We received this insightful report from The Outdoor Industry Compass editor Marks Huber and wanted to share it with SustainAbler readers and members of the Outdoor Industry in North America.

Inventing the Chinese Market
By Markus Huber
Chinese success at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing was not be driven by a government which used the games as […]

I had the great fortune to hear Robert Hass, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winer in poetry and a former US poet laureate, read and lecture at the 2008 Rosenberry Writer’s Conference at the University of Northern Colorado. With a sensitivity that relies on the senses themselves, Hass’ work can take on political subjects that even […]

I found this image by artist Daniel Britton (LINK) and all I could think was how the leaf blower may be the loudest, most-obnoxious, most useless piece of machinery in the face of the crises of rising energy prices and global climate change. I mean honestly, can you think of any resource-depleting

The greenneck boys over at WickedOutdoorsy unearthed this—a “green” ATV. Which begs us to ask you SustainAblers, can an ATV be green? Let us know what you think.

We wanted to ask the SustainAbler community to sign this online petition asking Google to add a “Bike There” option alongside the “Drive There” and “Take Public Transportation” features on Google Maps. It’s a simple request, but we think it’s an easy way to get people to think about transportation options that don’t require […]

This just in from Bicycle Retaler and Industry News (BRAIN).
Organic Athlete has formed a new partnership with Calfee Design that will see the first vegan cycling team racing on Calfee bamboo bikes. In a unique partnership, Organic Athlete is teaming up with Calfee to not only ride the bikes, but to co-promote and develop the […]

Austin, Texas seems to continually evolve as an example of a living local economy. I came across a post on environmentalleader.com today, about the City of Austin’s goal of going to zero waste by 2040.”Zero waste plans utilize both recycling and ways of preventing garbage from getting to landfills in the first place, such as […]