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Interview with master navigator Nainoa Thompson about the Hokule'a's voyage to Japan. Hōkūleʻa is a performance-accurate full-scale replica of a wooden sailing vessel (Polynesian voyaging canoe) used in ancient Hawaiʻi. Its name means "star of gladness" in Hawaiian, and the...
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ocean culture hawaii
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The plastic bag is an icon of convenience culture, by some estimates the single most ubiquitous consumer item on Earth, numbering in the trillions. They're made from petroleum or natural gas with all the attendant environmental impacts of harvesting fossil fuels. One recent study found that the...
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oil bags plastic toxic
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Is it possible to Laugh for no Reason?
Contradicting popular belief, Laughter Yoga has proved that one does not need a sense of humor to laugh. Laughter can be learnt and programmed into the body to bring about a complete transformation. Research has proved that just 10-20 minutes of fake or...
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Yoga, laughter, rain, Mumbai, release, breath
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On August 9th 2008, NaturalMedicine.com sponsors a Hawaiian Sailing Canoe named "Faupua" in 21st Annual Na Hol Kai. A sailing canoe race from Oahu to Kauai that covers close to 90 miles of open ocean.
The first sailing canoes emerged In ancient Polynesia over a thousand years ago.
The canoes...
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lifestyle ocean hawaii canoe
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Natural medicine sponsored Hawaiian Canoe Club in the annual fundraiser for the cultural kids program that teaches values and culture through canoe paddling, chanting, exploring and leadership training.
Learn more at http://www.hawaiiancanoeclub.org/
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Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized pictures and images puts in perspective some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day (40 million!).
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Chris Jordan Sustainability Western Culture Excess
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Chris Jordan is a Seattle-based photographic artist who portrays the detritus of our mass culture: piles of cell phones, aluminum cans, garbage, and the like. His work is exhibited widely in the US and Europe , and has been featured in print media, blogs, documentary films, and radio and...
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chris jordan greener gadgets inhabitat marc alt partners e-waste
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Na Wahine O Ke Kai (the women of the ocean) is a race that is held every year since 1979 by women paddlers. The crossing is considered a right of passage for novice paddlers as they take one of the toughest channels in the ocean. On this day, a group of women from Kihei Canoe Club and Wailea...
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canoe health culture
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Flying the Ama is the story of the paddlers of these magical boats and the history, culture, and tradition that they and the boats exemplify. The film explores the cultural roots of the outrigger canoe by gathering stories from the torchbearers of the tradition on many of the Pacific Islands...
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canoe culture
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Learn more about kombucha cultures and brewing kombucha tea with expert brewing tips in this free medicinal healing video clip.
Expert: Hannah Crum
Bio: Hannah Crum has a workshop where she teaches how to make Kombucha, a drink from a mushroom for medicinal healing.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
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kombucha, fermenter food, raw, food, healing
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