BY: ROB HOFFMAN Follow Rob on Instagram A year of cooking my retinas on the white glare of my laptop and a never-ending rotation of office-work had turned my life into a dried and packaged version of itself. It was…
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This is my secret to not letting your life decay while you’re still living
BY: TYLER FYFE Grayscale existence is the most common modern illness. You can spend your whole life counting the cracks in the sidewalk, while failing to see the sparkle among the rows of panelled glass. In doing so, you will…
This 32-year-old biked across 30 countries to show his OCD who’s boss
BY: LAURA GARRIDO It is not uncommon for many of us to feel trapped in the world we were born into, consumed by the idea of following a cookie-cutter narrative for our lives. Despite the fact that these planned-out lifestyles…
Want a day off work? Turns out your boss legally has to give you time off to vote
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “I’m too busy,” or “I work all day,” won’t cut it as reasonable excuses for not voting in the coming Canadian election. Because legally, your boss has to give you time off to vote. According to Federal…
Iceland earth-porn captures the world’s most majestic scenery in all of its glory
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Iceland has received quite a bit of good press lately, renowned for its fairy tale scenery, unique community and inexplicable electricity in the air. Its isolation and immensely difficult language only contributes to its mystique and appeal…
This Australian couple ditched society to permanently circle paradise in a sail-boat
BY: ROB HOFFMAN Here’s a glimpse into the lives of Australian globetrotter couple and travel-bloggers, Riley and Elayna, currently circumnavigating the high seas on their sail-boat, La Vagabonde. Riley traded nearly a decade of toil in mines and oil rigs…
With the female body as her canvas this artist blends into famous New York City landmarks
BY: KASSANDRA DZIKEWICZ Photographer Trina Merry uses the female body as her canvas and New York City as her background to create a unique style of art. The portraits range from iconic locations such as the Brooklyn Bridge to vibrant…
Now you can help plant trees while sitting on your ass
BY: LISA CUMMING Tree planting is no picnic. The hours are long and the work is quite literally backbreaking. Unfortunately since the early 2000s, wages earned from tree planting have been dropping rapidly. This drop could be attributed to anything…
Meet the 2-year-old backpacker who has travelled more than 483 kilometers
BY: JESSICA BEUKER From that very first wobbly step to the first word, uttered slowly but with confidence—these are the important milestones in a typical child’s life. But Bodhi Bennett is not your typical child. At only 5 days old,…
A woman reads to caged dogs at the pound so they know they’re not unwanted
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA Take a moment to imagine being locked inside a kennel waiting for an owner who might never come. According to the ASPCA, 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, 2.7 million animals are…
Here are the best real-life sex stories from an online database of one-night stands (NSFW)
BY: LISA CUMMING Sometimes the closest thing to action I get is listening to some dude talk about his sloppy one-night-stand on the streetcar. “Dude this chick was like, all over me. She didn’t even want to wait till we…
Chief annuls 300 child marriages so that girls in Malawi can go to school
BY: TYLER FYFE On the outskirts of a border village in Southern Malawi, stands a group of girls with an averted gaze. Some are younger than ten. They are already balancing on the finish line of childhood. There is a…
This man grew an entire church out of trees to create a holy green oasis
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA After years of traveling abroad and observing a multitude of churches, Barry Cox was inspired to build one of his own. Using his New Zealand backyard as the canvas, he began to create a church full…
This NFL star walked away from a $37 million contract to buy a 1,000 acre farm to feed America’s hungry
BY: THE PLAID ZEBRA At 29, Jason Brown was unfathomably wealthy, famous and excruciatingly unfulfilled. Though the NFL had fed him the American dream with a silver spoon, Brown decided that ‘wealthy football star’ wasn’t the message he wanted etched…
An Instagrammer transforms risking his life into an art form
BY: SHAY ANSARI They should rename this building @carrly_patrice A photo posted by roof topper (@roof_topper) on Apr 10, 2015 at 5:48am PDT Life should be lived on the edge. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself…
How I finished a five day hike in less than 7 hours (Video)
“We always question ourselves, like we got to be rational about things, instead of just actually doing it.” Sometimes the irrational decisions liberate us the most. In 2012 Ryan Sandes, a South African ultra-runner, completed the 85km run through the…
NYC is adopting solar green roofs as a part of the public school curriculum
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In Manhattan’s original beatnik neighbourhood of Greenwich Village, New York City public school, PS 41, has developed a rooftop garden and solar panel setup spanning 15,000 square feet. Photo by Carla Brown Vicki Sando, a parent of…
Art As A Weapon Part 3/7
Art as a Weapon is a documentary series examining the power of art in the volatile Southeast Asia state Burma (Myanmar). Part three, entitled “The Voice of the People”, discusses the ways in which street art and punk rock can…
NASA’s guide to the best air-filtering plants to have in your home
Maybe you’ve heard that having plants in your home is proven to increase happiness, and improve your attention span and even reduce fatigue at work. Even with these psychological benefits aside, there’s no denying the peaceful aesthetic of houseplants. One scarcely…
France just made it illegal for supermarkets to waste food, punishable by $75,000 or jail
BY: ROB HOFFMAN In the past few months France has established a number of green initiatives in response to a severe air pollution spike and an increasing demand from activists and an ecologically-concerned population. In the wake of their green roof…