Source: Could these flip-flops save the earth?

Johhe rules the dancefloor at the Jam Jam club in Kobe. He spins, shuffles and launches a series of high kicks: his baggy trousers billowing as he syncs his moves to the steady tempo of singer Luther Ingram’s 1967 non-hit If It’s All the Same to You Babe.

Source: Inside Japan’s northern soul movement: Where UK’s retro music rules below the streets of Kobe | The Independent

Nestlé continues to pump millions of gallons of public water from public land, claiming it’s their right. But can they prove it? Sign the petition now!

Source: Tell Nestlé to Prove Its Water Right! | Story of Stuff

Source: Oil and Plastic Are Choking Planet Earth: We Have to Stop Pretending This Isn’t a Problem | Alternet

Source: Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing – The New York Times

The story of how I discovered the Morro Bay Skateboarding Museum may be one of the most odd coincidences I’ve experienced in my skateboarding career, so far.Pi

Source: Morro Bay Skateboard Museum | Concrete Wave Magazine

Source: Why is it Every Time We Turn Over a Pirate Rock White Nationalists, Nazi’s and Bigots Scurry Out? | The Trichordist

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Source: If you have $50k, you might be able to buy this iconic 1969 dune buggy / Boing Boing

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Source: Promoting Renewable Future, Solar Companies and Nonprofits Rush to Puerto Rico | Common Dreams

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Source: The day we witnessed wildlife rangers being gunned down in Congo | Environment | The Guardian

Source: Liquid genocide: alcohol destroyed Pine Ridge reservation – then they fought back | US news | The Guardian

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: Climate change will likely wreck their livelihoods – but they still dont buy the science | US news | The Guardian

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.

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Source: Maker Update #46: Make an Rapa Nui 3D printed bobblehead / Boing Boing

A basic income could defeat the scarcity mindset, instill a sense of solidarity and even ease the anxieties that gave us Brexit and Trump

Source: Basic Income Isn’t Just a Nice Idea. It’s a Birthright

Source: The defenders: recording the deaths of environmental defenders around the world | Environment | The Guardian

Source: Arbor Skateboards :: Destination Ditch

Source: Diving for Dakuwaqa: giving Fiji’s shark god a helping hand | Science | The Guardian

Source: Sea salt around the world is contaminated by plastic, studies show | Environment | The Guardian

A recent dig may give archaeologists more clues about one of the oldest North American civilizations.

Source: Archaeologists find more info about old North American civilization – Business Insider Deutschland

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Push 2 von Michael Minks, selbst Fahrer & Filmer, immer nahe am Rider, nahe am Spaß. Schöner Einblick in die österreichischen Downhill-Szene

Source: Push 2 · Austrian Downhill Culture · Fahrer und Events 2017

Source: Golden Kingdoms | Apollo Magazine

Source: Alaska’s Permafrost Is Thawing – The New York Times

Source: She’s Photographing Every Native American Tribe in the United States | KCET

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

Source: 240-Year-Old Nautical Maps Reveal How Badly Weve Screwed Up Floridas Reefs | Gizmodo Australia

Source: Rare views on Rapa Nui: an Easter Island adventure | Travel | The Guardian

Source: Goodwill is overrun with stuff millennials and Gen Xers refuse to take from their parents, who pay up to $5,000 to get rid of it

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Source: Why are the crucial questions about Hurricane Harvey not being asked? | George Monbiot | Opinion | The Guardian

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Back in September 1964 Life magazine published a special issue dedicated to Japan. One article called ‘The Young in Rebellion’ explored the youth culture of the country. Amongst the words were these wonderful black and white photos that captured the spirit of Japanese youth. The first part of the article deals with teenage runaways. Each year thousands of youngsters [&hellip

Source: The Young in Rebellion – Japanese Teens in 1964 – Voices of East Anglia

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The water level rises ever higher with each passing year. Every high tide brings the sea into their homes.

Source: The drowning villages of Indonesia | | Al Jazeera

Source: Jack ONeill, surf legend behind the modern wetsuit, dies | US news | The Guardian

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The Shocking Doomsday Maps Of The World And The Billionaire Escape Plans

A place called hope: the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions

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How Matchbox cars were made in 1965

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With a forgotten temple city, Myanmar hopes to strike tourism gold

On the Water: 10 Favorite Places on European Rivers, Lakes and Coastlines

How Beauty Evolves – The Atlantic

My mother was a dictionary. She was one of the last ?uent speakers of our tribal language. She knew dozens of words that nobody else knew. When she died, we buried all of those words with her. My m…

Source: Eulogy, a Poem by Sherman Alexie | Literary Hub

‘Listen to the dead whale’s wake-up call, look closer and see what plastic pollution does to the ocean.’

Source: A Giant Beached Whale Illustrates the Plastic Pollution Problem — Plastic Pollution Coalition

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The Italian design firm Stefano Boeri Architetti is planning a “forest city” for China, modeled after the firm’s completed green towers in Milan.

Source: Stefano Boeri Architetti builds tree-covered skyscrapers in China

One of only two dozen ever made, a super rare vintage BTR-3 tape machine from Abbey Road Studios has been found in Southampton University.

Source: Super rare Abbey Road tape machine discovered at student radio station

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“My life has been one non-stop unfolding miracle – and I don’t believe in time.” Billy Childish begins his weeklong takeover.

Source: Billy Childish – Interview — Coney’s Loft | Culture magazine & creative studio

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Dakota Access Pipeline Now Has Oil Beneath Missouri River | PopularResistance.Org

Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities

With decreasing freshwater supplies, Egypt may face nationwide shortages by 2025

Source: Report: Nile Delta’s increasing salinity and rising sea levels may make Egypt uninhabitable by 2100

GDP is no longer the gold standard for measuring a country’s progress.

Source: Measuring What Matters: GDP, Ecosystems and the Environment