+Wend: Fall 2009
Wend provides bold tales to fuel the passion for adventure, born from the love of climbing, bicycling, surfing, kayaking and backpacking.
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ADVENTURE/INSPIRATION/TRAVEL/ACTIVISM Get Active Bill McKibben: 350.org and the New Era of Environmental Organizing + SURFING VANCOUVER ISLAND MONGOLIAN SOLAR ECLIPSE 1,000 STEPS IN PERU SNAP: KASHMIR FEAST: TRANSYLVANIA Wend Volume 4, Issue 3 $5.99 www.wendmag.com The Wend Ambassadors The Earth ...
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“ Table of Contents” (page 10)
Facts and Figures to Get You Thinking 16 Spam and spam with spam. Plus: the carbon footprint of obesity. For the Earth, 350.org Cycling Sustainably 18 A conversation with Bill McKibben on a new strategy to tackle climate change. 20 Your guide to the bike world’s latest eco-friendly designs. Adven...
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“ Wendex: Spam & Spam with Spam” (page 17)
WENDEX facts and figures to get you thinking compiled by Kyle Cassidy see page 95 for sources 0 Obesity (.009) SPAM (.019) 01 Percentage of U.S. schoolchildren regularly dropped off at school in the family car: 50 02 Millions of miles of driving per day that could be avoided if 20 percent of scho...
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“ For the Earth, 350.org” (page 19)
350.org by Stiv Wilson For years, the environmental movement has suffered from a difficult image problem. Too often, potential allies are turned off by the constant gloom and doom emanating from much of the environmental movement. The perception is that the human stain on the earth’s face is too...
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“ Greenery: Cycling Sustainably” (page 21)
Find more green design articles online at wendmag.com/greenery by Anna Brones Cycling Sustainably From fixies to recumbents, from New York to Portland, cycling is enjoying a renaissance. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, bicycling is the second-most-preferred form of transpor...
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“ Platform: Adventure Cycling Association” (page 23)
system is also back. In my position as routes coordinator for Adventure Cycling Associa- tion, I started to coordinate the U.S. bicycle route system in 2005. The work required me to reach out beyond Platform is a section in which we donate space to activists working to make the planet a better p...
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“ Green on White: A 350.org Action on the Apex of Antarctica” (page 25)
GREENON WHITE A 350.org ACTION ON THE APEX OF ANTARCTICA By Molly Loomis White. Blue. Gray. Black. White. Blue. Gray. Black. It’s a bland palate blended into an astounding mix of hues, creating a landscape I’m quite sure I could never tire of. This is neither Andy’s nor my first time to Antarcti...
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“ The iWend Ambassadors” (page 36)
Inspiration in Real Time: WEND ONLINE Want more Wend? Follow the weekly adventure blogs of Global iWend Ambassadors at wendmag.com/iwend Wend’s Global iWend Ambassador program brings you real adventure from real people in real time. From cycling to kayaking to surfing, or whatever your adventure...
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“ Feast: Transylvania” (page 37)
:Transylvania tales of adventurous gastronomy by Linda Colwell The dirt road into the village of Okland, Romania, is carved and rutted by heavy rains, cars and the hooves of horses and cows. As I arrive in this Transylvanian village, a parade of cows appears from the nearby pastures. As each cow...
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“ Snap: Kashmir's Valley of Unexplored Treasures” (page 41)
SNAP Children leave their shoes outside the coil of razor wire surrounding their schoolhouse. High atop the grassy slope rising behind the school runs the heavily fortified Line of Control between the Indian- and Pakistani-administered regions of Kashmir. Kashmir’s Valley of Unexplored Treasures...
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