Dan Nocera has a simple formula to save the planet: sunlight + water = energy for the world.

These shorts created for the Focus Forward Film Competition in 2013 are amazing displays of what special innovative minds can do to make a difference in the world. It’s too bad the competition didn’t continue. The more folks motivated to explore solutions or shed light on current projects, the better for all.

I was recently invited to attend Bike Press Camp 2015 where I began my love affair with eBikes. I’m no moped fan and this season’s collection of pedal-assist two-wheelers are far from those devices. One trail ride up behind Deer Valley’s St. Regis hotel and I was hooked.

Just look at what these babies can do. As the Raleigh rep said to me over and over again during our meeting, “You don’t have to kill yourself anymore.”

The Wild and Scenic Film Festival isn’t happening until January 2016 but this beautiful selection from the 2015 event demonstrates what organizers aim to achieve by gathering top filmmakers, celebrities, leading activists, social innovators and well-known world adventurers to Green Valley, California each year.

With shorts like Common Ground- about the fight to preserve our iconic western landscapes for future generations – they strive to inform, inspire and explore solutions to heal the land and people who inhabit it.

Check out Chris Sharma and Laird Hamilton in Warner Bros reboot of Point Break.

Hope they have as much action as this seems to hint at.

I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to try this. A helmet only protects one part of your body from the rocks underneath. You should have seen my hip after I landed sideways on a flat box in a terrain park. Rocks are much less forgiving than forrmica.