SGB Today

Sustainable Down Source Reveals New Level of Down Transparency

Sustainable Down Source (SDS) today announced a new way for consumers to track the provenance and technical details of the down used to make their down jacket or sleeping bag. Beginning this year, the company will make available hangtags to their brand partners, which will contain a unique Quick Response (QR) code and Lot Number. […]

Open Sky …. Podcast Supporting Wellness, Self-Discovery and Growth

Open Sky, a wilderness therapy program based in Southwest Colorado and Southeast Utah, has recently launched a podcast titled SKYlights. In each episode, Open Sky Founder and Executive Director, Emily Fernandes, pictured here, will speak with staff and a series of experts in their given fields on the value of wilderness therapy toward a journey […]

Plastic Pollution Is Coming From An Unlikely Suspect

Single-use plastic is the most obvious of offenders when we consider ocean plastic pollution. Yet the biggest offender of plastic pollution is something that might not be front of mind: our clothes. Over 35-percent of the projected 1.5 million metric tons of microplastics found in the oceans come from synthetic textiles1. What’s even more concerning […]

Tifosi Optics … Conversation with Founders Joe and Elizabeth Earley

By Teresa Hartford Tifosi pronounced [tiˈfoːzi] is the Italian word for super-fan, especially in sports, and can be traced back to the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. For Joe and Elizabeth Earley, the husband and wife team who founded Tifosi based in Watkinsville, GA, pictured left, the word accurately describes who the brand is and […]

Same Tasty Fuel, Fresh New Look: Honey Stinger Rolls Out Brand Refresh

For the first time in 17 years, Honey Stinger, the award-winning manufacturer of nutritional products featuring honey, is sporting a brand new look. The company has begun releasing an updated brand identity, including a new logo, colors and font, new brand statement and tagline, and all-new packaging across its full product lineup. The comprehensive brand […]

Conversation With Leslie Baker Brown … Celebrating 30 Years With Tecnica

By Teresa Hartford This past April marked Leslie Baker-Brown’s 30-year anniversary at Tecnica, and in those 30 years how the industry has changed. In the first 10 years of her career, Leslie was often the only woman in the room. Beyond that, what she has done for women in skiing – pioneering Women to Women […]