9 questions about climate change you were too embarrassed to ask
Capitalism is killing the world’s wildlife populations, not ‘humanity’
Going Nowhere Fast on Climate, Year After Year
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‘What is the sea telling us?’: Maori tribes fearful over whale strandings
Knost at Noosa
Khruangbin Explains Their Genre-Blending Psych Rock in the Reverb Studio
Tom Guido’s The Purple Onion
140 Columbus Ave., San Francisco
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The incredible story of Pita Taufatofua, Tonga’s shirtless Olympic flag bearer
Marine plastic pollution: the science story
Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe.
Why California’s Wildfires Are So Destructive, In 5 Charts
Global warming of oceans equivalent to an atomic bomb per second
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The uncontacted tribes of Brazil face genocide under Jair Bolsonaro
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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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