Want to experience living like a hamster? A hotel in France gives you the chance to live like a domestic rodent – you’ll be able to eat grain, run in a giant wheel and sleep on hay. This “Hamster Villa” is located in the town of Nantes and is run… Read the rest

All book tours are inherently bad for the environment, but Sarah Palin’s may be the worst. Sarah Palin’s tour bus, which covered more than 3,000 road miles during the book tour’s first week alone, has been missing one essential thing: Sarah Palin. Some good old-fashioned muckraking by Joe McGinness… Read the rest

Starting December 1st, 2009 two of the major players in Outdoor PR will join forces to become one of the largest voices representing the outdoor industry with regards to public relations. At Wend, we’re stoked, as both of these firms have been great to work with, and Kristin… Read the rest

Yeah, the battle between skiers (two plankers) and snowboarders (knuckle-draggers) is epic, but not as epic as surfers and boogie boarders. Maybe this will help Boogers get respect?

Swiss voters gave the world a bit of a surprise Sunday when they overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban prohibiting minarets on mosques, a move that puts Switzerland on the front lines of European backlash against a growing Muslim population. From the Associated Press:

The sponsors of the initiative provoked

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A British couple vacationing in Thailand fled the country after becoming victims of a Clockwork Orange-style sex attack perpetrated by a group the couple believes preys on foreign tourists. The couple says their attackers, which have yet to be apprehended, were French and English. According to a disturbing article in… Read the rest

Sympathetic Resonance from Joshua Kirsch on Vimeo. “Sympathetic Resonance” 2009 dimensions vary african padauk, birch veneer plywood, aluminum, yarn mallets, rotary solenoids, brass, wires, magnets, boot lace, electronic components. Joshua Kirsch is a designer, artist and arguably a musician. Like the Read the rest

As the last day of Thanksgiving weekend, it’s fairly likely that thousands of people are still racing around malls of America, searching for holiday gifts and savings galore. In light of that, we think  it’s fitting to present the trailer for this perfectly snarky documentary, “What Would Jesus Buy?” Check… Read the rest

It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving (at least here in the U.S.) and you are feeling guilty. You ate too much. You drank too much and fought with your family again. Well, the time has come to stop wallowing in regret and start preparing yourself for the… Read the rest

This week we are paying homage to the gluttony of Thanksgiving by sharing photos of Foods ‘Round the World. If you like our ‘Round the World series, you might enjoy some of our previous themes: silhouettes, outhouses, cemeteries and donkeys. Click… Read the rest

If you thought the deadly impact of global warming only applied to polar animals, well, you’re wrong. It’s hit the hip-hop world hard with the loss of three icons. If we don’t act now, Coolio and LL Cool J could be next.

November is a month of change. The leaves have fallen and winter is just around the corner. It’s a month where outdoors enthusiasts find themselves staring at the sky, waiting for the telltale signs that signal the beginning of the next season of adventure. That’s why… Read the rest

In Fall 2007 Christoph Rehage set out on a mission to walk from China to Germany. He didn’t make it.

As you might know from the video or from the blog, I did walk about one third of the initial way, from November 9th 2007 (my 26th birthday)

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Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch isn’t the only one of his kind to speak out about the degradation of his home. His brother down in Arkansas also has a problem with the mistreatment of the wilderness.