April 5, 2023 2022/23 ski season “a wake-up call”
From shockingly low snowfall in the Alps to headline-making climate action, outgoing president of Protect Our Winters Europe, Sören Ronge, reflects on the epic winter of '22-'23 - and what's in store moving forward....
March 3, 2023 Tracking the Elusive Product Climate Footprint
We’ve calculated global and national carbon emissions, and businesses have increasingly measured carbon footprints from Scopes 1-3. But somehow, an accurate carbon footprint for a single product continues to thwart us. Until now?...
February 21, 2023 Only the Best Gear Will Get Through These Doors in 2024
Seattle-based retailer REI releases the latest update to its Product Sustainability Standards, significantly increasing its requirements on its brand partners' carbon emission reductions, advancement of diversity, and complete elimination of PFAS beginning already next year....
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....
January 23, 2023 “It’s too late for climate greenwashing!”
As some show climate leadership, others exaggerate their efforts – whereby instead of reductions they only try to buy time with climate compensation. According to Sustainability specialist Joel Svedlund, that’s time we don’t have....
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?...
November 25, 2022 Outdoor Retailers Report Major Emissions Reductions
A network of European outdoor retailers known as the Outdoor Retailer Climate Commitment announces substantial progress in its efforts to curb carbon emissions after its first year in action....
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....