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Friday Faves: 5Point, American Rivers and Challenge21

Friday Faves: 5Point, American Rivers and Challenge21

Taking the day off to climb some red rock and soak up some Colorado sunshine at 5Point Film Festival. I’m thankful everyday for the wonderful group of people I get to work with. It seems that even on the busiest day, someone will pop out of nowhere with a quick email, message or phone call that reminds me to stop, breathe and be incredibly grateful for the work that I’m doing. Over...

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Live Worldly, Challenge21 and Water For People Launch Climbing the Mountain to Clean Water Campaign

Live Worldly, Challenge21 and Water For People Launch Climbing the Mountain to Clean Water Campaign

This February Live Worldly has teamed up with partners Challenge21 and Water For People to launch Climbing the Mountain to Clean Water Campaign. Over the course of the month Live Worldly will be giving away unique items from Tibet and India to build awareness around the world’s most pressing development needs: water and sanitation and to raise funds to help solve the problem. ...

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Friday Faves: Mashups, Free-Flowing Rivers, Dancing, Wild Places + Really Good Friends

Friday Faves: Mashups, Free-Flowing Rivers, Dancing, Wild Places + Really Good Friends

We’ve been shooting out and catching a lot of love this week, so we’re going to go ahead and shout it out loud… Anna Brones. You get big high fives for quite a few reasons this week, but especially for becoming my go-to music maven, especially for mashups like this, and this… and this. Jenny Nichols. Umm… Wild Love is hitting full steam because of you, hot stuff....

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CHEERS! We Drink to That (YOU)!

CHEERS! We Drink to That (YOU)!

  Love from under solen I saw a post from a friend on Facebook as the news spread of Steve Jobs’ death and all that it said was “iSad”.  This simple and clever post made me laugh while the rest of the world was/is mourning the passing of an exceptional thinker. From this laughter came deep gratitude for all of the people that are in our lives and who fill it consistently...

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Friday Faves: Celebrating the Little (and Huge) Wins

Friday Faves: Celebrating the Little (and Huge) Wins

“This is just breathtaking for me. This is not only an historic moment, but it’s going to lead to historic moments elsewhere across the country.” —Michael Connor, commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on removing two dams on the Elwha River. I took the leap into my first nonprofit gig with a salmon group in Bellingham, Washington. After getting dirty at a few work parties,...

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Prove That Travel Can Change the World: Donate to Passports With Purpose

Prove That Travel Can Change the World: Donate to Passports With Purpose

It’s no secret at Under Solen that we believe in the value of travel. Not only because of the personal change that it often brings, but the positive impacts that it can have on communities around the world. That’s why we’re very excited to take part again in Passports With Purpose. In its third year, PWP is built on the idea that “travel can change the world.” (We...

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