Links for 5/14/16

Oldest known axe discovered in Australia, claim researchers


 

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We need a revolt against the fossil fuel industry


 

Amidst lingering smoke from the morning’s ceremony, Garifuna leader Miriam Miranda opened up the space with a welcoming. “We celebrate that you are here with us today to build something real. We don’t want our Sister Berta to become an empty word. We don’t want her name to become just another slogan.”

Source: What Does Justice for Slain Honduran Environmentalist Berta Cáceres Mean? | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community


 

Significant portions of the habitats for loggerhead turtles, right whales, and many other species would be impacted if the Obama administration approves permits for seismic testing.

Source: Loggerhead, Right Whale Breeding Grounds Are Entirely Covered By Atlantic Blasting Area | ThinkProgress


 

Water is at risk in the United States and around the world. Its quality and availability is in peril. Today, nearly one in eight people lack access to adequate supplies of safe drinking water. Globally, water-borne diseases kill more people than tuberculosis or malaria, and five times as many children die of diarrhea than of HIV/AIDS.

Source: Watching Out for Our Water | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Links for 4/9/16

An inglorious Columbus; : Vining, Edward P. [from old catalog] : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive


 

The more egalitarian a society, the smaller the chance its citizens being ritually burned, bludgeoned or crushed to death under a new canoe, research shows

Source: Study shows human sacrifice was less likely in more equal societies | Science | The Guardian


 

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Dirty Old Wedge is a 62 minute documentary about Southern California’s own bodysurfing magnet wave. We sat down with Director/Producer, Tim Burnham to learn more about his film and his proces…

Source: Dirty Old Wedge with Tim Burnham | Swell Lines


 

Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson by Various Artists (Songwriter Series) on Ace Records

Source: Various Artists (Songwriter Series) – Here Today! The Songs Of Brian Wilson – Ace Records


 

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Links for 9/11/14

Nature Connection will be the Next Big Human Trend

1959 … Cadillac “Cyclone”

Let’s End the Destruction of the Deep Ocean!

Scientists Discover How to Produce Clean Drinking Water From an Unexpected Source

10 Underwater Facilities You Could Actually Live In

Links for 2/28/14

Tonga Hut – Palm Springs, CA | The Tiki Chick

Australia’s renewables adviser scrapes the bottom of the climate denialist barrel

Monster Surf Exposes Rare Petroglyphs in Hawaii

Göbekli Tepe – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prehistoric forest uncovered by storms in Cardigan Bay – in pictures

Surfing 4m croc closes Broome’s Cable Beach

Work to begin on 180-mile “Nicaragua Canal” to rival Panama

How Hawaiian Shirts are Made

Wild leopard sparks panic in Meerut, India, as it prowls through apartment, hospital and movie theatre