Insoles for marathon running: why they matter and which ones to get.
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Foot health: the unsung hero of whole-body happiness.
Healthy feet, healthy body, healthy mind.
ReCORK's carbon-negative status: how we ensure we remove more CO2 from the atmosphere than we add to it.
Sometimes a little negativity can go a long way.
Explore more and hurt less: how SOLE can help you adventure in comfort with a clear conscience.
The solution to pain and fatigue, for the conscious adventurer.
What makes cork sustainable and versatile: insights into a wonder material.
A look at why we're crazy for cork.
Meet Eryn Krouse: SOLE ambassador and conscious adventurer.
Model, surfer, lifeguard, college graduate and all-round powerhouse.
Spring in full BLOOM: sustainable sandals from SOLE
Check out our 2019 sandal line, complete with eco-friendly Bloom Algae Foam
Meet the man behind the #trashtag challenge: SOLE ambassador and conscious adventurer Steven Reinhold.
How an accidental littering turned into a global movement for good.
ReCORK Recycling Partner models: how to involve your business.
Join the cork revolution in a way that works for you.
Join the cork revolution: sign your business up as a ReCORK Partner.
An easy way to make your business a little greener.
Make every day Earth Day.
Simple tips on how to live a lighter, more eco-friendly life.
Putting a hurry on first harvest: halving the wait time for return on investments in cork, one drip at a time.
How cork giants Amorim are innovating ways to revolutionize the cork industry.
Cure the pain of flat feet with supportive insoles.
Proper support can help alleviate discomfort and pain caused by flat feet.
Smoke on the water: finding hope in the face of climate change, reflecting on a hazy day.
While many view climate change with a scary degree of apathy, the outdoor industry is setting a better example for others to follow.
ReCORK Partner Spotlight: Oliver's Market, Sonoma County, California.
How this community-focused grocer works with ReCORK to maximize their sustainability.
SOLE Wide footbeds: supportive insoles for natural splay footwear.
SOLE’s wide insoles are the perfect addition to your wide or natural-splay shoes.
Insoles for wide running shoes: SOLE Wide footbeds
Get the support you need in your natural splay footwear, with SOLE’s new wide insoles.
SOLE's supportive sandals: flips for an all-out, feel good summer.
Your feet aren't flat, and your flips shouldn't be either.
Pronation: what it is, why too much is bad and how to correct it with supportive insoles.
Wearing supportive insoles can correct your pronation and ensure neutral alignment throughout the body.
Cork oak forests: habitats for abundant and diverse life.
Cork oak forests thrive in a foreboding habitat to form havens for a remarkable range of creatures and plants.
Yoga Surf Skate Getaway with SOLE and ReCORK.
A no-frills weekend designed to bring together women who share a love of board sports, encourage them to get sandy, get to know each other, try new things and embrace the feeling of eternal youth.
Supination: what foot supination is and how to correct it with supportive insoles.
Wearing supportive insoles can help prevent supination to ensure neutral alignment and protect the body from injury.
Finding purpose in the mountains.
Conscious adventurer, SOLE ambassador and creator of the #trashtag challenge Steven Reinhold truly personifies the SOLE of Adventure.
Searching For Authenticity.
On seeing the world through a traveling lens, with photographer Peter Amend.
A plastic planet.
How humankind’s miracle material and great solution has become one of the world’s greatest problems.
Back pain relief: how orthopedic insoles can help improve alignment and comfort.
Supportive insoles can reduce back pain by ensuring your body is working at full efficiency in neutral alignment.
BLOOM Foam sandals: sustainable footwear.
Flipping the script on harmful algae blooms.
What on Earth is a circular economy?
The circular economy simplified, and how ReCORK fits in.
Sore feet in the morning? Treat the cause with SOLE insoles.
Foot pain in the morning is often caused by plantar fasciitis. Recover and stay pain-free with SOLE’s industry-leading supportive insoles.
Insoles for runners: prevent injury with SOLE footbeds.
How SOLE custom-moldable supportive insoles can raise your running game and help you avoid running pain.
Arthritis: how to manage the pain and far-reaching problems caused by this common condition.
Wearing supportive insoles can help you manage your arthritis-related pain and prevent further complications.
Going the distance: reflections on a long-distance running success with SOLE.
Long-distance running machine Mike Ehredt talks us through the importance of rest and recovery in his Trans-Rockies and Hood to Coast races.
The cork is mightier than the sword: natural wine corks remain reliably recyclable despite China's restrictive recycling legislation.
Despite the chaos-inducing effects of National Sword on recycling in North America, natural cork remains a reliably recyclable, eco-friendly material.
Plantar Fasciitis: causes, symptoms and how insoles can help treatment.
Plantar Fasciitis is incredibly common, and can be healed and avoided with the use of supportive insoles.
BCM Girls Adult Mentorship 7 Day Expedition Trip log.
A day-by-day guide to a week in the woods as a volunteer youth mentor.
What is metatarsalgia and how to treat it with Met Pad insoles.
Supportive insoles with a Metatarsal Pad help relieve metatarsalgia.
Supportive insoles with a built-in metatarsal pad: introducing the Performance Medium with Met Pad
SOLE orthopedic insoles designed to offer relief from forefoot pain and metatarsalgia.
What makes District by ReCORK carbon negative?
How we achieve footwear that takes more carbon from the atmosphere than it adds.
Shin splints: how supportive insoles can help.
Proper underfoot support can help recover from this common runner's condition.
Treat Morton's Neuroma with metatarsal pad insoles.
Supporting the metatarsals in their natural position helps prevent the compression of nerves that leads to Morton's Neuroma.
A trip in the woods - with heart.
Three women of SOLE relish the opportunity to act as youth mentors on a week-long trip in the wilderness.
Talking about climate change: in favor of being moderate, in an extreme situation.
Taking climate change seriously is terrifying, but we shouldn't let our terror get the better of our ability to communicate effectively.
Meet Jason Pohl: professional Ironman with sights set on World Championships 2020.
What is Ironman triathlon in kms, how do you train for Ironman and how SOLE athlete Jason Pohl went pro.
Supporting outdoor expeditions for addiction recovery | SOLE and Union Gospel Mission.
We're proud to give back to our local community by supporting an amazing program in Vancouver's downtown East Side.
Is climate change to blame for the Australian bushfire disaster?
The Australian bushfires explained and what role climate changed played in causing them.
SOLE plays pond hockey in support of Camp Evergreen.
Giving back to a special place that fosters a love for the outdoors.
ReCORK has collected 110 million natural wine corks for recycling!
A guide to what 110 million corks looks like, in terms you can wrap your head around.
Wine corks capture enough carbon to offset the footprint of the glass wine bottle.
Each cork stopper traps almost as much CO2 as it takes to manufacture a wine bottle.
Wildlife conservation and cork: the endangered animals that live in cork oak forests.
Supporting the cork industry helps safeguard these incredible creatures.
Your sneakers are made of plastic: it's time for a better alternative.
The foam in sneaker midsoles is derived from fossil fuels, just like plastics, but cork is an amazing eco-friendly alternative.
Earth hour in the time of COVID-19: this year’s edition gives a chance for true reflection.
Earth hour is March 28, 2020 at 8:30pm
Coronavirus and pollution: a disease re-teaching us about the dangers of burning fossil fuels, in a way we can’t ignore.
Coronavirus is giving us a very clear and immediate reason to break our addiction to fossil fuels and turn toward cleaner energy, cleaner production and more sustainable raw materials.
Guard against climate complacency: COVID-19's environmental 'silver lining' and a lesson from the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004.
Lower levels of pollution are good, but we should guard against the COVID-19 crisis lulling us into a false sense of security on climate change.
This Earth Day, be a digital activist in isolation.
A guide to getting involved in Earth Day 2020 from your home.
Imagine life after COVID-19: a 'new normal' that's a better world altogether.
Imagine if COVID-19 brought us together to create a more unified, more sustainable, safer, more healthy human society.
Eco-friendly footwear products made with ReCORK recycled wine corks.
Using recycled wine corks as a natural, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based foams and plastics in footwear products.
Custom insoles for cycling: moldable footbeds improve performance and comfort on your bike.
Wearing cycling insoles can maximize energy transfer to your bike while protecting against pain and fatigue.
7 types of runner everyone recognizes and why they (should) wear insoles. Which runner are you?
No matter what type of runner you are, there's a supportive insole to help your running performance.
Diversity is not a hashtag: an open letter to the outdoor community.
The importance of recognizing the politicized experience of people of color in outdoor spaces.
SOLE and Shoe Mill: Introducing the Cork footbed collection!
Our most eco-friendly footbeds ever, made possible by Shoe Mill.
Q&A with Paul the Pedorthist: a professional's opinion on SOLE.
We speak to Paul Mäkinen about the business of looking after feet, and what sets SOLE apart.
Meet Sasha Wolff: mental health warrior, marathon runner and community builder.
Q&A with the founder of Still I Run; a community of runners for mental health.
Meet Miran McCash: a runner on a mission to put shoes on the feet of kids who need them.
Miran is founder of Spokane Kicks for Kids.
An algae bloom bummer: toxic waters on a summer island getaway.
A story of minor frustration and a major problem.
Meet Rafael Ortiz: National Co-Captain of Black Men Run.
Rafael is part of the Hylands Community Builders team for the 2020 Boston Marathon.
Meet Maria Solis: Founder of Latinos Run and Latinas Run.
Running to champion health and wellness in the Latino community.
The best insoles for ski and snowboard boots?
The Active with Met Pad footbed takes snow sports comfort to a whole new level.
Climate change basics.
A refresher on exactly what climate change is and why it matters.
Carbon jargon explained.
Getting to grips with carbon negative, carbon neutral and more.
Insoles for hiking: why you should add support to your hiking boots.
In hiking boots or shoes, the right supportive insole makes a huge difference.
The inspiring story of Zelzin Aketzalli.
The first Mexican to complete the Triple Crown of thru-hiking.
Carbon-negative products explained.
How we calculate the carbon impact of products that use cork, including the ecosystem services of carbon-trapping cork oak forests.
What is ReCORK? About North America's largest wine cork recycling program.
Who we are and why we recycle cork.
SOLE's new plastic-free packaging.
When approached in the right way, sustainable initiatives can benefit planet, company and customers alike.
The SOLE x UBB Jasper Chukka: a shoe 13 years in the making.
Recycled wine corks, dedication to a cause, and a breakthrough in sustainable footwear production.
ReCORK's cork recycling process: the lifecycle of an incredible, sustainable material.
The journey of cork from bark to bottle to boot, and how it helps the environment from beginning to end.
6 reasons the Jasper Chukka will be your new favorite shoe.
The ins and outs of a shoe that’s about to change the game in sustainable footwear.
Find immediate relief for sore feet in the morning with SOLE orthopedic sandals.
What causes foot pain first thing in the morning, and how orthopedic sandals offer relief.
Watch: how to choose your footbeds.
A step-by-step guide to choosing the perfect insole.
The ReCORK Recycled Cork midsole: redefining sustainable footwear by recycling wine corks.
Introducing an incredible, versatile, carbon negative footwear component.
The Lightest Tread Podcast Episode 1: Mike Baker
SOLE, ReCORK and CO2negative founder and CEO Mike Baker chats all things SOLE and sustainability in the lead-up to Earth Day
The SOLE Sport Flip: the ultimate in recovery and pain relief.
Where to find the classic support of SOLE's fan-favorite sandals.
The Lightest Tread Podcast Episode 2: Zelzin Aketzalli.
The first Mexican ever to complete the triple crown of thru-hiking shares her remarkable story.
Watch: how to choose your SOLE sandals.
Getting to grips with the SOLE supportive and orthopedic sandals.
The Lightest Tread Podcast Episode 3: Jediah Porter
Why mountains make people better, with professional year-round mountain guide Jed Porter.
The Lightest Tread Episode 4: Connor Ryan.
Native knowledge, nature and our responsibility to both.
Running gear's most under used longer with SOLE insoles for running.
Supportive insoles help fight fatigue and prevent injury by supporting your body from the ground up while you run.
Hungry to Give Back.
SOLE's contribution to Vancouver's EcoMeter project.
The Lightest Tread Episode 5: Teresa Martinez.
Fostering profound experiences on the Continental Divide.
Top 5 Reasons to do volunteer trail maintenance with a local organization.
Takeaways from volunteering with the British Columbia Mountaineering Club.
The Lightest Tread Podcast Episode 6: Eric Larsen.
Stories of survival and perseverance from a polar adventurer.
Insoles for marathon running: why they matter and which ones to get.
Adding proper support to your running shoes can make all the difference to your marathon training and time.
The Lightest Tread Podcast Episode 7: Jess Kahnke
Ironman triathlete Jess Kahnke talks about what it takes to compete in one of the world's toughest races.
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