Head over to 48 Blocks for a great little interview with Alex Klein, director of God Went Surfing With The Devil, which is featured in the latest Wend. Alex talks about why he quit a promising skate career to pursue filmmaking. 48 Blocks also… Read the rest

Today is the first of four Fridays that we’re giving away a watch to our Friday Photo photographer, and choosing one has been difficult! But today’s watch goes to Spencer Crandall for this striking black and white photo of a tree killed by the minerals of… Read the rest

Water is one of our most important resources but sometimes in the western world we take for granted how easily accesible it is. But the notion that we’ll never run out of water is wrong and it is imperative that we take action to protect our sources of fresh… Read the rest

December is just around the corner and that means plenty of holiday parties. But even if you aren’t a fan of spiked egg nog, there’s a party for you in Portland: the BootsnAll 10th Anniversary Party. To celebrate ten years of travel, the BootsnAll crew is throwing… Read the rest

This has got to be the worst lion ever. Thanks again, failblog! [Via: Failblog.org]

Well, that’s one way to enjoy the outdoors… but it’s probably not the most environmentally friendly. But that didn’t stop Eric Scott from becoming the first man to cross Colorado’s 1,024 foot deep Royal Gorge via jetpack. Umm… congratulations?

Macedonian Opera singer Boris Trajanov (UNESCO’s 2005 Artist for Peace) has hit a high note with environmentalists across the globe by initiating the planting of 6 million trees in a single day to replace those lost by wildfires and make Macedonia “greener.”
“If Macedonia, a… Read the rest

Everyone knows it rains a lot in Portland. And if rain is one of the main symbols of Portland, another one has to be Powell’s Books; the two sort of go hand in hand, what better way to spend a rainy day then browsing through 68,000 square… Read the rest

Officials in Balikpapan, Indonesia have come up with an interesting way to fight deforestation: couples must plant a tree before starting a family. “Everyone who wants to get married or apply for a birth certificate must plant a tree,” Syahrum Syah Setia, the head of Balikpapan… Read the rest

If you’ve checked out the homepage today you’ll notice that things are looking a little different. We’ve been working hard to redesign the site and along with the makeover we’ve launched two new departments with a whole bunch of fresh content: iWend and Greenery.… Read the rest

Ok, so it’s probably not so feasible as a DIY since most of us don’t have a herd of elephants in our backyard, but the idea for making paper from elephant waste is sort of intriguing.… Read the rest

Some people take short trips to exotic destinations that result in snapshots and postcards. Some people make epic journeys that result in life changing experiences and timeless tales. The 8,700 mile trek from the Cape of Good Hope to the Sea of Galilee by French couple Alexandre and… Read the rest

This entry has been cross-posted on our new online Greenery section. Check it out for more green design! For the green skater on your list, you might want to consider a bamboo skateboard this holiday season. As the name might suggest, BambooSK8 is a provider of… Read the rest

Wow.

Our friends over at the Epicocity Project just finished up a conservation advocacy video for the Save the Wild Rogue Campaign. Watch it and you’ll be itching to get out on the river, and hopefully inspired to do something to save it.