Outside Magazine: The Green Issue
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03.21.07
We have been reading Outside Magazine forever and often find green tidbits, but the April issue is all green from front to back, almost all hits. Perhaps there might have been a better choice for the cover out of two dozen green giants featured inside, but that is a quibble when you can also read a long feature on Chip and Dave of Grist (wasn't there a Disney cartoon about them?) and other articles on subjects like water-"A global water crisis is devastating people, creatures, rivers, lakes, oceans—in short, nearly everything that keeps us happy and alive. But don't let that sink your spirits. Activists are on the case, and each of us can play a part in restoring our liquid assets." China- "Is red the new green? Not just yet. With its massive economy and populace, China is the country environmentalists will watch in the 21st century." Zero Carbon Bicycle teams, and much more.
Worth buying in paper- a full dollar goes to the Conservation Alliance from each copy sold. Not much on line yet at ::Outside but you can read about Chip and Dave at ::Grist
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I think its great that Outside put together such great, green stories for its magazine, and that its donating a dollar from each issue to the Conservation Alliance. However, their concern for the natural environment could be demonstrated better in the way they use paper. If you look really, really hard in the print issue, you find a note that says, "printed on post-consumer recycled paper." I understand that in fact, it is only 10% post-consumer recycled paper. A good start, but the statement they publish is a little misleading. Also, they really could, and should, be printing on paper that's at least 30% minimum post-consumer recycled. I'd love for someone from the company to explain the companies position on this matter.
Ok, great. I've read Outside going on 13 years now, but they haven't gotten very far in their coverage of diversity. Stopped reading for a while b/c the only folks covered were ravishing blondes. To make an environmental statement inclusive of ALL people, this kind of social branding has to stop. Luckily, the ignorance is coming to the fore with environmentalism growing in cities. Still, I can't believe I'm the only non-white surfer and whitewater paddler. Come on Outside, step it up.
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editor note: No idea. Some might have been eaten by the spam filter. Did they include many links?