 easy ways to keep active on the road
How familiar does this sound: you spend weeks working out for your holiday body, only to blow it all when you’re there? Even if we’re only off for a couple of days, it’s normal to go straight into holiday more:…
How to make your camping vehicle green for your next camping trip
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS When you think of climate change, what immediate suspects come to mind? Coal mines and factories, certainly, but don’t forget trucks, heavy freight trains, and other diesel-fueled behemoths. They’ve all played a role in the global…
This environmentally friendly pesticide may change farming forever
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Springtime arrives once more to banish the icy hand of winter from our frosty cities, and again the Earth renews itself in preparation for another long and bountiful summer. For you and I, springtime probably means…
This food contributes to global warming more than any other
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Next time you decide to fix yourself a sandwich, take a good long look at your loaf of bread. Do you like whole grain or white? Rye or pumpernickel? As it turns out, that loaf of…
10 VW buses that will inspire you to ditch your day job and hit the road
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP It’s a tale as old as time: your 9-5 job isn’t everything you’d always imagined, your daily routine has become boring rather than comfortable and you find yourself itching to ditch it all to travel the world.…
7,000 methane bubbles have formed under Siberia and could explode at any moment
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Warm times and wet climes lie ahead for our dear old planet Earth, and if you didn’t know that, then I suggest that you flip on the news or even just get your ass off the…
Meet the three contenders for the next superfuel
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS It’s shiny, sparkly, fetches a high price on the market… and it might be the key to saving our environment. For a metal you might expect to find in the jewelry store, platinum works tirelessly behind…
Pee fertilizer: a university campus saves student urine
University of Michigan’s botanical gardens will soon be flourishing with student urine. An anti-sales pitch if you ever read one. But don’t turn away just yet. The garden isn’t a fluorescent homage of sorts. It’s taking recycling to a whole…
A spectacular collision of stars is expected to light up the sky in 2022
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS Doesn’t the sun seem so immobile and, well, fixated in the morning sky? We’re all told from an early age that, although ancient people once argued that the sun revolved around the Earth, we now know…
Meet the man who is walking 9,500 miles along the coastlines of 25 magnificent islands
It’s a journey of over 20 million footsteps round the coastlines of over 25 islands. Alex Ellis-Roswell started walking around the coastlines of England, Wales, Scotland, Isle of Man, Ireland and many of the surrounding islands on August 3, 2014.…
Eight unconventional things to do with your body after you die
If you are at all as morbidly curious as I am, you’ve thought about what’s going to happen to your body after you die. A traditional burial is expensive. The average funeral today costs anywhere from $5,000-$15,000, and around $2,000…
This outdoor retailer is donating 100% of its Black Friday sales to grassroots environmental groups
BY: JESSICA BEUKER Ahh Black Friday; a day where Americans bludgeon the shit out of strangers for a discount on a flat screen, less than 24 hours after they give thanks for everything they have. For years Black Friday has been regarded…
I’d rather be childless than a mediocre mom
It doesn’t matter how far we’ve come when it comes to women’s rights and equality. We’re consistently regressing when it comes to views on femininity. A woman’s biological susceptibility to bear children makes those who chose voluntary childlessness considered, well,…
Five unique Halloween traditions and rituals from around the world
Halloween, Hallowe’en, All Hallows Eve, Hallowtide… Halloween is one of the world’s oldest and most widely celebrated holidays. Historians believe that Halloween began with Irish and Scottish Gaelic festivals that had roots in Paganism. Christians then took those Gaelic ideas and morphed them into All Hallows…