We Belong Outdoors

Howie Goes Extreme in Kazakhstan

Ski Mountaineering in Central Asia with Natural Goodbye - written by Howie McFadyen ~ Our team travelled deep into the mountains of Kazakhstan in search of high-altitude ski mountaineering, untouch...

International Women's Day

Last week I got to spend a day with my sisters in Coralus. This is a community of women that work together to support each other in our respective efforts for a better world. We gathered at Sulphur...

All Kinds of Entrepreneurs

Thirty years this month marks a life made of New Zealand. To mark it, I've dusted off a post that I wrote last year about being an entrepreneur- a term that took some twenty years to accept as a de...

10x Impact and a Response to Black Friday

This year I started hearing about preparing for Black Friday from July. If you as a consumer think it's crazy, it's kinda worse as an online shop. It really challenged me this year. The emojis pepp...

Gifting Made Good

updated July 7th, 2026 Let's get you sorted before things get hectic. Every spring enquiry ramps up for businesses who want to organise summer gifts for staff and clients , sports groups, school gr...

Calendula- the FIRST Blog Post

Below is the first post ever done for our business- unedited except for old broken links. It was published in August 2009 and included giving away Calendula seeds packets. That was the start of the...

All Weather Inspiration Howie Mcfadyen

This winter Howie is working at Remarkables Ski Patrol in Queenstown and using days off to do winter missions in the area. 

Skincare on a Tramping Trip

If you're going to carry skin care up and over a mountain, it needs to be light, portable, effective and needed! Becky shows you what they took on the Routeburn Track last month.

Not in the Brochure

This last few months I've gotten reacquainted with tramping in New Zealand. I basically dipped out of the hiking missions for something over twenty years, and my daughter's enthusiasm has brought m...

Gen B

Here's the Press Release Version: March is #bcorpmonth and the theme of the month is Gen B. We are all part of a generation of people using business to make a better tomorrow.   We’re proud to be ...