Posted by Emily on Apr 12, 2011 in Adventure, Blog, Causes, Climate Change, Featured, Outdoors | 0 comments
Environmental activist and ocean rower Roz Savage hits the water today to embark on her 5th expedition, taking her from Fremantle, Australia to Mumbia, India.
I met Roz several years ago, and since have been constantly inspired by her commitment to spreading a positive message wherever she goes. If you spend time with her you’ll quickly learn that she was not too long ago a member of...
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Posted by Emily on Nov 12, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Climate Change, Featured, Friday Faves, Outdoors, Salmon | 1 comment
For weeks (okay months), I’ve watched Andy Maser of EP Films throw everything he had into a 22-minute long film about salmon. Sure, salmon are cold, slimy creatures that many people go through a day without thinking about. But on Wednesday night here in Portland, I watched 150+ people packed into Keen Footwear‘s great room completely transfixed by these fish and the journey they make...
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Posted by Emily on Oct 11, 2010 in Blog, Causes, Climate Change, Featured | 1 comment
Yesterday was the 350.org Global Work Party — 10/10/10 — a day when people across the globe decided to celebrate our climate solutions and send a message to our politicians: “We’re getting to work — what about you?”
While we firmly believe that we all should take action each and every day, sometimes it’s nice to come together with folks in your community for a good ol’...
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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 undersolenmedia on Jan 15, 2010 in Adventure, Blog, Causes, Climate Change, Friday Faves, Non-profits, Outdoors, Rivers | 0 comments
James Balog of the Extreme Ice Survey will speak next Friday at The Conservation Alliance's breakfast in Salt Lake City. The Extreme Ice Survey is the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based, real-time photography.
This week at Under Solen, we’ve been gearing up for next week’s Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City. While all of our heads will be...
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Posted by undersolenmedia on Dec 15, 2009 in Climate Change, Lifestyle, Things We Like | 0 comments
Last week we wrote about Copenhagen’s commitment to providing bikes for conference delegates to ride. But it’s not just the UN conference that’s making the city embrace cycling, bike culture has been a big deal in the Danish capital for quite some time now. Danes believe in the power of cycling so much, that the city of Copenhagen wants 50% of the population to be commuting by...
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