Wend Magazine - Green Travel and Cool Adventures
If you're looking for a fascinating new magazine read, check out Wend. It has a compelling combination of travel and adventure stories, flavored with strong environmental awareness. Reading even one issue will inspire you to go on an escapade this weekend, even if it's just to volunteer at your local park or beach. Wend features first person stories about globetrotters and vagabonds who are lucky enough -- or daring enough -- to do wild things like walk around the world, including across the Bering Strait. Or sail on a research expedition to explore the giant plastic "Eastern Garbage Patch" in the Pacific. Or ride a bike across Iran.
In every issue you'll find stories about current happenings in the outdoor world and sports, updates on environmental issues, exotic food, and a guest piece from an environmental non-profit. There are also great photo essays, and of course, those intense first person features.
The thing that makes the stories so fun to read is that the voice of the magazine is all about the journey, not the destination. The authors explore the thing things that compelled them to travel, how it feels, what they learned on the road.
You can get a paper copy of Wend, printed with soy-based ink on really nice FSC-certified paper, or check out the more environmentally-friendly (and so slick) electronic version. Right now you can get a digital subscription for only $5! That is such a great deal I'm telling everyone to go do it right this minute, both for yourself and to support this awesome publication. Plus it makes a perfect Earth Day gift for a loved one!
And by the way, their blog is excellent, too, with recent posts about cool solar bags, naked hikers, and a regular reader submitted feature called WIPEOUT WEDNESDAYS ... you can imagine what those videos look like!
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