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....
September 24, 2018 Help Forests Help Us
Carbon capture still sound like science fiction? There's already a proven solution you may have heard of that has worked for millions of years – it's called the forest...
September 1, 2018 Travel Award on Tour
The World Travel Awards celebrate and recognize individual and collective success in the travel industry. This years winners are:...
September 1, 2018 Just Climate? This Brand Assessed EVERYTHING
Carbon Footprints may be a good start, but the Swedish outdoor brand Houdini's new sustainability report takes it to the next level, outlining a total of nine of its impact areas using the novel Planetary Boundaries Assessment model. Swedish outdoor brand...
August 6, 2018 China’s National Parks Reinvented
The plan to make ten huge national parks around China has rolled out. But nature conservancy is nothing new to China. In fact, one could argue this is where it all began....
January 18, 2018 Fair Insulation
More than 400,000 mountain sheep live in the harsh mountainous landscape of the Swiss Alps. Each year, they provide approximately 1000 metric tons of fair-trade wool, collected directly from the Swisswool suppliers. The climate control properties and elasticity of Swisswool...