Obama

Who knew my slackline from Asheville to NYC would go directly over the White House? Not me! I swear!
Well, that’s me half way to the Big Apple, all lit up like a Christmas tree. After I convinced the Secret Service to untrain their lasers from my hungry, tired body,… Read the rest

Apparently your right to ride doesn’t withstand the presence of President Obama. On Earth Day in New York, the NYPD confiscated hundreds of bikes along Houston Street in preparation for Obama’s speech at Cooper Union. The concern? That the bikes might be secret pipe bombs. The hoard of bicycles were… Read the rest

The man selling change a year ago has given us very little at the recent Copenhagen climate talks. Makes you wonder (fret) that if Obama can’t deliver when it comes to the environment, who can?
…oh yeah, you can!
Keep conserving. Lead by example, others will follow.
Or as Ghandi… Read the rest

Hi, Wend! My name is Madeline Kovacs, and like the 2,000 + youth who are expected to actively participate in the COP 15 UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen in three days, I believe that my future is on the line.
Young people today are uniting across nations, cultures and backgrounds… Read the rest

If you haven’t heard the buzz yet, the big environmental news from this weekend is that U.S. President Barack Obama joined over twenty other world leaders in formal agreement that next month’s much-anticipated international climate change meetings will not yield a conclusive global treaty to fight global warming. Instead, leaders… Read the rest

You heard me right. The U.S. has now claimed the throne as the world’s no. 1 favorite country. What’s the big surprise?… Read the rest Many say that the nation has President Barack Obama to thank. Global confidence in Obama has put the U.S. in a positive light. Even approval of America among

I got this video sent to me by a friend. I won’t lie, it’s pretty much a partisan propaganda piece, and typically I’d avoid such issues on the Wend blog, but not this time.
This world is full of wonder. This world is imbued with so many different hues of… Read the rest

Antarctica has been called a “Galapagos in the making”. In fact, the Antarctic seas and its islands were recently deemed more biodiverse than the Galapagos Islands. But for both places, the exotic and intriguing environments have attracted flocks of tourists, and with them, a large threat to the fragile ecosystems.… Read the rest

One of the more memorable scenes in Zoolander, a 2001 comedy about Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), a self-absorbed male model at the end of his career, is when fashion mogul Mugatu (Will Ferrel) invites Zoolander to a secret spa to reveal his newest line, Derelicte, which Mugatu describes as “a… Read the rest

He bodysurfs, he bikes and he gets his inaugural invitations printed on FSC-certified paper; President-Elect Barack Obama is clearly in line with the ideals of Wend Magazine! Not only is Obama getting his one million inaugural invitations printed on FSC-certified paper, but this year’s inaugural festivities are looking up to… Read the rest

Even though Barack Obama is on the shortlist for Eco-Hero of 2008, he apparently isn’t totally in tune with just how to live an environmentally conscious lifestyle. The shirtless photos of Mr. President Elect that made their rounds of the internet yesterday might show off a sporty — just look… Read the rest

I think we’re going to send a complimentary subscription to: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500




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