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Bob's Hope Pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist ramps up his green work	Sarah van Schagen	08 Feb 2007	Main Dish
Bob Burnquist at the X Games XI, where he took the gold medal for Skateboard Vert Best Trick. Photo: Jason Merritt/WireImage Bob Burnquist isn't afraid of taking risks. In fact, he's made a career out of it. The 30-year-old pro skateboarder is a 12-time medal-winner at the X Games, has developed and named a number of signature tricks, and last year launched himself off a ramp into the Grand Canyon ...
Topics: food and agriculture, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

The Triple Threat New plan would nearly triple Yellowstone daily snowmobile limit		05 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
The Triple Threat New plan would nearly triple Yellowstone daily snowmobile limit Gentlemen, stroke your engines: The National Park Service has issued a draft plan that would nearly triple the number of snowmobiles allowed into Yellowstone National Park each day, from 250 to 720. While the limit is lower than the average number entering the park daily before the Clinton administration put th ...
Topics: National Park Service, national parks, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

The Brody Hunch Eric Brody of outdoor-apparel company Nau answers readers' questions		26 Jan 2007	InterActivist
To what extent are your products produced in the U.S.? How do you intend to inventory environmental cradle-to-grave impacts from manufacturing where no regulations exist? -- Jeanne Cahill, Northburrow, Mass. Eric Brody, Nau Inc. Our sourcing team has worked diligently to develop business relationships with U.S. and overseas sources that meet our environmental, social, delivery, quality, and price ...
Topics: fashion, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Plus, Only Teams With Animal Names Can Play Super Bowl gets greener, offsets emissions for first time		25 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Plus, Only Teams With Animal Names Can Play Super Bowl gets greener, offsets emissions for first time Until this year, we loved the Super Bowl for precisely three reasons: beer, commercials, and ass-slapping. But we're adding a fourth reason this year, as the NFL will be planting native trees and buying renewable-energy certificates to offset greenhouse-gas emissions from the game. Yes -- guilt-free beer farts! "Carb ...
Topics: climate, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Only 2,012 Days to Go London Olympics striving to be all green, all the time		23 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Only 2,012 Days to Go London Olympics striving to be all green, all the time We were about to write yet another blurb on the current climate-change climate when we remembered: today marks 2,012 days until the London 2012 Olympics! So here's a quick rundown of plans for the "greenest games to date." Organizers say they'll cut Olympic Park carbon emissions 50 percent by 2013 and generate some power ...
Topics: London, news, outdoor recreation, United Kingdom (all these topics)

If Not Nau, When? Eric Brody of outdoor-apparel company Nau answers Grist's questions		22 Jan 2007	InterActivist
Eric Brody. What work do you do? I am the sustainability manager at Nau Inc. My other involvements include founder and coordinator of Portland Green Drinks; executive committee member for the Sustainable Packaging Coalition; and advisory committee member for the Oregon Natural Step Network. How does your work relate to the environment? Nau, Inc. is a retail (as well as direct) technical and lifestyl ...
Topics: fashion, InterActivist, interview, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Embrace Me, You Irreplaceable You Unions, conservationists join forces to protect sporting rights		17 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Embrace Me, You Irreplaceable You Unions, conservationists join forces to protect sporting rights Need more proof that green is gaining steam? Voila: a brand-new partnership between a Republican-leaning conservation group and 20 labor unions that represent nearly 5 million people. Worried that hunters and anglers are being barred from prime playgrounds, the Union Sportsmen's Alliance will push for increased federal con ...
Topics: news, outdoor recreation, wilderness (all these topics)

This Blurb Brought to You By 'Your Company Name Here' Utah basketball arena renamed for nuclear-waste corporation		11 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
This Blurb Brought to You By "Your Company Name Here" Utah basketball arena renamed for nuclear-waste corporation Here in Seattle, home of Qwest and Safeco fields, we know well how corporations have rushed the pro-sports playing field. But our McMonikers are nothing next to Utah's latest rechristening: The Salt Lake City stadium that's home to the Utah Jazz, formerly the Delta Center, is now known a ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, outdoor recreation, Utah (all these topics)

More Poles to Worry About Global warming makes skiing World Cup circuit hit the skids		01 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
More Poles to Worry About Global warming makes skiing World Cup circuit hit the skids Global warming is wreaking mountains of havoc on skiing's World Cup circuit, with stops canceled due to weirdly warm temps at European resorts. Cross-country teams are all training in one place in Italy, unable to find snow elsewhere in central Europe; the only cross-country race held so far this year, in Finland, saw ra ...
Topics: climate, European Union, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Behind the Vail How the legendary ski town is going green	Tim Sprinkle	19 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Vail, Colo., is a town that's defined by winter, when tourists from around the world descend on the area's snow-covered slopes to ski, ride, and soak up the laid-back yet glitzy mountain lifestyle. But as the threat of global warming has begun to creep closer to the Colorado high country, Vail has been forced to develop another reputation, one based less on celebrity sightings and more on sustainable policy cho ...
Topics: climate, Colorado, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Tender Loving Caribou Judge sides with caribou, bans snowmobiles from some Idaho national forests		27 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Tender Loving Caribou Judge sides with caribou, bans snowmobiles from some Idaho national forests Mountain caribou celebrated last week as a judge banned snowmobiles from a nearly 470-square-mile caribou recovery zone in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The ban will hold unless the U.S. Forest Service can develop a winter recreation strategy that would enable noisy, polluting vehicles and ...
Topics: Idaho, national forests, news, outdoor recreation, wildlife (all these topics)

Grasping at Straw Alternative fabrics hit the action-sports market		15 Sep 2006	Daily Grist
Grasping at Straw Alternative fabrics hit the action-sports market Surf's up, dude -- and so is action-sports apparel makers' interest in alternative fabrics. (OK, that was a stretch.) Clothes made from organic cotton, hemp, bamboo, and even recycled plastic bottles are hitting the action-sports apparel market. Sustainability will "definitely be the next big wave," says the oh-so-punny Don Brown of Sole Tec ...
Topics: green living, news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Ferris Dueler Old amusement parks don't die, they just ... become condos	Dan Rafter	22 Aug 2006	Main Dish
Mat Lindstedt was a typical 12-year-old growing up in San Jose during the 1970s. He spent his summers braving the runaway mine ride, paddling the Indian war canoes, and riding the lazy burros at Frontier Village amusement park. Riding an endangered species. Photo: iStockphoto But Lindstedt's summers changed in 1980, when the owners of Frontier Village decided the park's 33 acres would fetch them fa ...
Topics: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Last Action-Sports Hero Frank Scura's green ideas are sick	Gregory Dicum	17 Aug 2006	Main Dish
Xtremely green demo at a Whole Foods in San Mateo, Calif. Photo: Courtesy ASEC With the recent profusion of green takes on everything from diapers to caskets, Frank Scura's proposition might sound like more of the same: "We're about greening the planet, one skateboard at a time." But Scura, founder of the Bay Area-based Action Sports Environmental Coalition, isn't your average environmentalist. A ...
Topics: green living, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

This Sand Is Your Sand Jim Moriarty, president of Surfrider Foundation, answers readers' questions		04 Aug 2006	InterActivist
Jim Moriarty, Surfrider Foundation. What has been the greatest obstacle in keeping the beaches clean and accessible? -- Jerry Broadbent, Bucoda, Wash. The greatest obstacle for clean beaches is awareness of how beaches get dirty to begin with. Smokers need to understand that their cigarette butts end up down storm drains and on beaches. Golf-course managers and farmers need to unders ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans, outdoor recreation, water pollution (all these topics)

Vail Hails Gales Vail Resorts to be second-biggest corporate wind-power buyer in U.S.		03 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Vail Hails Gales Vail Resorts to be second-biggest corporate wind-power buyer in U.S. Colorado-based ski-resort company (and one-time eco-vandal target) Vail Resorts announced this week that it will buy enough wind power to offset all of the electricity it uses at its five ski areas, as well as in its corporate offices and stores. The company's promise to purchase about 152,000 megawatt-hours of win ...
Topics: Colorado, energy, news, outdoor recreation, wind power (all these topics)

Green Crush Jim Moriarty, president of Surfrider Foundation, answers Grist's questions		31 Jul 2006	InterActivist
Jim Moriarty. What work do you do? I work at an environmental, action-sports-oriented nonprofit called Surfrider Foundation. What does your organization do? We exist for the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves, and beaches. Two examples: we fight for clean water and beach access. How do you get to work? Mini Cooper S or telecommute. I'm a firm believer in the virtual organization, having live ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, oceans, outdoor recreation, water pollution (all these topics)

Beach Oys Beach contamination is costly; chlorinated pools may elevate asthma risk		19 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Beach Oys Beach contamination is costly; chlorinated pools may elevate asthma risk As many as 1.5 million swimmers and surfers get sick every year from bacterial pollution at Southern California beaches, according to a new study by researchers at UCLA and Stanford. The chief cause of dirty ocean water is storm runoff laden with oil, pesticides, and human and animal waste; it can trigger stomach cramps ...
Topics: California, news, outdoor recreation, water pollution (all these topics)

Putting Green Venerable golf group launches sustainability campaign		11 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Putting Green Venerable golf group launches sustainability campaign It's easy to vilify golfers -- really! try it! -- but we've gotta give them credit: some 2,000 golf courses in 100 countries have joined a campaign that urges them to use less water, plant drought-tolerant grasses, cut out pesticides, and replace sand with recycled glass. This campaign for sustainable golf is being driven by Britain's 250-year-old Royal and Ancient ...
Topics: news, outdoor recreation (all these topics)

Hap, Hap, Hooray! Snowmobilers and enviros craft compromise plan for wilderness in California		11 Jul 2006	Daily Grist
Hap, Hap, Hooray! Snowmobilers and enviros craft compromise plan for wilderness in California A deal to set aside thousands of acres of wilderness near Yosemite National Park has been crafted by an odd alliance of snowmobilers, greens, and local officials. By agreeing to stay off 40,000 acres of public land, snowmobilers would receive unfettered winter access to 11,000 acres nearby. " ...
Topics: California, national parks, news, outdoor recreation, wilderness (all these topics)

Wing Man How birding and blogging changed one soldier's time in Iraq	Emily Gertz	03 May 2006	Arts and Minds
Glassing the evening sky for feather and foe. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Trouern-Trend. Jonathan Trouern-Trend has been a dedicated bird-watcher since he was about 12. So in 2004, when the now 38-year-old Connecticut National Guard sergeant got sent to Iraq, he had birds on the brain. While stationed at Camp Anaconda -- a huge American installation located about 40 miles north of Baghdad in the Sunni ...
Topics: Iraq, outdoor recreation, wildlife (all these topics)

Careful, The Last Hunter Who Crossed Cheney ... Hunters, anglers fight Bushies' efforts to sell or drill on public lands		21 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Careful, The Last Hunter Who Crossed Cheney ... Hunters, anglers fight Bushies' efforts to sell or drill on public lands Bush administration plans to sell off big chunks of public land and open other parcels to drilling are meeting stiff opposition from a traditionally Republican constituency: the hook-and-bullet crowd. Hunters and anglers anxious to protect fish and game are being wooed by ...
Topics: mining and drilling, news, outdoor recreation, West, wilderness (all these topics)

What's Louv Got To Do With It? Does Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods say anything new?	Naomi Schalit	30 Mar 2006	Arts and Minds
OK, call me a crank, a malcontent, a hypercritical reviewer with a small, crabbed heart. But despite all its earnestness, despite its heartfelt message, which an environmentalist and concerned parent like me should embrace -- in brief, that nature is good for children -- Richard Louv's plea to reengage our children with nature left me strangely uninspired. As with all good id ...
Topics: outdoor recreation, placemaking (all these topics)

Win Some, Luge Some WWF gives Turin Olympics mixed grade for eco-impacts		10 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Win Some, Luge Some WWF gives Turin Olympics mixed grade for eco-impacts For the next few weeks the world will be glued to its TVs for a spectacle of heartbreak and triumph called ... American Idol. But some folks might also watch the Olympic Winter Games. Are they green? WWF has given the Turin Games a mixed score, noting seven eco-positive outcomes including cleanly fueled public transport and recycl ...
Topics: Italy, news, outdoor recreation, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Ski Bummer As snowy peaks get warmer, ski industry tries to stave off extinction	Daniel A. Shaw	07 Feb 2006	Main Dish
With the Olympics starting this week, all eyes are on the slopes of Turin. But skiing and snowboarding could disappear from our collective culture in about 50 years, if global-warming forecasts ring true. In a lot of popular ski areas, there simply won't be any snow. It's all downhill from here. Photo: stock.xchng. It's already happening in parts of Europe: They're wrapping glaciers in ...
Topics: California, climate, Colorado, Massachusetts, outdoor recreation, renewable energy (all these topics)

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