With autumn days coming soon, what a lovely place to stay and watch the leaves: an original shepherd's hut in the heart of the Dorset Downs. It's not exactly rough and ready any more and the shepherd wouldn't know what to do

Tireless advocate for the creation of Yosemite National Park, John Muir is credited with espousing; "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a

The British firm, Nikwax, make a line of environmentally benign aftercare and waterproofing solutions that give footwear, apparel and equipment an extended useful life. For this reason we've featured them in a few TreeHugger gift guides as they

Since we last dropped in on Pacific Outdoor Equipment, they've been busy.

Are you ready for the outward bound version of TED? For the second year running the team behind one of our fav eco-fashion labels, Howies, are presenting The Do Lectures and happily TreeHugger will be reporting directly from

Golite is a lightweight outdoor gear and clothing company that we've previously brought to your attention for their eco business philosophy and for their support of a global warming awareness raising traverse. Now they're back on our pixels because

Just when I thought I knew every app available for Apple's iPhone, I stumble across Enviro-Bear 2010: Operation Hibernation. If you've been searching for a quasi-green video game for your multimedia smartphone well,

We've previously mentioned innovative tent maker, NEMO Equipment,r for their recycled backpacking tent and bamboo tent poles. We also noted how they donated over 150 tents to Kashmiri earthquake victims. Now they are at it again with the donating

Warren is so poetic: "Sleeping in a tent allows us to hear the wind blow, the rain pitter patter, and the nocturnal critters go bump in the night. It removes the façade, putting us back on more equal footing with our fellow planetary inhabitants." Yet

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