Month: April 2019

April 30, 2019

Ordnance Survey’s New Film Builds Its Campaign To Encourage People To Get Outside

Ordnance Survey (OS) has launched a short, hard-hitting film entitled ‘If only…’ in response to a UK Office for National Statistics report that said, for the first time since records began, today’s children may not live as long as their parents.

April 29, 2019

It’s Camping, Jim, But Not As We Knew It

Like everything else, camping is evolving continually. Whilst one person’s lightweight camping means backpacking with a full kit weighing just a few kilos, another’s may include packing a car with folding chairs and camp beds or just turning up at a pre-pitched, fully-equipped tipi.

April 26, 2019

Is A New Premium Outdoor Gear Rental Option The Way Forward Or Re-inventing The Wheel?

There’s nothing new about renting outdoor gear. Specialist retailers have been hiring out waterproofs, boots, tents, snowshoes, ice axes and crampons for decades. Sweden-based Houdini Sportswear’s rental and subscription developments offer genuinely disruptive initiatives that challenge retail models.

April 25, 2019

Brands Valued: Vaude And PYUA Achieve Top Sustainability Ranking

Stepping back from individual product evaluation, the Netherlands-based Rank a Brand independent brand comparison website for consumers assesses brands’ performance in several areas of sustainability and corporate responsibility.

April 24, 2019

PrimaLoft Cross Core Series – More Warmth, Less Weight

April 24, 2019

Learning From Experience In The Field: Rain And Cold In Iceland

April 23, 2019

Is Spending Time Outdoors A Basic Human Need?

What does it really mean to be outdoors and what is its significance for people? I’ve taken my own enjoyment of the outdoor environment as a given since I was a child and it’s more of an emotional process than an intellectual exercise.

Freelance Videographer | Nature Inspired Creative

Now Adults Can easily Tell the Children about Environmental Care by ordering special eBooks for them so they can know how they can plan for a Bright Future

Alex Roddie | words - mountains - imagination

Cycling Around Japan

The Travelling Bean Counter - A naive but enthusiastic cyclist tackling the mountains Japan over approximately 4 months, to experience japanese culture and learn the language. https://www.instagram.com/thetravellingbeancounter/

In Flow with Otto

Creativity is within us all

Back Road Journal

Little treasures discovered while exploring the back roads of life

William Kemsley Jr.

Backpacking Footnotes

Tiny House Giant Journey