Outside Magazine: The Green Issue
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03.11.08
It is that time of year when trees fall across the boreal forest to make paper for the green issues of mainstream media magazines. One of the better ones is Outside Magazine, which is chock full of interesting stuff. In the short stuff up front, they recommend TreeHugger favorite movie Chinatown, approve of Planet Green, review green guides and when it comes to eco-travelling, says "Near is the New Far." Articles include the prolific Bill McKibben on It’s Not Getting Any Colder, coverage of Cuba in Red is the New Green and throw in a little technology at The Future is Brilliant. Get much of the content at ::Outside Online.
McKibben
LA: thanks
it's nice to see jack getting more exposure. he's been such a champion for eco-causes. and the new album? even better seeing that it's recorded with solar power and using FSC certified paper for the packaging.
This was possibly one of the worst issues of a magazine I have ever read. I personally sent mine back asking for a refund. Next time Jeremy Jones want to save the pow tell him to hike up to the top of a mountain instead of burning 400 gallons of Jet A to get their.
Cool Alaska Story
"The bears are awake and hungry"
So yesterday I ran into one of my ski buddies, Hugh,
upon his recent return from Utah to Alaska . He was touring
with some friends between Summit Lake and Seward,
and had a base camp set up for some multi-day skiing.
At some point during their climb into the high country, along came Mr. Brown Bear. He started to chase them across the snow field they were skinning up.They quickly started to descend, and outpaced the bear down the mountain.
At the bottom of the slope the group looked back up hill to see
the bear traversing above a cliff band. Before theyknew it the
bear tumbled off the 50 foot cliff, and began to "rag doll" down the mountain. They all
thought the bear was finished. Once the bear stopped
falling, it shook of the fall and began to lumber away. It was then that they spotted
what looked like some fabric sticking out of the side
of its mouth.
When they got back to their camp, the whole place was
torn to shreds. The piece of fabric, they deduced, was
a piece of their tent. In Hughs's words, "These bears 'll
eat anything."
Cheers
Joshua Marks
Snow Surfer, Photographer, Writer, Alaskan