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Well, he wouldn’t actually be the “first” U.S. farmer of industrial hemp; he would just be the first since the growing of hemp was made illegal in 1938, and temporarily allowed during World War II.
On Monday, David Monson, a resident of North Dakota, turned in his official application to the state Agricultural Department to become [...]

That’s right. Time to stop complaining about high gas prices and get on your two wheels instead. That is what the League of American Bicyclists is promoting, with Bike to Work Week and Bike to Work Day on May 16th. In the grander scheme of things, May is in fact Bike Month. Maybe that’s because [...]

photo copyright captain Liz Clark
As you might know, as a reader of Wend, that our friend Liz Clark’s circumnavigation of the world is a constant inspiration to us. I get satellite emails from her fairly often. She tells me about things as exciting as swimming with sharks and as mundane as waiting for supply [...]

Umm, this will make your day.

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Yeah, bad joke. Sorry. But this nuts. The Swiss might not go to war, but they sure do go to battle.

This is some of the most dizzying and downright scary footage I’ve ever seen of the famed walk at El Camino Del Rey, (The King’s Path) Spain. It was originally built in 1901, but has fallen into disrepair. It is 3 feet wide and an over 2,000 foot fall. Yikes. [...]

We all know plastic bottles are the worst of the worst, so it’s nice to see a few places in the news that are doing something about them.
Scandinavia’s Scandic hotel chain has decided to stop selling bottled water in all of its 141 conference and hotel locations. Scandic calculates that it sells about 3.6 million [...]

In the upcoming issue of Wend, Kyle Dickman takes you to Papua New Guinea for the first descent of the East Pandi River, as a part of the Epicocity Project’s mission to use exploratory kayaking to bring awareness to the ecological affects of the oil palm industry on New Britain Isle. All sorts of [...]

Along the lines of the sushi roller made from used bike spokes, this bottle opener puts a used bike chain to good use. The Oregon-based company Resource Revival collects 3,000 pounds of used bike chains from 150 different stores every month. On their website you can even find frames, sprocket clocks and tea light holders. [...]