How Big a Disaster Can Climate Change Be?
Seed Freedom and the Future of Farming
A Turkish Man Discovered a Whole City in His Basement
Malibu surfing area added to the US “Register of Historic Places”
Sun Ra’s Limbo Album: ‘How Low Can You Go?’
Record digger shares a great story about the discovery of a ‘Holy Grail’ album
After years of toxic oil spills, indigenous Peruvians use tech to fight back
Social Justice from the Twilight Zone: Rod Serling as Human Rights Activist
Beaded Vans Slip-ons by Standing Rock Sioux Artist Charlene Holy Bear featured in <em>Vogue</em>
Study confirms carbon pollution has ended the era of stable climate
Plastic Not Fantastic: How I Tried To Curb My Consumption
Brain damage in fish from plastic nanoparticles in water
In the Maldives, the Virtues and Limitations of Pole-and-Line Tuna Fishing
Winter surf in the land of volcanos
Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn
Checkmate: how do climate science deniers’ predictions stack up?
This skate company is turning guns into skateboards
Bartend Against: Helping Communities Across the Globe
“Pacific Vibrations” 1970 “Brave Ulysses”, Ashish & Randy’s Music
Bros go to LA city council to speak for house parties
The problem with nuclear waste
Source: House Preparing to Sacrifice Right Whales for Big Oil
MCS joins 150 organisations backing call to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging | Marine Conservation Society
Where the Waves Bloom: an evening of film, food and conversation
by The Most Fearless, Black Bird Bookstore, Sustainable Surf
Source: How America’s obsession with hula girls almost wrecked Hawai’i / Boing Boing
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Video: Underground Legends – “Odd Todd”
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Humans Made the Banana Perfect—But Soon, It’ll Be Gone
To Save The Economy, We Have To Break Its One Sacred Rule
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Source: Surfing set to Indonesian 60’s pop / Boing Boing
With much assurance, the radioactive contamination would be contained, the Pacific Ocean is contaminated. Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are reporting that, Cesium-134, a radioactive chemical that leaked from Fukushima, is being detected…
Source: Officials Admit Radioactive Fish Off U.S. West Coast Have “Disturbing Fingerprint Of Fukushima” – Counter Current News
A Most Charming Surf Book – Capital Surfers
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New Zealand Duke Festival – the Program, the Party
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What is ‘cultured meat’ and how can it address the most pressing global problems? Let us introduce you to some of the brilliant minds behind it.
Source: How can Cultured Meat solve World Hunger and Global Warming?
Police brutality against protesters is reminiscent of civil-rights battles like Selma. And the state has borrowed millions to fund it.
Source: Taxpayer-Funded Horror at Standing Rock – The Daily Beast
It’s up to progressives to fight back against this idiocy-promoting rhetoric and save the Earth
Tiny, poor, diabetes-wracked Pacific island nations want to ban junk food, despite risk of WTO retaliation
Growing alternatives to petroleum-based packaging
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Sky Ocean Rescue
Landscape architect Kristina Hill focuses on helping cities adapt to climate change, particularly sea level rise. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, she discusses the challenges, solutions, and costs of saving cities from encroaching oceans.
Source: Rethinking Urban Landscapes To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels – Yale E360
How to turn old plastic bottles into 56 different items
Source: How to turn old plastic bottles into 56 different items / Boing Boing
Dem Häuptlingssohn, bestaunt im kolonialen Menschenzoo, gelang ein rasanter Aufstieg. Martin Dibobe kam 1896 aus Kamerun nach Berlin. Er wurde Schlosser, Zugführer, Beamter. Und Vorkämpfer für die Rechte der Afrikaner.
Source: Martin Dibobe, preußischer Afro-Sozi: Black Power im Kaiserreich
Can Preservationists Save L.A.’s Late Modernist Landmarks? – Architecture Lab
When strong winds prevented filmmaker Jo Ruxton from sending a submarine to her chosen recording location off the coast of Marseille, she was naturally nervous.
Source: Our seas have become a plastic graveyard – but can technology turn the tide?
That Sushi May Contain a Tract-Invading Parasitic Tapeworm
Carbon Tracker Initiative’s Luke Sussams says the dropping costs of renewable energy could see global demand for oil and coal peak by 2020
Source: Solar Created More Jobs in 2016 Than Oil, Gas and Coal Combined
Despite having celebrated a victory against the corporation who was constructing the Dakota Access Pipeline, water protectors everywhere might be having to head out into the freezing cold once again to defend the sacred land and valuable waterways. This is because President Donald Trump is expected to go forward with plans to sign an executive
The European Commission published yesterday its roadmap setting out its objectives on the issue of plastics. In particular, it intends to reduce “the leakage of plastics into the environment”. Unfortunately, if we welcome the intention, we can only be critical of the solutions proposed.
Source: European roadmap on plastics: between good intentions and bad solutions – Surfrider
Polynesian ingenuity studied
Source: Science: Sophisticated Polynesian fish ponds fed a dense population on Hawaii | Stuff.co.nz
Eight million tonnes of waste plastic ends up in the sea each year. Fish eat it – and then we do. How bad is it for us?
Source: From sea to plate: how plastic got into our fish | Life and style | The Guardian
A swell so heavy even the most experienced guys out there were exercising extreme caution. – Magicseaweed.com
Source: Grist to the Nazare Grinder – Magicseaweed.com
Presence of manmade chemicals in most remote place on planet shows nowhere is safe from human impact, say scientists
The use of valuable agricultural resources for the production of snacks and sodas means less fertile land and clean water is available to grow nutritious food for local communities.
Source: This Infographic Shows How Only 10 Companies Control All the World’s Brands
An obscure 30-year-old treaty has landed thousands of Micronesians in poverty and homelessness in Hawaii.
Source: America’s Real Migrant Crisis Is the One You’ve Never Heard Of | Mother Jones
Brazilian Ricardo Stuckert accidentally stumbled on to the tribe after his helicopter was diverted
Source: Photographer captures images of uncontacted Amazon tribe | World news | The Guardian
Solar power becoming world’s cheapest form of electricity production, analysts say
There’s more in common between indigenous and board culture than you might think.
Source: New Winnipeg Art Gallery exhibit fuses indigenous, skateboarding culture | Metro Winnipeg
Study shows down-the-drain disposal is not a major source of pharmaceutical pollution
Quelle: Drugs in the Water? Don’t Blame the Students | Lab Manager
A spate of extreme warmth is linked to climate change, and may lead to shrinking ice coverage and even more warming in the region, scientists said.
Source: Spiking Temperatures in the Arctic Startle Scientists
Video: Chuns Reef, December Day 2016
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Around 2005 or 2006, I spotted something on craigslist that I wanted and agreed to meet up at the guy’s house. When he told me his address, I was shocked – it was a less than 3 minute drive from my house and he had, to say the least, a large and impressive collection of guitars and amplifiers. This was pretty odd to find in our neighborhood and we hit it off immediately.I don’t recall exactly what I was buying (or selling), but what I do remember is that he kept putting guitars in my hands to check out, many of which weren’t even for sale – we were just geeking out and he was happy to share.I recall two guitars from that day that really moved me: one was a 1982 AVRI Fullerton 50’s Strat that must have been played for hours in damp & smokey bars nightly for years – it was far more beat than most actual 50’s Strats I’ve ever seen. The second one was a 1955 Gibson ES-295 that had been refinished in Sonic Blue:
Source: OffsetGuitars.com • View topic – NGD: 1955 Gibson ES-295 Sonic Blue
Broadcast targeted speakers of language still spoken by 4 million Peruvians, symbolically ending centuries of marginalisation
Video: Lanka Daze
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Show this cartoon to anyone who doubts we need huge action on climate change – Vox
Farmed Salmon – One of The Most Toxic Foods in the World – CHere1st