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Links for 7/18/15

The week in wildlife – in pictures Polynesia USA: 1965 The short life and mysterious death of Bobby Fuller, rock’n’roll king of Texas Meet Tales of the Cocktail 2015 ambassador, Jeff ‘Beachbum’ Berry...

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At 90, Flaherty’s Pioneering Docufiction ‘Moana’ Remains a Serene Beauty

Source: At 90, Flaherty’s Pioneering Docufiction ‘Moana’ Remains a Serene BeautySimilar Posts: Weird Italian Surf 46 Classic TV- and Movie Opening Credits Article on The “Last” Hukilau 51 Incredible...

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New Zealand – Skeletons in the Cupboard – Documentary

A new documentary coming from Peter Marsh. The subject here is New Zealand ancestry other than Polynesian, but Peruvian and Asian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z6PlYiQSTsSimilar Posts: Kon-Tiki was...

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Links for 2/14/16

Uncontacted Tribes   More than NZ$1.4m raised so far to protect stretch of coastline in Abel Tasman national park from becoming out of bounds to the public Source: Crowdfunding battle to stop unspoilt...

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Links for 10/4/16

Those who settled on the archipelago 3,000 years ago – and Tonga shortly after – travelled from farther away than previously believed, scientists say Source: DNA shows first inhabitants of Vanuatu came...

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Links for 12/18/16

The best guitar necks are made of mahogany, and the most sustainable guitar companies are finding innovative ways to source the wood without destroying its stock. Source: Building a Sustainable Guitar:...

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Links for 2/18/17

The European Commission published yesterday its roadmap setting out its objectives on the issue of plastics. In particular, it intends to reduce “the leakage of plastics into the environment”....

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Links for 5/22/17

The tropical themed pop-up bar Eight Seas is mixing up craft Polynesian cocktails all over Providence Source: Tiki Drinks Done Right | Providence Monthly | providenceonline.com 38 million pieces of...

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Links for 7/9/17

If you drop plastic in the ocean, where does it end up? The love song that dared to proclaim “I may not always love you” Source: “It is so beautifully written, it sings itself”: The Beach Boys’ sublime...

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Links for 9/16/17

Health Canada has advised the band council of Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton to issue a water advisory after recent water tests showed high levels of iron and manganese. Meanwhile, the band is...

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Links for 9/24/17

Source: Glossing Over a Genocide | East Bay Express Source: Have Your Sei According to University of Texas at Austin professor Raj Patel, an expert in ecology and food systems, our demand for meat is...

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Links for 6/4/13

Jodie Foster riding a skateboard, 1970s 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. XXIV) A Handbook of California Design, 1930-1965 Maori legend of man-eating bird is true – Nature – Environment...

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Links for 7/23/13

‘Nobody understands’ spills at Alberta oil sands operation | Toronto Star C&C – Let it be . . . – YouTube Book picks / Oceano By Anouck Boisrobert & Louis Rigaud Snow and Arctic sea ice extent...

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Links for 7/25/13

Scientifically Designed Shark Deterrent Wetsuits Released Google hosted a $2,500 a person fundraising dinner for one of the world’s most powerful climate change deniers Tonga Hut Palm Springs opening …...

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Links for 9/27/13

Fish caught offshore from Fukushima hit markets in Japan today Global Warming Could Potentially Destroy the Lives of 750 Million People in the Next Three Decades Tensions Rise in Tahiti Solar powered...

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Links for 11/13/13

Environmental concerns discussed with Global Ocean Commission | Samoa News Similar Posts: Links for 3/19/17 Links for 9/4/13 Links for 4/28/17 Links for 6/1/12 Links for 2/25/15 Source

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Links for 12/18/13

We’re Looking at the End of Humanity — And It Might Happen Sooner Than You Think | Alternet BBC News – Tourist walks off Australia pier while checking Facebook Groups to Aquino: Demand Haiyan redress...

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Links for 12/19/13

We know who’s profiting from emissions – let’s bill them Iceland’s vanishing ice We’re Looking at the End of Humanity — And It Might Happen Sooner Than You Think Documenting the Swift Change – Wrought...

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Links for 1/20/14

GMO’s and the Health of our Oceans. Why we care so much. The TPP – The More We Know, The Worse It Gets EU Moves to Ban Most Plastics By 2020 Photos: 50+ years of Japanese concept cars Friendly seals...

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Links for 24/4/14

Massive iceberg six times the size of Manhattan drifts away from Antarctic glacier Electric car maker Tesla said to be planning new factory in California List of Dates and Bands for Surfing Sundays...

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Links for 6/26/14

Our tips for traveling like a TreeHugger Maori art turns French heads Breakthrough in Photovoltaic Manufacturing Unique underwater world discovered in Pitcairn Islands A reality check from the Arctic...

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Links for 9/20/14

Why Ebola is terrifying and dangerous: It preys on family, caregiving, and human bonds Red Tide Off Florida Smothering Everything In Its Path; Could Cause ‘Considerable’ Damage Environmental Law:...

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Island Earth – Documentary | on Kickstarter

Similar Posts: Dustin Barca: | Why I’m Fighting for Kaua’i Links for 1/27/11 Links for 1/28/11 Links for 1/20/14 Links for 1/7/13 Source

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Dustin Barca: | Why I’m Fighting for Kaua’i

Why I’m Fighting for Kaua‘i: A Run for Mayor | The Inertia.Similar Posts: Links for 3/12/14 Links for 4/30/14 Links for 10/2/13 Links for 10/4/13 Links for 2/6/15 Source

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Links for 11/19/14

Aus einer anderen Welt: Nationalgalerie zeigt Maori-Porträts The Concert Industry Is Moving Away From Plastic Bottles, Slowly NASA Shows Stark Year in the Life of CO2 Fate magazine covers from the...

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Links for 1/1/15

Charanjit Singh: Instrumental Film-Tunes (1975) München leuchtete orange Welcome to the Rest of Our Lives Global Warming: What We Knew in 82 IMF Austerity Helped Fuel Ebola Crisis: Researchers The...

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Links for 2/25/15

Conservation, Education and Research in French Polynesia Reef Oasis Found in Depths of Murky Iraqi Waters Googie Architecture in Los Angeles Part 2 Googie Architecture in Los Angeles Part 1 Daily chart...

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Day of the Book

Similar Posts: Links for 10/8/12 Power & Taboo Exibition in London! 23 Essential Tiki Links Links for 9/24/17 Jared Diamond on Collapsing Societies Source

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Easter Island | Environmental Opportunity

Easter Island Environmental Opportunity: Protecting Rapa Nui’s Ocean https://youtu.be/FseX9bmALYYVideo can’t be loaded: Easter Island Environmental Opportunity: Protecting Rapa Nui’s Ocean...

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Kon-Tiki was Just a Tiny Part of the Story

I can’t get enough of this stuff. Reading every book by Thor Heyerdahl I could find, gave me an idea of his theories concerning the ethnologic history of the Pacific. What I didn’t know was that more...

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Links for 11/28/18

Rare Surf Albums Pop Gear [’60s Pop Dancing suits +] / Matt Monro The Origins of Surf Music — a first-hand account by Paul Johnson “Moai are family”: Easter Island people to head to London to request...

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Links for 12/27/18

Tahiti and the Society Islands, 1765-1900 First Delphic Hymn to Apollo Night of Camp David: the return of a 1965 book about an insane president As corals decline, a new kind of reef emerges Snake...

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Links for 1/12/19

Knost at Noosa Khruangbin Explains Their Genre-Blending Psych Rock in the Reverb Studio Tom Guido’s The Purple Onion 140 Columbus Ave., San Francisco 1993~1999 The incredible story of Pita Taufatofua,...

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Links for 1/13/19

9 questions about climate change you were too embarrassed to ask Capitalism is killing the world’s wildlife populations, not ‘humanity’ Going Nowhere Fast on Climate, Year After Year Fighting for the...

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Links for 2/13/19

Learning How to Say Goodbye to Our Broken Planet https://archive.org/details/swingin_six Aktivieren Sie JavaScript um das Video zu sehen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWKs–Xhu1g The big lie we’re...

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Links for 3/5/19

The Climate Change Lawsuit That Could Stop the U.S. Government From Supporting Fossil Fuels The Killing Times: the massacres of Aboriginal people Australia must confront ‘We are fighting’: Brazil’s...

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Links for 4/2/19

Scientists think they’ve solved one mystery of Easter Island’s statues The boy on a raft in Manila Bay – in pictures Retro classic: Wild and Wolf 746 telephone The “Tragedy of the Commons” was invented...

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Links for 9/22/19

America’s Great Climate Exodus is Starting in the Florida Keys How the Surfers of Ireland’s Favourite Surf Town Are Championing Sustainability This is what climate change looks like in Australia – in...

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Links for 7/14/20

P.F. Sloan: Let’s Live for Today Seafood fraud: why your Mediterranean swordfish might actually be shark Keystone XL Pipeline Stays Blocked in U.S. Supreme Court Order The Celestial Sounds of The Space...

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Links for 10/7/20

Surfer magazine, iconic touchstone of Southern California beach culture, shuts down More than 14m tonnes of plastic believed to be at the bottom of the ocean Mondragon Cooperative Part One Dave Bunker...

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Links for 11/21/20

‘New climate denialism’ is stopping Canada from approaching crisis with WWII-level effort: Seth Klein Tiny Atlantic island takes giant leap towards protecting world’s oceans Surf’s Up! Behind the...

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South Americans May Have Traveled to Polynesia 800 Years ago

Isn’t this what Thor Heyerdahl was saying? One text by Heyerdahl dealing with this. Source

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Tonga Volcano Eruption

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Links for 4/23/22

The Renewable-Energy Revolution Will Need Renewable Storage Fires, Floods, FFS Enough! Email Your Local Candidates In the Lead Up To This Year’s Federal Election. Private paradise: The French...

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Waterman Movie Trailer

Documentary about Hawaiian King of Surfing Duke Kahanamoku Aktivieren Sie JavaScript um das Video zu sehen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhF3_iiH31A One of polynesia’’s greatest icons. Source

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Links for 11/19/22

This Rock-and-Roll Song Launched a Musical Genre About Kids, Cars, and Crashes Where the heart lives: the enduring homesteads tying Maori to their heritage Tongva Villages A P O P H E N I A Financial...

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Links for 12/27/22

Biggest climate toll in year of ‘devastating’ disasters revealed A California coastal town grapples with losing its beach 44 Captivating Native Maori Portraits From 19th Century New Zealand The Power...

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Links for 1/8/23

Project Moon Base: The Kirchin Experience (Podcast) Das Meer und der Müll – Treibgut in der Tiefsee – Dagmar Röhrlich (2008) Jim ‘The Genius’ Phillips What’s gone wrong with England’s water? Must See...

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Links for 3/5/23

Effects of Ocean and Coastal Acidification on Ecosystems A Museum of Surfboards A new study about seabirds and offshore wind turbines may surprise you Miami of India: The Forgotten Capital of Art Deco...

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Links for 7/9/23

Ray’s Hand Life in the ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ could disappear due to the climate crisis Loveletters Season 10: Hawaii | Jeff Grosso’s Loveletters to Skateboarding Video: Lola Mignot: “Deplacer le...

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