February 3, 2022 Get outside to design sustainable outdoor gear
Suston's Editor-in-chief Gabriel Arthur reflects on what it takes to design a sustainable product: a degree, or personal, dirty, knee-deep experience in the outdoors?...
September 28, 2021 Retailers in the Forefront
The market leaders in Northern Europe share a common system for evaluating outdoor products from a sustainability perspective – and guiding the consumers to the better alternatives....
September 22, 2021 Return of the Get-Togethers
Before the pandemic, the international trade shows were becoming changemakers for a more sustainable outdoor industry. Can they regain their momentum?...
November 5, 2019 Where did Microfibers go?
A few years ago, everyone was talking about microfibers. The sustainability discussion has since moved on - but that didn’t mean the problem was solved....
November 5, 2019 Marine Plastic Mining?
October 2, 2019 was an important date for the non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup – and hopefully also for the Pacific Ocean, in the long run....
July 12, 2019 Renewal is in the Air
"Outdoor Futures” is a think tank of sustainability managers and experts, working on a vision that could mean a total make-over for the outdoor industry. It seems that their timing is just right....
April 20, 2019 FAQ: Bio-based Plastics
Can corn, sugar cane and other starch-rich sources replace crude oil when making plastics? In many cases, yes, it is technically possible. But of course the question is more complex than that....
January 29, 2019 Two Sides Together
Can retailers and brands put competition aside and instead focus on finding sustainable solutions? The results of the pan-European “#RMB Single Use Plastics” project’s first year seem to prove they can....
January 25, 2019 A Gift of Land
Thanks to the Tompkins Conservation foundation, South America gains vast new parklands in what's dubbed as history's greatest donation of land from a private actor to a country....