Posted by Anna on Jul 13, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Featured, Interview, Non-profits, Outdoors | 0 comments
We recently learned about 3 Peaks 3 Weeks, an annual all-female climbing event that raises money and awareness for key issues facing Africa, and we were immediately intrigued. Bringing women from around the world together to summit Mt. Kenya, Mt. Meru and Mt. Kilimanjaro, 3 Peaks 3 Weeks is certainly a combination of adventure, inspiration and positive change. We caught up with one of the...
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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 Anna on Jun 17, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Featured, New Media, Video | 0 comments
Watch this. Laugh. Then check out Colbert’s Twitter feed for how you can help Comedy Central’s Address the Mess campaign. That’s a good use of social media.
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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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Posted by Anna on May 28, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Featured, Friday Faves | 0 comments
How is it the last weekend in May? Somehow spring has managed to fly by us and summer is right around the corner. We’re spending Memorial Day down in the beautiful city of Telluride for Mountainfilm, where we get to meet great people and organizations like Chris Jordan, Tim DeChristopher, 88 Bikes and iLCP. It’s amazing to get so many people that are so passionate about important...
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