Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
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The HemLoft >>> A Secret Treehouse Hiding In The Woods Of Whistler
Canada.com features a secret treehouse in the woods of Whistler is exposed by it’s owner for the first time to the awe of architects and nature lovers alike >>> Joel Allen is getting a lot of attention for his grown-up treehouse nestled in the branches atop Whistler Mountain in B.C. Allen, a 31-year-old unemployed software developer, started building the egg-shaped structure, dubbed the HemLoft, in 2008. He wrote on his website: The driving force behind the whole thing was a ...
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The Superior Human? >>> Documentary Challenging Human’s Belief That They Are Superior To Other Life Forms
“The Superior human?” is the first documentary to systematically challenge the common human belief that humans are superior to other life forms. The documentary reveals the absurdity of this belief while exploding human bias. Featuring Dr Bernard Rollin, Gary Yourofsky Dr Richard Ryder, Dr Steven Best. Narrated by Dr Nick Gylaw. “The Superior human?” is dedicated to 2012 Earth April (EA) which includes Earth Day and World Lab Animal Day. EA official website : http://EarthApril.GoodEasy.info
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Animated Transportation and Communication Networks Show Humanity’s Effect On Earth >>> Video
Co.Exist provides a glimpse at humankind’s impact on the earth in a powerful animated globe video and some scientific research to explain what you see: This tour of our glowing transportation and communication networks shows the majesty–and horror–of how mankind has altered the planet. According to scientists, we’re currently in the geological epoch known as theHolocene, which has lasted for the last 12,000 years. The Holocene encompasses the rise of humanity since the last ice age. But some scientists think we ...
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Alternative Perspectives >>> Reality Bending Surrealist Photographic Landscapes by Randy Scott Slavin
I admit, it’s nice to see some trippadelic nature photography where the image isn’t simply just mirrored. Unless you are Leif Podhajsky who has mastered this technique without it ever feeling redundant. Randy Scott Slavin on the other hand has developed his own unique style of photo manipulation that seamlessly combines hundred of panoramic images into vortexes, hoops, loops, and spirals that look so real, you almost second guess your own perception of the world. I guess that is the true beauty of them isn’t it? >>>
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Self Powered Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert
Treehugger features a new technology being tested in water systems that could quite simply shatter barriers to accessing water. Think of the possibilites. Not only will off-grid back-to-the-landers have a more streamlined alternative to the common rainwater harvesting system, but more importantly, developing nations often faced with drought and no solid infrastructure to support it could easily provide clean drinking water in the middle of the most dryest regions. Mother nature would be pretty happy too knowing her remaining fresh ...
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One Indian Man Single-Handedly Plants a 1,360 Acre Forest >>> Article
Once upon a time there was boy named Jadav who began planting seeds along a barren sandbar in Northern India for wildlife that had no home. After many years, a few seeds grew into a forest and so the Molai’s woods was born. This story may sound like the beginning of a fairytale, yet it is the true story from Treehugger of real Indian man who single handedly planted a 1360 acre forest over more than 30 years: A little over 30 ...
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Stillness In Motion >>> Olga Ziemska’s Willow Branch Sculpture
Olga Ziemska is known for her nature manipulations. Here is her most recent work Stillness In Motion. Her inspiration, creative process, and her statement on life are clear from the words of her artist’s statement that reads like a poem: Art as a tool for understanding life. Helping us to discover how our minds create all these visions of reality. Art allows us to question values, morals, philosophies, religions, science, physics, and our selves. Giving us the tools to help understand and ...
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Snoop Dogg’s ‘Rolling Words’ >>> Smokable Songbook of His Greatest Hits
Saundra Jones Combining a smattering of eco-friendliness and the two things Snoop Dogg does best, smokin’ weed and makin’ music, is his new venture, a book of lyrics from classic Snoop songs called Rolling Words: A Smokable Songbook. Just as the name suggests, within this hemp covered stoner treat are pages made of rolling papers that after be rolled can be struck up with a match lit off the spine of the book. A brilliant marketing ploy to promote his new ...
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Mystifying Singing Plants from Damanhur Eco-Society >>> Video
I’ll never forget the day when I first was opened up to the world of shamanism when I saw Wade Davis speak at UBC in his Massey Lecture series on why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world. One of the stand out moments was near the end when he said “when the shamans were asked by scientists how they knew amongst the thousands of plant species in the rainforest to combine the vine and other plants to create the ...
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Take a Walk In The Stars With Cosmic iPad Apps
Have you ever gazed at the night sky and wanted to know where the constellations are, or just wished you could jump in a rocket ship and fly through the cosmos? Now thanks to some brilliant iPad apps, you have the universe at your fingertips. You can scan the skies for Orion, take a 3D flight around the universe in real time, and spin Jupiter on your lap amongst many other stellar features in all the apps found below recently ...
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Turning To Dumpsters For Dinner >>> German Girl Discovers Satisfaction in Dumpster Diving
Dumpster diving is no longer just for the poor and hippies. The movement of going from getting food from within grocery stores to the dumpsters behind them is growing across the world. One such story comes from Germany’s The Local, where a whopping 11 million tons of food a year is thrown away, about a virgin bin diver slapping on those rubber gloves and popping her dumpster cherry. And like so many virgins, the satisfaction of her first waste-ridding experiences ...
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EcoPERCH Retreat >>> The Rolls Royce Of Treehouses
Treehouse architecture has come a long way and seems to be ever evolving into new shapes, styles, and sizes. Although I prefer a more rustic, might-find-a-goblin living-inside-it style, this super modern design, EcoPERCH, from Blue Forest is still a wonderful alternative to the stock suburban home. Here is the full story on the capsule-shaped concept from Mother Nature Network: Luxury treehouse outfitter Blue Forest unveils EcoPERCH, a curvy and wood-clad prefab retreat that doesn’t necessarily need to be elevated high above the forest ...