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Article Thumbnail Eco Index assessment tool launches at Germany’s OutDoor show, U.S. launch at Outdoor Retailer
Jul 28, 2010
SNEWS had an advance preview of the Eco Index beta version at the recent OutDoor show in Germany. Detailing what we saw, Outdoor Retailer attendees will better understand the tool and determine which workshops they might attend at the U.S. launch at Summer Market.
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Article Thumbnail Interest in energy-efficient treadmills prompts Life Fitness’ independent testing
Apr 30, 2010
How and if treadmills are using less energy is becoming a question more frequently asked. Life Fitness had some of its and a few competitors’ models tested by an independent agency.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?...Coleman’s new distribution center to speed delivery, reduce environmental impact
Apr 19, 2010
Coleman’s new massive distribution center in Gardner, Kan., allows the company to ship products to customers more quickly and reduces Coleman’s impact on the environment.
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Article Thumbnail ROTY winner Dynamic Earth has inspired Springfield, Mo., to embrace green building
Mar 15, 2010
Dynamic Earth, the recipient of the 2010 SNEWS®/Backpacker Retailer of the Year Award for the sustainable category, has convinced local officials and members of the building trade that green building benefits the environment and their bottom line.
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Article Thumbnail FTC warns retailers about misleading labels on bamboo products
Feb 10, 2010
REI was among 78 national retailers that received letters from the FTC warning that stores might be breaking the law by selling bamboo-based products with misleading labels. SNEWS talks to the FTC, REI and The North Face.
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Article Thumbnail Timberland puts boots on feet of Crenshaw High School Eco Club students
Oct 14, 2009
Timberland donated 100 pairs of boots to the dean of Crenshaw High School for giving his students a chance to leave the at-times stressful confines of South Los Angeles to go on weekly hikes, community service outings and backpacking trips. Could this be a model for diversification in the outdoors?
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Article Thumbnail Health & Fitness Business '09: Pre-show service project at a Denver Boys & Girls Club brings big thanks to fitness industry
Aug 10, 2009
Instead of putting and driving their way around Denver's Green Valley Ranch Golf Course to raise money for charity, volunteers from the fitness industry this year met the day before the show at a local Boys & Girls Club for an afternoon of cleaning, organizing and networking.
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Article Thumbnail Nau’s Grant for Change program takes off in first week
Jul 15, 2009
In only a week since Nau first announced the company was launching Grant for Change, a program that will become an annual giving event designed to recognize an individual or group bringing positive change to the community, the site has received more than 58 nominations with more coming in daily.
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Article Thumbnail Unfurl eco boutique shares green philosophy with the masses along Oregon coast
Jan 9, 2009
Along the Oregon coast in the small beach community of Manzanita sits a modest-sized store with a big eco conscience. Unfurl has been in business for four years driven by a boutique philosophy that emphasizes environmentally friendly and eco-conscious apparel, footwear and various lifestyle accessories.
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Article Thumbnail Did you hear?...Modern-day monkey-wrencher stirs it up in Utah to the applause of many
Jan 5, 2009
Like the infamous George Hayduke from the Edward Abbey book "The Monkey Wrench Gang," Tim DeChristopher, a University of Utah student, decided he’d had quite enough with what he felt were abuses of power when it came to auctioning off public land to oil and gas concerns. Attending an auction, he ended up being the winning bid for leases to over 22,500 acres of prime public land near Moab. But now he needs help.
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