Tahiti and the Society Islands, 1765-1900
Night of Camp David: the return of a 1965 book about an insane president
As corals decline, a new kind of reef emerges
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Source: Glossing Over a Genocide | East Bay Express
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According to University of Texas at Austin professor Raj Patel, an expert in ecology and food systems, our demand for meat is driving the sixth mass extinction. Patel is one of many leading academics who contemplate declaring a new age on Earth, called the Anthropocene, since “the fossils of soon-to-be extinct animals will form a line in the rocks of the future.”
Source: How Factory Farming Is Driving the Sixth Mass Extinction (Video) | Alternet
Source: Cutting Room: The Caretaker of Intangible Ingredients | The Surfers Journal
Source: Top 4 Easy Ways For Your Band To Go Green – MTT – Music Think Tank
It happened – an old dj fav of mine in a skate video.
Source: Maker Update #46: Make an Rapa Nui 3D printed bobblehead / Boing Boing
Health Canada has advised the band council of Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton to issue a water advisory after recent water tests showed high levels of iron and manganese. Meanwhile, the band is trying to get its new water treatment facility up and running.
Source: Potlotek First Nation advised its water unfit for drinking or washing – Nova Scotia – CBC News
Source: Strikers, Scabs, and Sugar Mongers
For centuries, journalists, academics, and even politicians have been obsessed with the idea of the untouched tribe.
Source: The Dangerous Myth of Utopian Societies
The Jersey Shore resort town of Asbury Park circa 1900, channeled through vintage high-resolution glass negatives and set to music, produced by the illustrious Ken B. Click Play, then the “Full Screen” icon for the full effect.
Source: Vintage Video: Asbury Park | Shorpy | #1 Old Photos
Source: Why We Must Stop the Flow of Tar Sands Oil | NRDC
Rapa Nui have written a new chapter in their history based upon their cultural values of guardianship, responsibility and accountability for the natural environment
Source: The Rapa Nui have shown us that conservation can protect …
Source: Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals | Environment | The Guardian
Diogenes’ Lantern, near the Brockton Arcade, also boasted imported teas, Italian soft drinks and folk singers
Source: Back in the Day: Riverside joined the Beat generation with 1950s coffeehouse – Press Enterprise
If you drop plastic in the ocean, where does it end up?
The love song that dared to proclaim “I may not always love you”
Source: “It is so beautifully written, it sings itself”: The Beach Boys’ sublime “God Only Knows”
How Middle-Class America Got Fleeced
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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
the nonist, now searching recorded history for some semblance of truth.
Source: Polynesian Stick Charts
The tropical themed pop-up bar Eight Seas is mixing up craft Polynesian cocktails all over Providence
Source: Tiki Drinks Done Right | Providence Monthly | providenceonline.com
The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries : Scientific Reports
DIY: How to Set up Jazzmasters & Jaguars | Premier Guitar
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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 best guitar necks are made of mahogany, and the most sustainable guitar companies are finding innovative ways to source the wood without destroying its stock.
Source: Building a Sustainable Guitar: Mahogany | World Resources Institute
The Natural Resources Defense Council works to safeguard the earth – its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
Source: Latin America Green News: 12/2 – 12/15 | NRDC
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Video: Basque Beachbreak
Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
Ta’u island in American Samoa will rely on solar panels and Tesla batteries as they do away with diesel generators
100% Skateboarding Magazine, including longboarding. “The ride is the reward”
Source: Concrete Wave Magazine
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sent a letter to President Barack Obama Friday requesting he intervene to protect Native Americans peacefully protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Quelle: Sanders Calls on President to Intervene in Dakota Access Pipeline Dispute – Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont
The Jersey Shore circa 1905. “In the surf at Asbury Park.” Having a wonderful time; wish we were still here. 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative.
Quelle: Landing Party: 1905 | Shorpy Historic Picture Archive
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will undermine the ability of countries to control polluting and extractive industries, says Ben Lilliston
Those who settled on the archipelago 3,000 years ago – and Tonga shortly after – travelled from farther away than previously believed, scientists say
Source: DNA shows first inhabitants of Vanuatu came from Philippines and Taiwan | World news | The Guardian
A group of tribal members, citizens from the Columbia River Gorge and throughout the state gathered on the Capitol steps today to support Anna Mae Leonard, a tribal member who launched a five-day fast to protest a planned give away of 118 million gallons a year of public water in the Columbia River Gorge to Nestlé Corporation. Leonard and her supporters called on Governor Kate Brown to demand that state agencies to stop the Nestlé water exchange.
Source: Tribal Member Fasts in Salem to Protest Gov. Brown’s Nestlé Policies
In Stuttgart absolvierte die Hy4 ihren Jungfernflug. Rein elektrisch schafft der Brennstoffzellenflieger bis zu 1500 Kilometer. Ganz ohne Abgase.
Source: Elektroflieger Hy4 – Erstes Passagierflugzeug mit Wasserstoffantrieb gestartet
Pre orders available now. Shipped in the last week of November. New Holland Publishers are coming out with this pictoral focused book in November. We helped them, extensively, with the image archives and some of the historical research. Bob McTavish wrote the foreword. It is 320 pages, hardbound and will be retailing for $55. Mal Sutherland, John Pennings, Bob Weeks and Barrie Sutherland capture a very significant proportion of the 1960s surf culture in Australia. This book has hundreds of black and white images and documents the era from 1960, through the changes and includes chapters titled; – Surfing in the early 60s – The Malibu era – On the beach – Beach Fashion – Lifestyle – Surf Lifesaving – Competitions – Surfmobiles – The shortboard revolution – Pop culture -Favourite places *the images here are screenshots of 2 x double page spreads….ie 4
Source: Surfing in the 60s Book
Royalty, surf emissaries, and azure lineups in Tonga with Jeff Divine
Source: The Half-Century Files: The King and I | The Surfers Journal
The court’s new focus on land grabbing and environmental destruction could help put a dent in corporate impunity.
Source: CEOs Can Now Be Prosecuted Like War Criminals at the Hague
Surfing Publication and Newsagency, we provide surfers all the news, Board Buyers Guide, Contest Reports, Big Wave Events, Airshows, Image Galleries, Shapers, Schools and Camps directories, Surfing magazine, Learning to Surf tips
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Access information on more than 200,000 objects in Te Papa’s collections. Get up close to our collections through collected specimens and thousands of zoomable images.
Source: Topic: Jansen ‘Invader’ guitar | Te Papa’s Collections Online
One photographer/filmmaker, two views of a Tasmanian point wave
Source: Drone and Still Composite | The Surfers Journal
Uncontacted Tribes
More than NZ$1.4m raised so far to protect stretch of coastline in Abel Tasman national park from becoming out of bounds to the public
Located in the waters off Sipadan in Malaysia, is an old oil rig that is now a dive platform and resort named ‘Seaventures‘. The surrounding area is one of the diving industry’s renowned top dive destinations, and is commonly ranked as being one of the world’s best. Seaventures takes advantage o
Source: You Can Stay At This Converted Oil Rig In Malaysia And Go Diving