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Inside the Smokey Bear Costume For a Day
(photo courtesy SenatorMarkUdall @flickr) I have a drip of sweat on the end of my nose. It itches, hanging there, but I cannot wipe it off. Even if I were to lift my hand to my face, I would not be...
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How to Shit in the Woods, and How Not To
It was the night before my 5-day backpacking trip with five tough teenagers from East Palo Alto when someone asked about toilet paper, and we discovered we hadn’t been issued any. This was most of the...
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A Few Things You Can Do Besides Not Buying That Patagonia Jacket
On Nov. 25, Black Friday, Patagonia placed an ad in the New York Times, telling readers, “Don’t Buy This Jacket.” As they said in a blog post on The Cleanest Line, they felt it was time to address the...
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Beware The Urine-Drinking Mountain Goats
For years, I have known to pee on rocks at high altitudes because mountain goats crave salt, and if you pee on plants, mountain goats will eat them until they’re gone. I have seen goats milling...
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The Year of Buying Nothing New
You have approximately one million different travel mugs at home. I know this because I have previously owned approximately one million travel mugs. You buy one, it works OK, but you think maybe you’d...
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