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! Ya I know, that was bad…
Via-bikeportland.org

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 spectators who scrambled up and down cliffs and [...]

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 plastic ones, but Whole Foods is one of the first to completely [...]

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 desktop , uses 70% less power and [...]

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 harvest hemp, but recently Australia’s most populous state, New [...]

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 race in the late 60’s. [...]

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 starts along the lines of “this one time [...]

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 waterfootprint.org you can calculate the amount of water consumed to [...]

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 energy credits. This purchase is the second largest among the [...]