Times are changing, certainly for the better, as governments and industry leaders take note of the harmful and “forever chemicals” found in many of our everyday uses… specifically much of the waterproof apparel available to adventurers.

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Home to hundreds of miles of maintained multi-use trail, the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) is creating a Trails Master Plan, laying out a world-class multiple-use trail system, providing an economic recreation asset for severely disadvantaged communities across Plumas, Sierra and Lassen counties in the Lost Sierra region of Northern California.

Nuyarn is currently being produced utilizing Australian Merino wool, and they can spin a yarn, make the textile, and create a finished garment in under two weeks.

Boulder is geographically unique. Look to the East and it's flat prairie lands as far as the eye can see. Turn West, and the Flatirons rise up in a remarkable visual announcement that the Rocky Mountains have begun. It’s aspirational, magnetic, awe-inspiring,and humbling.

Stefan Ytterborn is founder and CEO of CAKE, the inspiring maker of zero-emission electric motorcycles from Sweden. Culturelines caught up with Stefan and he dropped some science about his latest thinking, what gets him excited, and how he defines “premium.”