Backbone client 1% for the planet has released an all-digital music compilation that includes rare and exclusive tracks donated by 40 different artists. It will be available exclusively through the holidays via eco download card in Patagonia retail stores, and on iTunes and in other retail locations starting January 5th.
Artists include among others: Jack Johnson, [...]
Posts under ‘Environment’
1% for the Planet: The Music Vol. 1
Strong Collaborative Statement on Climate Change from CEOs at Aspen Ski Co and TNF
High Country News just published this powerful op-ed collaboration by Aspen Ski Co CEO Mike Kaplan and The North Face CEO Steve Rendle. Definitely worth a read:
Climate change threatens our livelihoods — and yours
In the summer of 2003, one of the most legendary and fearsome mountaineering routes in the world –– the North Face of [...]
Climate change threatens our livelihoods — and yours
CEO’s of Aspen Skiing Company and The North Face demonstrate environmental responsibility, call for a strong global and national climate and energy policy.
Read the High Country News article here.
Let’s Raise our Voice!
This week I saw a provocative film chronicling the the disturbing proliferation of natural gas drilling in Western Colorado. While I am an advocate of finding ways to wean ourselves off foreign oil dependence, I do know we have to hold oil and gas companies to a higher standard when they come to [...]
Pole Dancing Bear
Your hard earned tax dollars are being spent to install cameras in the woods, so we can see what bears do when no one is watching.
Like pole dancing.
False No-Trespass Signs Are LAME!
Yellow lines mark boundary of RFTA easement which provides public access to most of the river bank on this stretch of the Roaring Fork.
You Seriously Need to Go On A Diet
A Consumption Diet that is. Check out these 10 ways you can cut your consumption, and your impact, courtesy of Reusit.com, previously ReusableBags.com
Also, check out The Smallest Compact ReusableBag Set in the World!
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1 Way to Change the World Through Social Media
Recently, the Max Gladwell blog had a popular post titled “10 Ways to Change the World Through Social Media.” Mobile app developer 3rdWhale was listed as a solution. 1% for the Planet recently partnered with 3rdWhale for the next stage of the mobile app. 3rdWhale is the first mobile app developer to join 1%FTP, and [...]
Sorry Boulder
This month Good Magazine revamped the overused and overprinted “Best Bike Cities In the U.S.” story to include some not-so-obvious contenders. Who knew Pittsburgh would make the list? Not I. Check out which 2-wheelin’ metropolis may be giving Boulder a run for its money.
Read here:
http://www.good.is/post/sorry-portland/
While you’re there, check out this awesome story on how your [...]
TAPPED- The Trailer
By the 2030 the United Nations estimates two-thirds of the world will lack access to clean drinking water. Tapped, the newest project from Atlas Films, and in association with the Clinton Global Initiative, will illustrate the impact of the global water crisis on America and what we can do as individuals to enact change sooner [...]
