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You might think that the outdoor industry is a bunch of tree huggers, and to some extent that’s true. After all, we’re in this business because we love being outdoors, and protecting natural resources and quality places to play goes hand-in-hand with that. But what if I told you that this collective concern for the…
Alaska-Yukon Expedition: The Modernization of Life in Rural Alaska – Is it Sustainable?
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 5, 2010 Follow adventurer Andrew Skurka as he skis, hikes, and rafts 4,720 miles through eight national parks, two major mountain ranges, and some of North America’s wildest rivers in Alaska and the Yukon from March to October. Read his blog updates here. April 1, Day 19, Mile 500.8 Posted from Ruby, Alaska To travel between Kotzebue…
World Class: Spain – The New Old Thing
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 5, 2009 Ever since ecotourism took off in the early 1990s, European travelers have helped to spread the movement across the savannas of Africa and the jungles of Central America. Today they’re starting to look closer to home, and with good reason. Some of the most sustainable lodges on the planet are rooted in Old World ways.…
Go Green: The Sole Solution—Making Shoes Sustainable
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 19, 2009 Text by Catharine Livingston; Photographs courtesy of Mountain Soles In many ways, 2008 was a banner year for eco-friendly footwear. Brooks launched the world's first biodegradable midsole. END Footwear opened its doors as perhaps the first performance shoe company dedicated entirely to green kicks. Heck, even Payless announced its first eco line. But for all…
Go Green: The Sole Solution—Making Shoes Sustainable
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 19, 2009 Text by Catharine Livingston; Photographs courtesy of Mountain Soles In many ways, 2008 was a banner year for eco-friendly footwear. Brooks launched the world’s first biodegradable midsole. END Footwear opened its doors as perhaps the first performance shoe company dedicated entirely to green kicks. Heck, even Payless announced its first eco line. But for all the…
Beyond Green Travel with Costas Christ
Top Ten Worst Green Travel Destinations
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on December 15, 2008 Text by Global Travel Editor Costas Christ When NBC's TODAY Show Travel Editor Peter Greenberg asked me to contribute a list of the top 10 places people should avoid when they travel, to include in his new book, Don't Go There! (www.PeterGreenberg.com), I was a little reluctant at first. I am a firm believer that…
Beyond Green Travel with Costas Christ
Creating the Ideal Ecolodge
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on October 31, 2008 Kenyan-born landscape architect and ecolodge expert Hitesh Mehta has a Zen take on design: No lodge is perfect, he says—there is always room to evolve and improve. Here, Mehta describes key ingredients of the ideal ecolodge. 1) LOCATIONFirst and foremost, the lodge must be set in or near a natural area that it is helping…
