Archive for May, 2010
The Sienna Mary Jane by Keen is the perfect hybrid blend of comfort, good looks and sustainable design for an active, environmentally conscious person.
It comes in five different colors and has an outsole made from natural rubber and cork, as well as a footbed comprised entirely of cork and… Read the rest
What do you do with your outdoor and recreational “accessories” when they’re all worn out? For example–Where does your old wetsuit end up? What about your hiking shoes? And what happened to that battered skateboard deck that got so much use once upon a time? If old items such as… Read the rest
Methane. It’s what led to the explosion that caused the Deepwater Horizon to burn and sink in the first place, unleashing a torrent of crude into the ocean that has now surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst oil spill in United States history. The gas is also still being… Read the rest
Mount Everest is becoming increasingly more treacherous, thanks to global warming. Apa, a 49-year-old Nepalese Sherpa who recently made the news for his 20th Everest ascent, told the Telegraph… Read the rest that glacial melting has made gaining traction more difficult on the trail.
“The rising temperature on the mountains has melted
This is what will soon come to pass as the toxic mess that is the southern Mississippi River continues to mingle and intertwine with both the Gulf of Mexico’s Hypoxic Dead Zone (thanks Monsanto and other companies making chemical fertilizer) and the growing Gulf oil spill (thanks BP and those… Read the rest
Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar announced yesterday that 31 new trails have been designated national recreation trails. Ranging across 15 states, the new designations add a combined total of 716 miles to the National Trails System.
Last month, President Obama launched the “America’s Great Outdoors Initiative,” aimed at protecting our… Read the rest
Mike Link and Kate Crowley’s walk around Lake Superior this summer is no ordinary hike–the retired Minnesota naturalists are walking all … Read the restthe way around. Though the distance is debatable–some say it’s 1,600 miles; others estimate as high as 2,900–it is certain their five-month hike will be more than a personal
We all know that the recent Gulf oil spill was bad… really bad. But here’s a new perspective on it; This image was taken nearly a month after the explosion of the Transocean oil rig Deepwater Horizon … Read the rest(which occurred, ironically, on Earth Day). It was also taken from space (by
With government support, a huge land purchase by conservationists protects prime habitat for grizzlies, mountain lions and other sensitive species. In order to maintain wilderness habitat in the Swan Valley of Montana, The Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land has bought and set aside 367,000 acres in the… Read the rest
Lightweight and nutritious, energy bars may be the perfect trail food, but does the luxury of having the ideal snack warrant contributing to landfill waste? It’s the ultimate leave-no-trace hiker’s dilemma. Back in March of 2009 we ran a story titled The Energy Bar Wrapper Dilemma, which discusses the frustrating… Read the rest
