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New Streaming Service 'Shelter' Is Netflix for Design Lovers
New Streaming Service 'Shelter' Is Netflix for Design Lovers

The curated platform offers over 200 hours of documentaries, shorts, and episode-driven series on all things architecture, design, and sustainability

How to Hop Trains to Montana During a Pandemic, on Super 8 Film
Video: A Super 8 Film of Train Hopping Across the American West

Three friends, unemployed because of COVID-19, embrace the Great Depression-era practice of illegally riding rails in search of adventure

New Art Book "Heroes" Celebrates Influential Women in Snowboarding
New Film Photo Book Celebrates the Most Influential Women in Snowboarding

The artful hardcover by French film photographer Jérôme Tanon features personal stories and insightful imagery of snowboard's most progressive women

Inside Slim Pickins, America's First Black-Owned Outdoor Shop
Video: America's First Black-Owned Outdoor Shop, Slim Pickins Outfitters

A short documentary by Outbound Collective looks at how and why the shop came to be, and what it represents in the outdoor industry

How America's Largest Japanese Pagoda Tree Came to Martha's Vineyard
Video: How America's Largest Japanese Pagoda Tree Landed on Martha's Vineyard

New short film by Gathering Growth documents the unlikely journey from a seedling's voyage in 1837 to National Champion in 2020

10 Outdoor Books by BIPOC Writers to Expand Your Perspective
10 Outdoors Books by BIPOC Writers to Add to Your Summer Reading List

Educate yourself with these books on environmental justice, structural racism, and outdoor experiences by Black, Indigenous, and POC writers

Q&A: Jeremy Jones on Climate Deniers & Founding the Nonprofit POW
Snowboarder and Activist Jeremy Jones on Climate Deniers & His Nonprofit POW


The snowboard legend talks about his new film, Purple Mountains, promoting climate science on Capitol Hill, and starting Protect Our Winters

The 7 Best Lean-tos & Shelters on the Appalachian Trail
The 7 Best Lean-tos & Shelters on the 2,200 Mile Appalachian Trail

According to thru-hiker, photographer, author of new book "The Appalachian Trail: Backcountry Shelters, Lean-Tos, and Huts"

"Ode to Desolation" Celebrates One of America's Last Fire Lookouts
Short Film "Ode to Desolation" Celebrates One of America's Last Fire Lookouts

A contemplative look into the life and times of Jim Henterly, illustrator, naturalist, and National Park fire lookout

The Accident on Wedge Mountain
Accident on Wedge Mountain: A Firsthand Account of the Day I Should Have Died

It was another summit bid for an experienced mountaineer back on his old stomping grounds. Then it all went wrong

Video: Discovering the World's Largest Pine Tree
Video: The Unlikely Story of Discovering the World's Largest Pine Tree

A touching short film by Gathering Growth, an organization documenting America’s Champion Trees—the largest of their species

Diving in Bonaire, Home to the World's Oldest Marine Reserve
B&W Underwater Film Photography From the World's Oldest Marine Reserve

Gritty 35mm photos capture the feeling of being 80 feet below the surface among a well preserved jewel of the Dutch Caribbean