Sex, drugs and rock & roll. Debauchery. Hugh Grant transvestite hookers. Talentless reality celebrities. Purse dogs with health insurance. These are the things that everyone thinks LA is all about. And, for the most part, they’re right. But residents of Los Angeles, just like residents of other cities around the world, also like to revel [...]

What is surely one of the best pieces of news of 2011, the courts of Puerto Montt in Chile have temporarily blocked the $2.9 billion HidroAysen dam project in Patagonia from moving forward. While far from a final victory, the block is a monumental win for ecologists, adventure lovers, outdoorsmen, environmental groups and human beings [...]

This Friday night Ninja Tune artist, Low End Theory regular and Los Angeles IDM pioneer Daedulus and San Jose dubstep producer NiT GriT (check out his Soundcloud page for a nice taste) will be wobbling the grass dancefloor of the Hummingbird Nest Ranch mansion outside Los Angeles. We went out there for a photoshoot last [...]

Six national parks, 11 national reserves, 26 conservation priority sites, 16 wetlands and 32 private protected areas are set to be decimated, all in the name of energy. That amounts to roughly 6,000 hectares or 60 square kilometers of land. That’s bigger than the Vatican City, Monaco and Bermuda combined. The Chileans have fought against [...]

We touched on this epic plastic dilemma facing the Planet Earth a couple years back when we covered photographer Chris Jordan’s Midway: Message from the Gyre in 2009, but it doesn’t get any less scary. We have a serious, serious fucked up problem with our consumption of plastics, and if nothing changes we can just [...]

There are a lot of ways to help to help out our cultural brothers and sisters over in Japan, but here’s another good one. The Help Japan T-Shirt is a great way to donate money to the desperately needed relief efforts while showing your allegiance to the cause. Very similar in concept to the Japan [...]

What’s better than drinking a dram of fine single malt scotch? Drinking that dram and knowing the dime you spent on it is going to rebuilding an historic landmark. Highland whisky The Dalmore has launched a limited edition expression called Castle Leod, and all proceeds made from the edition will go towards restoring the legendary [...]

What’s happened to our fine friends over in Japan is obviously horrific beyond words. We have so much respect for the Japanese people, culture and society in general that the devastation is honestly heartbreaking. There are many ways to help, including directly donating to the Red Cross and other on-ground organizations. If you want to [...]