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Pumptrack Challenge in Deutschland und der Schweiz wird es auch in diesem Jahr wieder geben. Das Erfolgsrzept setzt sich durch.

Source: Pumptrack Events in der Schweiz – 40inch Longboardmagazin

BANG! The Bert Berns Story

The Jersey Shore circa 1900. “The beach at Long Branch.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.

Source: A Distant Shore: 1900 | Shorpy | #1 Old Photos

Trump exposes National Parks to oil company drilling

Source: Germans are funky? These bootylicious ‘funk fever’ compilations prove it! | Dangerous Minds

We Can’t Afford Cuts to Coastal Management | NRDC

Source: A crash course on creation myths / Boing Boing

Source: Inuit cartography: maps carved in driftwood / Boing Boing

There was no desire to shatter the square society…only to elude it

Source: History Of Surfing: Surfing’s Beat Generation

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Source: New Disney World dress shop is perfect for Disney-bounding

The fundamental unit of biology is not the self, but the network — and this view has practical consequences, says David George Haskell, author of The Song of Trees.

Source: David George Haskell Explores Life’s Network’s In ‘The Song of Trees’ 

The American expats breaking up indigenous communities on the Mexican ‘Riviera’ | Global Development Professionals Network

Our planet’s temperature is rising, but there are things you can do to help.

Source: Climate Change List

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Baxter Dynasty

Stopping global warming is only way to save Great Barrier Reef, scientists warn

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: 100 Percent Clean Electricity for California

Takers. Of the free resources. Such as clean air. Takers of money, too. Same guys. Duh.

Source: Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow in US states

California towns are winning David. v. Goliath battles with oil companies.

Source: Small California Towns Are Facing Off Against Oil Companies — And Winning | naked capitalism

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Watch skateboard stunts on rooftops of New York

Source: Watch skateboard stunts on rooftops of New York / Boing Boing

Cutting Room: Cover Peripherals | The Surfers Journal

Ice age art in Indonesia reveals how spiritual life transformed en route to Australia | Science | The Guardian

In President Trump’s America, Quentin Tarantino might not have been.

Source: What Does the NEA Fund? – 7 Famous Movies Funded by the NEA

Will Amazon Destroy More US Jobs Than China? | naked capitalism

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Now we’ll know what the government thought about climate change when it still believed in it.

Source: You Can Now Access The EPA Website As It Existed Before Trump | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

Von null auf Tempo hundert in 2,5 Sekunden: Drei Brüder aus Österreich haben einen legendären Rennwagen von Porsche mit einem Elektroantrieb ausgestattet. Das Auto begeistert – wirft aber eine Frage auf.

Source: Porsche mit Elektroantrieb: Kreisel-Brüder rüsten Rennwagen um

We’re seeing an unusual twist on automotive desirability today that would be quite interesting if it extended to all product design. The twist is this: People want new stuff that’s old, or depending on how you look at it, old stuff that’s new. Here’s what we mean: In America,

Source: Beyond Retro Design: People Want New Things That are Old, or Old Things That are New – Core77

6 Ways To Make Sure You’re Leaving Nothing On The (Merch) Table – MTT – Music Think Tank

Source: A curated catalogue of artists Shag’s creativity over the past three decades / Boing Boing

Congress OKs Ruthless Killing of Iconic Wildlife—What Next? | NRDC

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With an estimated 1.4 million trillion plastic microfibers in our ocean today, it’s time to get informed and take action. WATCH the movie, LEARN about the problem, TAKE ACTION with The Story of Stuff Project!

Source: The Story of Microfibers – The Story of Stuff Project

Say aloha to David and Amy Carter’s Tabu Tiki Room.

Source: Tiki collectors escape winter in their basement paradise | Space | Chicago Reader

Historical Series of Phenological data for Cherry Tree Flowering at Kyoto City(and March Mean Temperature Reconstructi

Source: Cherry blossom phenology and temperature reconstructions at Kyoto

A Message From the End of the World – The New York Times

‘We’ve left junk everywhere’: why space pollution could be humanity’s next big problem | Science | The Guardian

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Forget Winnetou! | Indiegogo

Are we trashing the places we love? The toxic truths at the heart of surfing | Jock Serong

WannaSurf – Free illustrated atlas of surf spots and surfing worldwide with maps of surf spots, detailed descriptions and photos. All the best weather and forecast maps. An interactive environment provides messages, reports and data editing.

Source: Mozambique – WannaSurf, surf spots atlas, surfing photos, maps, GPS location

This is awesome! (be sure to watch the video)

Source: Dutch Trains Are World’s First to Run on 100% Wind Power

The last known Tasmanian tiger died more than eight decades ago. It has become the stuff of textbook sketches and yellowing photographs. But now, researchers are launching a new search.

Source: Back From The Dead? Reported Sightings Fuel Hope For Return Of Tasmanian Tigers : The Two-Way : NPR

Hundreds of millions of salmon are presumed dead along the US west coast amid fears that ocean life is being wiped out following the Fukushima disaster.

Source: Hundreds Of Millions Of Salmon Feared Dead On US West Coast – Your News Wire

Trump presidency opens door to planet-hacking geoengineer experiments | Environment | The Guardian

One company wants to turn pollution into shelter.

Source: Can Ocean Plastics Make Homes For The Poor? | Popular Science

Source: Incredible Afrobeat music from Mali / Boing Boing

The Angkor Wat alternative: exploring Cambodia’s forgotten ruins | Travel | The Guardian

The Ruins of the Unsustainable

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Mosambik + Madagaskar Surf Reports und Surf Forecasts

Source: How America’s obsession with hula girls almost wrecked Hawai’i / Boing Boing

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Video: Underground Legends – “Odd Todd”

Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events

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

Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events

American Whoa: The American Pro Jazzmaster’s Peculiar Pickups | Mike & Mikes Guitar Bar

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American jazz guitarists,” Ray admits of only one rival—Parisian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whom Emmett worships, obviously patterns himself after, and can’t stand to see in person without fainting dead away.

Source: Django Reinhardt Demonstrates His Guitar Genius in Rare Footage From the 1930s, 40s & 50s | Open Culture

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High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode – Song – 2016 – ChemistrySelect – Wiley Online Library

The Carbon Bubble is about to pop / Boing Boing

New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being | World news | The Guardian

The health of the Great Barrier Reef has entered “uncharted territory” after researchers found there had been mass coral bleaching for two summers in a row for the first time in history.

Source: Great Barrier Reef suffers historic ‘back-to-back’ mass coral bleaching – 9news.com.au

Okeanos Explorer | Expeditions | NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: 2017 American Samoa Expedition: Suesuega o le Moana o Amerika Samoa | Daily Updates | Dive 06: Cosmic Jellyfish

In India, 6,000 tonnes of plastic waste lies uncollected every day. Some of this washes up in Tamil Nadu state where it pollutes and contaminates the food and water of communities living along the Bay of Bengal

Source: Plastic pollution blights Bay of Bengal – in pictures | Global development | The Guardian