In case you didn’t know, today is Free Cone Day at all Ben and Jerry’s shops. Here is the link to find your nearest store. Here in Portland, PDX pedicab is offering free rides to the two Downtown Ben and Jerry’s locations. Get the whole scoop here!… Read the rest

Up and coming Maryland-based paddler beat out paddling legend Tao Berman on his own turf April 12 to take first place in the Washington Canyon Creek Race. Now in its 16th year, the event drew almost double the number of competitors expected and a huge crowd of… Read the rest

Better plan on bringing your own bag on your next shopping excursion at Whole Foods; the natural and organic foods chain has decided to eliminate
disposable plastic bags. Many grocery stores encourage customers to purchase re-usable bags in order to decrease the use of… Read the rest

It’s small and sleek, and it’s not even a Mac… At the Fortune Green conference held on Earth Day, Dell CEO Michael Dell unveiled the company’s eco-inspired computer made with bamboo casing. The computer, said to come out later this year, is 81% smaller than a standard… Read the rest

Hemp is a crop that is always up against obstacles. Although hemp is not marijuana, many people assume that the two are the same thing, making growing industrialized hemp — at least in the US — difficult. In Australia, many states are already able to commercially… Read the rest

Skateboard journo, Alex Klein is making a film about Palestinian and Israeli surfers called “God Went Surfing With The Devil.” He’s keeping a great photo blog about the experience over at God Went Surfing for you to check out and get inspired.

I recently came across the story of Donald Crowhurst, in the film, Deep Water. As a junkie for all things nautical myself, the story of Crowhurst is a haunting one. Crowhurst was an English businessman and amateur sailor who participated in The Sunday Times Golden Globe sailboat… Read the rest

Being based in Portland, OR is a pretty great thing. There are lots of micro-breweries, coffee houses and local farmers markets. But a personal favorite aspect of mine is the high concentration of global travelers. It seems like everyone has some kind of crazy travel story that… Read the rest

Did you know that one cotton shirt accounts for about 2700 liters of water consumption? Carbon footprints have gotten a lot of publicity lately, but gauging by the shortage of one of the world’s most important natural resources, water footprints are just as important. At Read the rest

Beginning June 2008, Mount Bachelor will be one of seven ski resorts that will have 100% of their grid supplied electricty offset. Powdr Corp, who owns and operates Mount Bachelor and six other ski resorts across the US, recently purchased 50 million kWh of renewable… Read the rest

self portrait moments after they saw the end. Gregg and Deia are friends of Wend working on a story for our fall issue about their trip. Well, trip isn’t really the right word at all: “Español abajo… Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, On… Read the rest

After eight days rafting and kayaking, our multi-national team of scientists, conservationists and river enthusiasts returned from the last descent of the Great Bend of the Yangtze. Ending the trip was bitter sweet. The sweet: the expedition was a monumental success that combined some of the world’s… Read the rest

photo copyright captain Liz Clark As you might know, as a reader of Wend, that our friend Liz Clark’s circumnavigation of the world is a constant inspiration to us. I get satellite emails from her fairly often. She tells me about things as exciting as swimming with… Read the rest