Posted by Emily on Jul 23, 2010 in Blog, Featured, Friday Faves, Things We Like | 1 comment
How often do you count your blessings? With the bustling lives we lead, it’s so easy to take our blessings for granted. Many times I forget to be grateful for my awesome family of friends, the delicious food growing ripe in my backyard, and this body that takes me for a run every morning.
And it’s thanks to the lovely ladies of 23 Feet that I’ve been reminded this week. So read...
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Posted by Emily on Jul 9, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Featured, Friday Faves, Outdoors, Save Our Wild Salmon, Things We Like | 0 comments
Dawn at Little Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Valley of Idaho. © Neil Ever Osborne
Need a little inspiration this Friday? Here are two stories that are sure to get the job done…
From the Save Our Wild Salmon blog:
Snake River sockeye make an epic migration each year to Redfish Lake in the Sawtooth Valley, climbing nearly 7,000 feet and swimming more than 900 miles to get there. To get a...
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Posted by Emily on Jun 25, 2010 in Blog, Featured, Friday Faves, Outdoors, Things We Like | 0 comments
First order of business this Friday is to give major props to our amazing friend Allie Bombach of Red Reel Video and 23 Feet. She created this gem of a video to show folks a little more about who we are at Under Solen.
Under Solen means “under the sun” in Swedish. So with it being officially summer, we’ve thrown ourselves head first into the season. Being Swedish, we’re...
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Posted by Emily on Jun 11, 2010 in Blog, Featured, Friday Faves | 0 comments
Happy Friday from Under Solen! Now, get...
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Posted by Emily on Jun 10, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Climate Change, Featured | 0 comments
Watch this hauntingly beautiful short film from Toronto Star Photographer Lucas Oleniuk, in which he tackles the issue of climate change using 20,000 photographs. The images, with the exception of two, were shot in Ontario, Canada. But Oleniuk says the represent a global problem.
Airsick: An Industrial Devolution achieves exactly what it sets out to do: It makes you think, and hopefully inspires...
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Posted by Emily on Jun 9, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Featured, Things We Like | 1 comment
From Osprey Packs’ blog:
Osprey’s very own Sarah Harper Burke is taking part in a great endeavor this summer: she’s climbing Mt. Shasta as part of Climbing Against the Odds, an annual mountaineering expedition by the Breast Cancer Fund for breast cancer prevention.
Osprey has long been a supporter of the Breast Cancer Fund, and Sarah’s excited to take part in this year’s...
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