Category: Nature & Outdoors (Page 10 of 12)

NFB’s The Devil’s Toy captures the spirit skateboarding in Montreal in the 1960s

2023-05-22 / Downshift

The Devil’s Toy » Directed by Claude Jutra » 1966

National Film Board of Canada on YouTube » This short 1966 documentary dedicated “to all victims of intolerance” depicts the dawn of skateboarding in Montreal. A new activity frowned upon by police and adults, skateboarding gave youngsters a thrilling sensation of speed and freedom. This film – the first Canadian documentary ever made about the sport – captures the exuberance of boys and girls having the time of their lives in free-wheeling downhill locomotion.

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Grandson who accompanied his 93-year-old Grandma to visit all 63 US National Parks described the adventure as “the greatest privilege”

2023-05-21 / Downshift

Good News Network »

While Brad said their national park adventure has ended, their travels will not. They plan to take it internationally, visiting Kenya on a National Geographic-organized expedition as the first stop on a mission to touch all seven continents, and maybe, if Joy keeps her enthusiasm, outer space as well.

World likely to breach critical 1.5°C threshold within 5 years

2023-05-18 / Downshift

Global temperatures are expected to surge to record-breaking levels in the next five years and breach the 1.5-degree Celsius (2.7-degree Fahrenheit) threshold set out in the Paris climate agreement, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The Perfect “All Around” Bike Packing System

2023-05-18 / Downshift

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Pledging allegiance to duct tape

2023-05-17 / Downshift

Adventure Journal »

To list the ways duct tape has saved our butts in the wilderness would take weeks. To attempt a complete glossary of potential uses? A fool’s errand! We ask today not what duct tape can do, but is there anything that duct tape cannot do?

New York City to become the first place in America to institute a congestion pricing plan

2023-05-15 / Downshift

Curbed »

The Federal Highway Administration has given its blessing to New York City’s plan after an environmental review determined a “Finding of No Significant Impact” over a project area that encompasses 28 counties across three states. In what has become an agonizingly drawn-out process — the state legislature approved congestion pricing in 2019, for those keeping track — the MTA has cleared one more hurdle in its quest to charge drivers to enter Manhattan below 60th Street. To say that the agency could really use the plan’s projected $1 billion in annual revenue is an understatement.

Who cares what you look like when you are doing your thing?

2023-05-13 / Downshift

Adventure Journal »

Odd. But, also, kinda brilliant. Crazy Craig was a good surfer. Got tubed, didn’t blow waves, surfed with speed and power, but he was definitely on his own wild-man trip. Still have never seen anybody surf like Crazy Craig. Doubt I ever will.

Category: Nature & Outdoors (Page 10 of 12)

NFB’s The Devil’s Toy captures the spirit skateboarding in Montreal in the 1960s

Grandson who accompanied his 93-year-old Grandma to visit all 63 US National Parks described the adventure as “the greatest privilege”

World likely to breach critical 1.5°C threshold within 5 years

The Perfect “All Around” Bike Packing System

Pledging allegiance to duct tape

New York City to become the first place in America to institute a congestion pricing plan

Who cares what you look like when you are doing your thing?

Bonjour. Hello. Hej. Olá. Hola. Привіт. مرحبا

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