Just one week ago we were busy rappeling into a canyon in Canyonlands, Utah. That’s right, we took the necessary time to unplug, which we all know is an important part of living a balanced life in the new media age. We’d like to thank our friends at Osprey for hosting such an excellent backcountry trip; just how fun it was is proved by the photo series below. You can check out more photo action here.
So who else is inspiring us to live balanced, amazing lives? Lots of people.
First off there’s Jude of Epic Wheel Works. She recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of her business, and to celebrate she’s putting together an amazing bike throwdown with wheel building contests, a photo booth, limited edition t-shirts and a raffle to benefit the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s educational program, Safe Routes to School.
We can’t express how much we love bikes and support biking culture, so we’re pretty excited about this event. Just as excited as we are about this t-shirt we stumbled across on the web this week. [Props to Cyclelogical for their humor]
Speaking of inspirations, are you familiar with Elephant Journal? If not, you should be. A fantastic media platform on all things green, sustainable and hip that’s currently looking to be 100% grassroots. They’re looking for member support, and if you believe in supporting independent media then you should hop on over and consider a subscription.
As always, we’ve had the “conservation, conservation, conservation” mantra going all week. there are so many great things going on in the cause world, here are some top picks from this week:
- “What’s Your Favorite River?” Photo Contest by Save Our Wild Salmon and Mountain Khakis
- Timeline: 70 Years of Environmental Change via New York Times
- Obama Signs Great Outdoor Initiative via The Joy Trip Project (ok, so we’re a little late on this… but we were bust actually enjoying the outdoors when it happened!)
And last but not least, as you may have noticed, it was Earth Day this week… and even though we gave a healthy “Happy Day That We Should Be Reminded To Think About Earth Every Other 364 Days of the Year” shout-out on Twitter, we still really enjoyed this video. Hopefully it inspires you to get outside this weekend!
Thanks for the pingback. Love the new Salmon Fight Pollution video. Simply brilliant!