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Teen discovers how to rapidly decompose plastic bag

Experts recommend tap water over plastic bottled water

Ego. That’s what I’m blaming for my current misery. I spent the day biking the Rocky Fork Tract, a newly protected chunk of mountains in Eastern Tennessee that is ripe for mountain bike development. It’s 10,000 acres of pristine forest road trails, most of which climb, climb, and keep climbing up to 5,000-foot ridges. Only [...]

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Video contest for the James

Check out video of primo Southern swimming holes.

Watch this for detailed plans of Jim Wood’s Fire-Bucket wind guard.

Watch for video of beginner friendly climbing areas.

Watch video demonstrating how to properly coil your rope.

Watch video of 2009’s sumo wrestling mayhem.

The Outdoor Retailer trade show is a twice-annual peek at what’s coming to market soon in the outdoors industry. This summer’s show, held in Salt Lake City, revealed a spread of innovations — from the upgrade of a popular GPS messenger device to a vest jacket that provides warmth via fabric cells inflated with argon [...]

Tri-state water wars come to a head

Dear EarthTalk: What are some things that children and families can do to be greener (and to provide life lessons for the kids in the process)? – Cynthia Mosher, via email There are many ways to be green around the family that are sure to rub off on the littler ones in your midst—if they [...]

George/Jefferson gets big bucks for trails

In theaters this week is the new documentary, Food Inc., which offers a sobering, behind-the-scenes view of the corporate food factories providing nearly all of the food we eat. However, the film is not all doom-and-gloom. A few heroes emerge from the documentary, including Virginia farmer Joel Salatin—who is featured on the cover of this [...]