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 […]

SustainAbler interviews Planetwalker Dr. John Francis
In 1973, Dr. John Francis witnessed an oil spill in San Fracisco Bay and wanted to do something about it. His reaction was simple and personal—he stopped riding in cars. For 22, years he walked everywhere, including the length of the U.S. and South America. Along his journey, he decided […]

We hate buying cars. A car is an investment that immediately loses value and costs money for the rest of its life. Worse, of course from a “green” standpoint, is the damage burning fuel causes. But Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi’s plan to create an electric car system that operates much like a cell phone […]

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 […]

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 […]

I stayed home from school the day John Lennon was shot in December 1980. I was 11 years old and probably more idealistic— and at times, I think, smarter—than I am now. This Christmas I heard “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” while I was playing