After a fairly gnarly 24 hours of travel I have arrived in the US Virgin Islands and have met up with my crew for the Sargasso Sea marine debris expedition. The lead scientists on the project are Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Livable… Read the rest
Scott Hamlin, CEO of Looptworks is a good friend of Wend and a good friend of the planet. Check out his new ad for the brand below. Nice work Scott!… Read the rest
Caithness Energy, one of the leading development firms of Geothermal, Wind, and Solar energy has just awarded General Electric a 1.4 billion dollar contract to build the largest wind farm in the world. The location for the project is North central Oregon, just south of the Columbia river in an… Read the rest
Developing countries pull the rip chord, tired of wealthier countries lack of commitment to real climate change policy. Good to see the not at fault countries exercise a little muscle.
Jeremy Hobbs, Executive Director of Oxfam put out this statement:
Africa has pulled the emergency cord to avoid a train … Read the rest
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In the outdoor world, many brands are incorporating recycled materials into both hard and soft goods, a trend that we here at Wend HQ applaud. But in the case of recycled plastic bottles, or as it’s called in the industry, recycled PET, are we simply creating another commodities market that… Read the rest
One of my favorite research topics at Wend is to look at the economic data of the recreation industry compared to wilderness extractive economies. In the next issue of Wend, we have a piece in our Platform section from The NRDC that looks at the horrors of mountain top removal… Read the rest
Columbia Sportswear has recently launched a new initiative called A Box Life that allows its online customers to choose to receive their orders in a used box rather than a new one. But what’s super neato, is that each box comes with it’s own little QR code that you can… Read the rest
