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22nd October 2023

The empowering adventure of social nudity

The best adventures bring us beyond our comfort zones, ask us to be vulnerable, and allow us to grow into a new, more expansive normality by rising to the challenge. Which, as Meleasha Carbado explores, makes social nudity one hell of an adventure.

6th October 2022

Presca's first repair ambassador on building a green running community

Ultra runner, Low Carbon Engineer and environmental campaigner David Starley has long been walking (or running) the impact-adventure walk. And now he’s climate-positive sportswear brand Presca’s first ever repair ambassador. How does he see the running community’s environmental credentials?

Authors

Sam Firman

Sam Firman

Sam is the Adventure Uncovered Editor. He's a freelance writer interested in outdoor culture, geography and social issues. He recently moved from the UK to Vancouver, for more mountain time, and spends much of his spare time sliding on snow and climbing on rocks.

Joe Reid

Joe Reid

Joe Reid is the Founder of Brake the Cycle, a company that takes groups on bike tours across the UK and Europe. From epic adventures such as Lands End - John O’Groats to weekend retreats combining cycling and yoga, all their tours boast a unique, sustainability infused twist.

Mike Elm

Mike Elm

Mike Elm is a fan of journeys by bike, train and just the occasional bus or boat. He has been doing all his adventuring since 2015 without taking a flight. For the past six years he has dedicated himself to being part of the movements making the world a better place. He is a founder of the 2050 Climate Group, one of Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leaders and was shortlisted for a WWF Earth Hour Hero. Most recently he has worked with Creative Carbon Scotland to bring arts and creative skills to the climate emergency. And helped create the World Forum on Natural Capital and the Scottish Forum, to bring a new way of thinking to business and government on their dependence on nature.