Toast marshmallows, listen to owls, watch the moon rise, identify celestial constellations.

Treat the athletes in your life to gear and equipment that allows them to take advantage of all the environment has to offer—without harming Mother Nature. From cleaners that help your giftee’s current tools last longer and socks and sneakers to keep

Recently I penned a scathing post about a move by the USDA to designate PVC as "organic vinyl". However, I didn't publish the post. Because, on double checking my sources, I discovered it was an April Fools joke. I'm therefore very pleased to

Nemo Equipment and their ambition to make green lightweight camping gear, especially tents, first scored a mention back in August 2008. Their recent winning of an Outside Magazine's 2009 Gear of the Year Award (for the Losi 3P Tent) prompted us to

The political leaders of the world are coming to London this week for an economic summit and climate change is high on the list of topics to be discussed. Protest groups have been organising and preparing a huge show of strength to

We've devoted plenty to pixel space to the issue of Nature Deficit Disorder (see sthe links at the end of this post.) But words are easy, action is harder. So it great to see Backpacker Magazine has announced it's going again with their Get Out

Wend Magazine is currently offering yearly subscription of the mag in digital format for a paltry $5. Five dollars! Talk about a no-brainer. So run, Don’t meander, wander, amble, stroll, saunter, traipse, mosey, or tootle over to Wend’s

Klättermusen are having a busy March, being an environmentally active manufacturer of outdoor clothing and equipment. At the start of the month they launched their recycling programme, dubbed rECOver. From now on Klättermusen

Previously we made mention of all the back-of-house eco initiatives, that outdoor icon The North Face were pursuing. At the time those endeavours hadn’t really percolated through to their product line. However, we've noticed they

This truly is the greatest thing since Michael Webb of Archigram's Suitaloon, (shown below the fold)- Industrial and fashion designer Justin Gargasz has developed a jacket that unfolds into a tent. Talk about carrying your house on your back!

As the world seems to spin at an increasingly fast pace, there are also increasingly more stories of folks opting to "take it down a notch", slow down, and choose simpler pursuits. Author Nick Rosen has taken on the task of

It's either quite strange or totally appropriate that it is a Swedish company that has come up with this idea for a network of 'Single Spot' camping sites. The

ying: For many years now, I've been dreaming about retreating from society and live somewhere away from cities and civilization and modernity, living a very simple, peaceful, pure life in total harmony with nature--that'd be paradise for me, physically,

These three young men having been walking across Britain without any money, camping out and relying on the kindness of strangers to survive. Calling themselves "singing adventurers", they have taken three major trips in the past three years, sleeping

:: Camping this fall? Pack an eco-friendly sleeping bag that'll make Mother Nature proud.

This very cool light-weight flashlight caught my eye at the West Coast Green tradeshow. It is a hybrid device that makes solar powered flashlights far more reliable. The solar charger on the side of the handle uses solar or indoor lighting to charge

Toyota donates $500,000 and five hybrids to the Grand Canyon National Park Association as part of a $5 million gift to the national park system. Read on to find out what plans the Grand Canyon has for these new

In a previous post, we talked about BEE Japan (Bicycle for Everyone's Earth), an initiative that started here in Japan 1997. Now in its 11th year BEE Japan is going strong, using Flickr to show their progress. Every year they are attracting cyclists