Click here to view the embedded video. brand-new store called in.gredients will soon launch in Austin, Texas and will be the U.S.’s ’s first “package-free and zero waste grocery store.&#. So, you ask, how does that happen? It’s surprisingly easy. Don’t have your own container? kitchens ends up  getting tossed out. MORE >>

Click here to view the embedded video. Surfers and sharks may not usually get along, but when a great white pup washed ashore California’s Venice Beach Pier with a hook in its mouth, these surfers didn’t have to think twice about saving its life. But in all seriousness, what these folks did was pretty cool. MORE >>

The Outdoor Alliance , a coalition of national groups representing human powered outdoor recreation, is hosting a partnership summit in Golden, Colorado this week. An unprecedented meeting, the summit will give both sides of the land management issue a forum to discuss about how to design partnerships for the future and improve the ones that exist. MORE >>

Henry Dorfman, a 62-year-old paddler, decided he would kayak all five of the Great Lakes in five day’s time in order to raise public awareness about the joys of kayaking and, also, to cross the item off of his “bucket list.&# On Thursday, he paddled into Canada and across Lake Ontario and finished on Lake Erie. Via: Lakewood Patch ]. MORE >>

Click here to view the embedded video. The van seems empty at times… the way my voice echoes as I sing yet another hot track by Wolf Parade. Yet it’s filled to the brim. Not that I need all that for the trip, but once you get into serious uncertainty-ing, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. felt about that damn Ether. Meep Meep. MORE >>