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Green
- Eco Chick
An online media outlet for sustainability minded women - EcoSalon
- Elephant Journal
Dedicated to those working — and playing — to create enlightened society - Planet Green
Planet Green is the multiplatform media destination with a mission. It’s the center for the new green conversation, speaking to people who want to understand green living and to those who truly want to make a difference in meeting the critical challenge o - Treehugger
TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream. Partial to a modern aesthetic, we strive to be a one-stop shop for green news, solutions, and product information. - Twilight Earth
Dedicated to saving the environment through shared news, discussion, advocacy and activism - Webecoist
Green Design, Sustainable Technology and Environmental Oddities - Weburbanist
Urban Street Art, Abandoned Places and Amazing Designs
- Eco Chick
Lifestyle
- Alternative Channel
To understand sustainable development - David Miller
travel, place, writing, [re]mixes - Foulweather Press
- Future Gringo
- Heidi Swift’s Blog
- IMBA
- Ira Ryan Cycles
- Matador Change
- Matador Goods
- Matador Life
- Matador Pulse
- Mike Curiak’s icy riding
- NAU
- NEMO Equipment blog
- NileGuidance
Plan Faster, Travel Smarter - Oregon League of Conservation Voters
- Outside San Diego
Musings of an Outdoor Geek - Phoresia
- Raw Waters In Cedar (a surf blog)
- Reason to Wander
- Roaming Tales
Travels on planet earth - Sissyfish
- Surf in Oregon
- Sweet Pea Bicycles
- The Canadian Explorer
- The Traveler’s Notebook
- Vancouver to Vancouver
- Vancouver to Vancouver: Post Expedition
- Willamette Week
- Alternative Channel
Non-profits
- 70percent.org
- Access Fund
- Algalita Marine Research Foundation
- Defenders Of Wildlife
- Forest Park Conservancy
Friends of Portland’s Forest Park - Leave No Trace
- Natural Resource Defense Council
- Ocean Conservancy
- One Percent for the Planet
Keep earth in business - Save Our Wild Salmon
- Save the Waves Coalition
- Surfrider Foundation
- The Nature Conservancy
- WaterWatch of Oregon
- We Love Clean Rivers
- World Bicycle Relief
The power of bicycles: empowering people
Outdoor
- Across the Andes
a 7,800-mile trek toward understanding - Active Junky
- Art of Backpacking
- Epicocity Project
- High Infatuation
The official website of climber and BASE jumper Steph Davis - Off-Piste: The Backcountry Adventure Journal
- Oregon Surf
- Poor Man's Heli
Justin kickin ass in the PNW - The Wild Image Project
- UpaDowna
Up a Mountain, Down a Beer
- Across the Andes
Travel
- BootsnAll
- Brave New Traveler
- Carnets d'Aventure
- Costa Nativa Ecotours
- Gadling
- Matador Abroad
- Matador Nights
- Matador Travel
- Matador Trips
Travel Off the Beaten Path
For over 120 years, Raleigh Bicycles has been making quality rides for people all over the world. As of this May, Raleigh is offering American cyclists with more. Specifically, Raleigh Bikes has developed and launched a database that’s full of information about charity rides and non-profit bicycle events across the… Read the rest
Project RideRED is a national campaign aimed at raising awareness and funding to find a cure for HIV/AIDS. Project RideRED officially launched yesterday, and is being pioneered by professional cycling photographer Brian Hodes of VeloImages (check out his portfolio here).
Hodes has been a long-time advocate for HIV/AIDS awareness, and… Read the rest
The Argentine group Tremor plays music that’s part traditional folk music, part electronic rock–and it’s this fun blend of sounds that makes the band a truly enjoyable one to listen to.
This relatively unheard of melding of tradition and digitalization can be seen (and heard) in the above music video… Read the rest
Until now, Osprey has been known entirely for its packs. From those created for hydration needs while on-the-go to traditional messenger bags and backpacks, Osprey is unanimous with quality packs. But as of the beginning of this week, September 20th, Osprey began making a name for itself in an entirely… Read the rest
If you happen to be in Missoula, MT at noon today, you could witness a significant transaction between REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) and Adventure Cycling Association as Sean Kissane, REI’s Missoula store manager, will present Adventure Cycling with a $20,000 check. The retail outdoor co-op is donating this $20,000 grant… Read the rest
Whether you ride your mountain bike downhill, cross-country, free riding, or on trails or streets, there’s a resort for you. This week Montana Mining Corp. announced it would acquire Park Capital Management, Inc. (Park), a private company that intends to develop a mountain biking resort in the Dominican Republic. Park’s… Read the rest
REI is known for both outfitting its customers with great outdoor gear and inspiring them to get out and experience adventure first hand. That said, it’s no surprise that the national co-op is partnering with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and its Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI) to provide Wilderness… Read the rest
PORTLAND, ORE. — On Saturday, October 24, more than 100 paddlesports enthusiasts will form a giant floating “350” on the Willamette River in downtown Portland as part of the largest global day of climate action ever. Participants of this River of Action event will take to the river in kayaks,… Read the rest
Climate rally planned in Portland for international day of action
October 24 rally to support US action global warming
Portland, OR–Concerned Oregonians from all over the Portland area will
join together Saturday, October 24, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Pioneer
Courthouse Square to support strong global action on… Read the rest
Sports are changing as rapidly as they have in decades. Athletes are increasingly comfortable doing adventure races like Primal Quest but also competes in more traditional sporting activities. Today’s great athletes combine all sorts of skills. Their fitness regimens are fine tuned. They are technologically savvy.
In this modern age… Read the rest
IMBA will celebrate its sixth annual International Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009. This is a great opportunity for you to pass your passion for pedaling on to kids!
You can find an event in your area on our new Take a Kid Mountain Biking… Read the rest















