We may be slightly obsessed with/overly enamored of/innately moved by time-lapse videos of nature. But who says that’s a bad thing?
This video captures a lighting storm that happened on Toronto a couple days ago and it’s undeniably awesome.
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One of the things I dislike about living in an apartment is the fact that I don’t have a yard to lounge in on hot summer Sundays. Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels that way.
In New York, The Participation Agency is offering up a timeshare backyard space… Read the rest
Thanks to prAna, we came across this fantastic six-minute video that’s a compilation of clips from the film The Age of Stupid… Read the rest set against the backdrop of Bombay Dub Orchestra‘s chilling sounds. The film sets itself up in 2055, where a man takes the time to look back at
The Good Bike project is awesome. Based in Toronto, its mission is to turn abandoned bikes into public works of art. According to Treehugger, The Good Bike began when a local woman spray painted a left bike and planted greenery in its front basket. The fact that the city ticketed… Read the rest
What better way to respect the environment by playing in it and helping to clean it up? Here at Wend… Read the rest, we believe that experiencing the environment and caring for it go hand in hand–you can’t have one without the other–so we’re thrilled to see a cleaning event that combines
Since 1998, Richart Sowa has been collecting the trash he finds lying along the shores of Mexico and putting it to good use. From the items, says mattermore, such as “plastic bottles to bamboo and plywood,” he once made a two-story home and three floating islands. But when those were… Read the rest
In preparation for this fall, We Love Clean Rivers has teamed up with the Clackamas County Tourism & Affairs Office to offer volunteers weekend volun-tourism trips that combine the best of the best: “sightseeing, adventure and philanthropy.”
We Love Clean Rivers will be offering two weekends–this September and October–which follow… Read the rest
Maybe you’ve never wondered how much rainwater runs off your roof and into the ground–but you’ll certainly be surprised once you find out just how much usable water is dripping from your very own dwelling. Thanks to this awesome Rainwater Calculator we discovered over at The Good Human, you can… Read the rest
When an 11-year-old girl saved a baby woodpecker from becoming a cat’s prey on the lawn of her father’s house, she had no idea what the consequences of her actions would be. The girl, Skylar Capo (who aspires to be a vet when she grows up), placed the bird in… Read the rest
Want to help bicycle and pedestrian advocacy? Want to win a free bike and a trip to Tuscany? If you answered yes to either of those questions, you’d better get digging for the best shot you’ve ever taken of bicycling or walking because The People Powered Movement Photo Contest is… Read the rest
