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From sustainable architectural practices, to seasonal cooking, explore our wide range of titles helping to shape a more green future.

Could you live on the road, powered by nothing but your own two legs? When all of your belongings fit in a few bags, your office is a roadside diner, and your home is a meandering route from Canada to the southern tip of Argentina? Two Years on a Bike photographer and travel writer Martijn Doolaard puts this to the test.

Connected by a beautiful ring of light, traversing the fields of ice that form the majestic wilderness of Greenland is an experience like no other. This prehistoric-like terrain is incredibly difficult to navigate, especially on two wheels. Delve into a story from Nordic Cycle.

"Kamchatka makes you feel like an explorer," says Tobias Woggon when contemplating the Russian peninsula often labeled one of the least populated and remote corners of Earth. A landscape carved by active volcanoes, thermal springs, and geysers—it has only recently opened up to the world after 50 years of Soviet military zone restrictions. Delve into one of the wonders of Nordic Cycle.

With a history of mining, tiny Makatea in French Polynesia hopes to use climbing and other forms of ecotourism to grow and rebuild its community with a sustainable focus. Once a population on the brink of extinction, Julie Ellison explores how a tiny, former mining island in the South Pacific Ocean carved a new culture from its rocky forms.

Situated on a lagoon, overlooking Mayan ruins, the thatched-roof property is lush and jungle-like. There are only four rooms, adorned with agave-fiber linens, minimalist stone bathtubs, and breezy hammocks for swaying away the day. Kari Molvar on a hammock swinging retreat that overlooks an ancient Mayan ruin, as told in Be Well.