March 24, 2020 Can We Just Carry On in Lockdown?
The Corona virus pandemic's fallout is hitting the Outdoor industry hard. Suston reaches out to 5 industry leaders to hear how these disruptions are affecting their commitments to sustainability, and how the industry should respond....
February 7, 2020 Longevity in Action
Long-lasting products aside, getting consumers to actually keep their product in use requires support. Perhaps none go the extra mile as does Patagonia’s Worn Wear program....
February 7, 2020 Return to Durability
Doubling the lifespan of a product reduces its impact by 50% – a sustainability silver bullet if there ever was one. The conversation around outdoor's durable roots and future has just restarted....
February 7, 2020 Banff’s Transit Transition
For years, the only way to get around Canada's vast Banff National Park was essentially by foot or by car. Today, the park is undergoing a public transit revolution – and it appears to be working....
January 23, 2020 Tiroleans say “Tschüss” to CO2
Previously in Suston, we’ve highlighted how ski resorts in the U.S., Switzerland and Finland are increasingly profiling themselves as green resorts – in the positive sense. Is it time for Austria to take the lead?...
November 5, 2019 The Changemaker
The sustainable apparel discourse remains a largely Western affair. What if Asia is ripe for a home-grown sustainability movement of its own?...
November 5, 2019 Voices from the Field
The discussion surrounding the comparative environmental impacts of organic cotton over non-organic continues to fire up from time to time in industry circles. But what's the situation on the ground?...
September 2, 2019 Coffee. Sack. Kayak?
Using a 3D printer and used coffee sacks, Melker of Sweden prints kayaks - showing the hard goods' circular revolution may finally be at hand....
September 2, 2019 Dawn of a New Era?
Outdoor B Corps and their allies call on executives of Apple and Amazon to put their words into action: Shareholder Primacy must die....