Matt Sorensen at the Marsh Theater!

Pensacola, FL native and comedian Matt Sorensen will be performing at the Marsh Theater in Berkeley, CA this Friday March 15, 2013 at 10 PM. If you are in the Bay Area this weekend, I highly recommend you check him out! Here is a video of one of Matt's earlier performances at The Purple Onion in San Francisco. 

P Diddy's Words of Wisdom

Some great words of wisdom from one of the most successful and hard working people out there. Let's GO!

Bring Back the Bayou!

If you are a Pensacola native and care about our Bayous come out to the Bayview Park Senior Center Saturday March 9, 2013 at 10:00 AM to hear how we as a community can clean up our Bayous! 

Kickstarter Aquaponics Kit!

Check out this awesome demonstration of aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and hydroponics. Basically the fish waste water is pumped up to that plants on top that use the waste as nutrients to grow and filter and clean the water which goes back to the fish. It's like your own little ecosystem. Pretty cool!

Kick Starter Aquaponics Kit!

Lancia Trendvisions

Lancia Trendvisions is an exciting art blog that covers mediums from paintings, sculpture, and photography, to fashion and architecture. A good site to get your daily art fix from. Remember, you found it here on the Natural Collective.

Ear Food: Moose Records

From Paris, the musical genius and upcoming musical entrepreneur, Andrea, creates in his studio. His music touches a realm that few producers in the current electronic age are able to convey. His often lush soundscapes in combination with his textured beats create very full compositions that leave listeners open to Andrea's true heart and obvious soul he puts into his music. His newest undertaking has been the foundation of his new label, Moose Records. (Moose Records Website) To start the release off with a bang, Andrea and fellow label mates such as Kodak to Graph, Dream Koala, Slamagotchi, Mosaicc, along with many others, have put together the first mixtape from Moose Records.

MooseTape#1 can be heard and downloaded for free by clicking on this Link to the Moose Bandcamp. This is a great team of artists that deliver quality production. The very relaxing beats help keep me calm, while still at times I find my head bobbing when hearing the very playful, yet beat heavy Slamagotchi and others. Be on the look out for more releases from Moose Records in the future.
 Tracklist:
1- Bear//Face – Taste My Sad
2- Catching Flies – Let Your Hair Down
3- Julia Losfelt – Mojo So Dope (Kid Cudi cover)
4- Atu – Still Here
5- Dream Koala – We Can’t Be Friends
6- Keadz – Or Jaune
7- Slamagotchi – Too Early
8- Mosaicc – Comatose
9- Leaks – The Only Place For You And Me
10- Kwala x Kondra Kasma – Goldblummer

Remember, you heard it from The Natural Collective. Stay tuned for more groundbreaking music found here on The Natural Collective.

A Glimpse of Art: Charles Greenberg

Charles Greenberg is an incredibly talented artist and friend from the Panhandle of Florida. His main mediums are ceramics and paintings. However, he is not limited to anything and he experiments with anything he finds interesting. That's my kind of artist. Charles describes the process of what motivates and inspires his personal work in his statement:
"My work describes proverbial events in the subjective space of everyday. Working with color, form and composition I explore the bond between the emotional and observant retort using a carefree, flowing, primal attitude towards making; turning these otherwise ordinary moments into uncanny images that are questioned to a simplified rational. And, for a moment the intangible flimsy nature of feeling/thoughts can be experienced as external and personified by material. This allows me to come to terms with the apparent world and my internalization of it. In doing so I reveal new kinds of meaning reinvented within the contours of the canvas, a place where formality and intuition can coexist."
Check out Charles Greenberg's portfolio website: http://charlesbrooksgreenberg.com/home.html

Tree Pendanks!

These are DOPE! 

Tree Pendanks made by Tammy Ball. Email whatsgood@treeshurts.com if you would like to purchase.

The Benefit of Using Plant Based Plastics

PLANT PLASTIC, written and directed by Pierson Jacquelin & Jessica O’Byrnea, is a film that explores the benefits of using plant based plastics. It is a great look into the future of materials manufacturing as the world turns to new ideas and technologies to save the health of the planet. It is exciting to think about the day when the new vehicles of the world will be made entirely out of plant based materials allowing them to be just as strong, renewable, and able to perform even better than the industrial age's heavy metal gas sluggers due to the decreased weight. It reminds me of a car that Henry Ford built in 1941, made almost entirely out of plant based materials and designed to run on vegetable oil as a fuel. It's a shame we haven't been building cars like this all along and it makes me wonder, why?

 

Henry Ford and His Plant Based Car

Some Great Knives!

Looking at the intricate construction of the Twitches reminds us of the workings in a fine chronograph watch; everything right and precisely in its place. These techno wizards feature a pass-through lockbar (patent pending) from which the "kick" of the blade sticks through. By pressing on the "kick", one is able to initiate the opening of the blade. S.A.T. SOG Assisted Technology ™ then takes over to finish opening and to securely lock the blade open. What makes these space-age little gems even more beautiful is that they are also affordable!

This Kershaw Ken Onion Leek, Model 1660, has a 440A stainless steel 3 inch blade with a 410 stainless steel handle. The Speed-Safe torsion bar assisted opening allow this knife to be opened with one push. When closed this 3.1 oz Kershaw knife is 4 inches long.











The lightest and most compact multi-use tool ever developed. This ultra-light, durable and precision crafted 6-in-1 mini-tool has a straight knife blade and a serrated cutting surface, a flat screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, a micro-sized screwdriver, and a bottle opener, and weighs in at an amazing 0.5 oz. The tool makes minor repairs, assemblies, installations, and hundreds of jobs an easy undertaking. The patented quick-release design easily snaps to your key ring, and just as easily releases for multiple everyday tasks. Ideal for indoor or outdoor activities and emergency situations, this tool comes in handy on the road and at home!

                                         

Sirius

Sirius, a Never Ending Light Production, is a new movie documenting the very exciting work of Dr. Steven Greer. Watch the new trailer showing a real alien body!

SOLN1 Solar Panel!

SOLN1 - Amazing All in 1 Free Energy Unit

                    

ICON Early Model Ford Bronco

These Early Model Ford Bronco's that ICON does are just beautiful. Very well done in my opinion and definitely something that is going on the bucket list of things I want to own. 

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

Blue Gold: World Water Wars

A great documentary showing the crisis of our world's current fresh water supply and how it is being bought up by private corporations.

Kodak to Graph - Departure

Check out this new heater, Departure, from Pensacola native, Kodak to Graph. It's a great listen.

The Orion Project

The Orion Project is an organization created to transform the current energy, environmental and social crisis into a world of sustainability and enlightened abundance.

THRIVE: What on Earth Will It Take?

THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future.

David Icke and Credo Mutwa

As a man with much education in the conventional western culture's education system as well as great knowledge passed down to him by the elders of the Zulu people, Credo Mutwa is without a doubt one of the most important figures in the history of the world. Watch as he is interviewed by British author David Icke, and how he reveals once and for all the secrets passed down to him from Africa's most ancient history.

Beautiful Pallet Sink

Check out this awesome looking sink that my good friend Amanda made out of some pallets and tiles for the cafe she works at. If you are in the Orlando area and would like to check it out you can find it at

Cafe 118 Degrees. 

153 East Morse Blvd 

Winter Park, Florida 32789 

(407) 389-2233

Contact @cafe118.com

I have yet to be able to make the trip down there but I hear it's great! Go check 'em out! 

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Burning Water With a Spark Plug!

I think it is fair to say that most people in the world today realize that we are in a dire state of being if we do not start to change our ways as a whole. One of the biggest global problems we have in the world today is pollution, and one of the biggest causes of that pollution comes from the burning of fossil fuels, especially in vehicles. There have been many proposed solutions to this concern and one of my favorites is the idea of using water as a fuel source for vehicles of all kinds. In this video, a man appears to be burning water with a spark plug. I am not sure what kind of voltage he is running to the plug but it appears that the water is being gravity fed through a copper pipe to the business end of a spark plug where it then bursts into a flame. Whether or not the water is being split into Hydrogen and Oxygen gas first is hard to say, but one must ask the question, does it really even matter? Is it possible that this is enough combustion to replace that of gasoline in an internal combustion engine? Is it really as simple as piping water through a spark gap and into the engine cylinder? I'm not sure but it sure is an intriguing thought. I think it's about time for some tinkering of my own. : )

Burning Water With a Spark Plug!

Great Article on Fuels by bigthink

‎"Carbon-free hydrogen fuel is one potential alternative that the government should support with research money, he added." Great article on the future of fuels and vehicles. 

A Sobering Look at The Future of Fuels

Support hemp shoes! Buy some Sanuk's! They are very lightweight and comfortable!

Red Bull Water Powered Vehicle!

Vote for my idea on Red Bull Launchpad! Red Bull is taking one idea and making it a reality. If you want to see them make a fully water powered vehicle, vote for me! It takes two seconds and you can vote as many times as you want! Red Bull is a company that has the power to make this a reality for the world to see, so go vote now!

http://win.gs/LFqt1l