February 16, 2023 Athletes call for greater climate action and transparency
Acknowledging the future threat to skisport worldwide due to climate change, athletes send letter demanding climate action from the international ski federation....
February 1, 2023 Course: Putting Human Rights Due Diligence into Practice
The European Outdoor Group announces a training program to help outdoor companies navigate the ins and outs of Human Rights Due Diligence and embed risk-management into their organization and supply chains....
January 23, 2023 January Sees Record Temperatures in Europe’s Alps
In the worst start to the winter season in living memory, the European Alps have seen its usual new year snow replaced with grass and mud. What is going on, and can anything be done?...
January 3, 2023 Ski Destination Celebrates 30 Years Shredding With Pride
Can the outdoor community become more inclusive? Absolutely, and the Whistler Ski and Pride Festival has spent the last three decades demonstrating how....
January 2, 2023 Ask “What Would Nature Do?”
Just returned from the UN Convention on Biodiversity in Montreal, Stop Ecocide International's Pella Thiel spells out the implications this ‘new treaty for life on Earth’ for business-as-usual, and how we can contribute to its success....
November 29, 2022 “You can’t save the planet alone.”
It's easy for those privileged enough to enjoy nature sports to want to protect the planet, but what about the rest who have little to no relationship with natural spaces? OUTO co-founder Phil Young explains why we need to get...
November 11, 2022 9 Hard Goods Pioneers
From outdoor stoves to backpacks to eco-designed skis. Hard goods expert Joel Svedlund provides a chronological guide to products demonstrating cutting-edge sustainability innovations – and what challenges lie ahead....
October 31, 2022 The Rainforest Revival
Australia’s rainforests have long been cleared to give way to logging and sugarcane fields. Now the comeback of the world’s oldest rainforest has begun with the replanting and the buy-back scheme of the Daintree....
October 31, 2022 Step by Step
Helicopters in faraway mountains used to be a status symbol in freeride films. Melissa Brandner traveled the local mountains by splitboard when directing her award-winning film “Through Darkness.”...
October 27, 2022 Citizen Science: Answers From the Ice
Citizen Science is a growing outdoor trend, where enthusiasts collect data on the ground for researchers. Two Norwegian adventurers spend eighteen months – including two winters – in a cabin without electricity or water in the Arctic wilderness of Svalbard....