Tickets Now On Sale For The Luxurious Boeing 787 Dreamliner

by Jessica Festa on




For those who haven’t heard about the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, it’s a luxurious aircraft with space for 219 passengers, large windows with an adjustable tint, spacious storage compartments, lower cabin altitude, higher humidity levels, a quieter and less-turbulent cabin, faster flying, tech enhancements and 20 percent less fuel usage than normal airplanes.

Do you want to try this innovative airplane out for yourself? Tickets for U.S. passengers to ride the new aircraft have just gone on sale, as United Airlines announced a daily, nonstop Denver-to-Tokyo route. Passengers can book now for travel beginning March 31, 2013.

“I want to recognize the efforts of Mayor Hancock, Kim Day, Manager of Aviation, and her team at Denver International Airport, and the business and civic leaders in Denver who have worked together to bring this great new international destination to our customers in Denver,” said Jeff Smisek, United’s President and CEO. “Our customers will enjoy the direct, nonstop service on our new Boeing Dreamliner aircraft, which will provide a spectacular flying experience.” For a visual idea of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, check out the video above.

Video: Surviving Alone In Alaska

by Elizabeth Seward on

What is it like to survive in Alaska‘s wilderness? What is it like to do it alone? VICE followed Heimo Korth to ask these precise questions. In the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge living requires a permit. In the case of Korth, the permit is only good until the death of his last child. It’s rough land and it’s a rough life, but he has managed to perfect the art of learning it and living it. Korth has been living essentially off of his own wits for over 30 years in this area in Alaska. He moved to Alaska when he was 19 from Wisconsin in an attempt to get as far away from civilization as possible. Watch as VICE follows Korth and his family and figures out what life for them is like.

Berkeley’s Edible Cities Guide Leads Urban Foragers To Free Good Eats

by Laurel Miller on

Anyone who’s ever snagged fruit off of their neighbor’s trees or bushes (oh, don’t look at me like that) will appreciate the new online Edible Cities guide from Berkeleyite Cristian Ionescu-Zanetti.

Berkeley is ground zero for the localized food movement, and “urban foraging” has been growing in popularity amongst local chefs as well as home cooks.

As a former resident and recent subletter, I can attest to just how many tasty treats grow in this region, which is composed of many microclimates. All manner of citrus – most notably Meyer lemons – heirloom varieties of plums, cherries, loquats, avocado, raspberries, blackberries, pomegranates, persimmons, rosemary, wild fennel, miner’s lettuce, wild watercress, mustard plants…they all flourish here, sometimes in backyards, but often in public spaces.

Hence, Edible Cities, which uses a Google Maps interface that denotes where specific species are free for the picking. In a recent interview in Berkeleyside, Inoescu-Zanetti, who is originally from Romania, stated that urban foraging’s “most important aspect is education: Kids need to learn where food comes from, and adults need a refresher, as well.” Here, here!

According to its mission statement, Edible Cities’ goal is to promote local food security by “mapping publicly available food sources” and “enable a more sustainable mode of food production that lessens our environmental impact.” In plain English, you can have free fruit and preserves year-round, instead of buying tasteless, imported crap sprayed with God knows what.

Oakland has a similar program, Forage Oakland, which began in 2008. Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Tampa also have fruit gleaning projects, which are variously used for residents and to provide fresh food for those in need.

[Photo credit: Flickr user OliBac]

‘Black Coral’: Epic Documentary On The World’s Riskiest Divers

by Kyle Ellison on

“The ocean don’t care if you’ve got family, or friends, or little kids…the ocean will kill you. It’s a good business to get out of.”
-Robin Lee, renowned black coral diver-

Of all of the insane travel and outdoor footage I’ve come across in my adventure travels, rarely have I been more excited for a film than for the upcoming release of “Black Coral.”

A thoroughly researched documentary featuring some of the most mind-blowing underwater footage I’ve ever seen, “Black Coral” takes an authentic and in-depth look into the lives of black coral divers, a select handful of daredevil individuals who just might classify as the biggest group of badasses on Earth.

Prized for its exotic appearance and use in fine jewelry, black coral trees are harvested at ocean depths of upwards of 170-250 feet – a realm where few sane scuba divers will ever dare to venture. Thanks to the dramatic videography of executive producer Todd Winn and his team of Hawaii-based divers, with the release of “Black Coral” images and scenes from this deep-water netherworld are suddenly placed right in front of us for our viewing.

More than just heart-pounding underwater footage, “Black Coral” similarly explores the splintered lives of the divers who habitually submit themselves to the ocean and place themselves at her mercy. In a profession, which consistently includes such dangers as decompression sickness, oversized sharks, underwater blackouts and random disappearance, it’s a wonder that any divers place themselves in front of such real dangers on such a frequent basis.

With the release of “Black Coral,” viewers will finally be granted inside access into the pinwheel of thoughts which inspire black coral divers to throw themselves into the middle of the ocean and lay it all on the line for these elusive coral trees lying silently on the ocean floor.

Shot in high definition the film brings together contemporary and archived footage of over 54 years of diving. Look for “Black Coral” to debut at many of this season’s summer film festivals and to subsequently awe the world.

The above video features music specifically created for the film by the musical duo Métisse. Click here to watch the official trailer on the Titan Arts website.

Video Of The Day: Capturing Monument Valley, Arizona

by Libby Zay on
In the United States, Memorial Day is the unofficial kickoff for summer. Stop by any cookout or barbeque today, and you’ll likely be asked by friends or family members what your travel plans are for the summer. It seems the season is nearly synonymous with travel. With the sunshine comes plenty of daydreaming about seaside vacations, nights camping under the stars, days off to visit friends and family and (of course) the quintessential road trip. Search “road trip” on video websites such as YouTube and Vimeo and you’ll find thousands of videos, each plotting more points on a map than the next. But instead of showing a time-lapse film of an epic trip, here’s a video of one of the most archetypal destinations on an American road trip – Monument Valley, Arizona. Watch to see road trippers soaking in the landscape. There really isn’t a better way to get motivated to start planning a road trip of your own.