The frozen iceberg landscape is a truly majestic sight and it really leaves one in absolute awe. For some time, photographer Paul Souders mission’s has been to get some of the most beautiful photographs of the world’s most incredible icebergs. It has been a ten-year quest to capture the real essence and otherworldly beauty of […]
Category: Documentaries
Touching 19-minute film empowers illegal immigrants
After her immigrant father is deported, a young woman agrees to film her life for “Limbo,” an online film project. A young woman, her face wet with tears, stares into the lens of a video camera. “Believe me when I tell you,” she says, her voice breaking, “that if this wasn’t necessary, that if my […]
VIDEO | Zombie Parasites
What if, unbeknownst to you, someone—or something—was controlling your behaviour for its own nefarious ends? Join photographer Anand Varma as he reveals this nightmare scenario being acted out over and over across the natural world, as unsuspecting hosts are compelled to nurture and protect mind-sucking parasites. Source Nat Geo Live.
ART & VIDEO | This Indian kid died at 7. What he did in those 7 years will amaze you
Named after Clint Eastwood, Edmund Thomas Clint was an Indian child prodigy who was born in the town of Kochi in Kerala. Even though he died at the age of 7, due to a kidney failure, he is known for having drawn over 30,000 paintings during his short life. Normally, it would take years of […]
PARK THAT TURNS INTO AN ETHEREAL LAKE IN SUMMER.
At first glance, these photographs seem to show a scuba diver exploring the depths of an underwater world. But if you look more carefully you will see a tree, a bridge and even a park bench. In fact these incredible images show a diver traversing an Austrian lake (Green Lake) that floods every year, covering […]
ARTICLE | Harvard unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]est subjects taking part in an 8-week program of mindfulness meditation showed results that astonished even the most experienced neuroscientists at Harvard University. The study was led by a Harvard-affiliated team of researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the team’s MRI scans documented for the very first time in medical history how meditation produced […]
VIDEO | Few understand what a real teacher is all about, this man does.
Children full of life [dropcap]M[/dropcap]r. Kanamori, a teacher of a 4th grade class, teaches his students not only how to be students, but how to live. He gives them lessons on teamwork, community, the importance of openness, how to cope, and the harm caused by bullying. In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a […]
VIDEO & ARTICLE | One tenth of cooking oil in china comes from sewage (Gutter oil scooped up from drains)
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince last year, Chinese authorities have tried to combat the production and use of recycled waste oil. But this illegal practice remains a common complaint, and there are reports these products are ending up on supermarket shelves. Gutter oil continues to make its way to consumers in China, according to local media. The Beijing Times […]
ARTICLE (graphic) & VIDEO | Asian bear bile remedies: traditional medicine or barbarism?
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine living 20 years spending 24 hours a day in a cage that tightly fits your body, not giving you room to stand up, stretch out, turn around, or move at all. Imagine that twice a day during these years you would have a metal catheter inserted into a hole which has been cut into […]
VIDEO | Adventures In Treesitting | Can’t believe she lived 2 years on a giant tree without touching the ground.
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his is the amazing story of Julia Butterfly Hill who spent more than two years on a giant tree without touching the ground. Julia’s determination to withhold storms, cold and pressure by the logging company inspired countless activists around the world to this very day. Julia spent an incredible 738 days on top of the tree […]