Important Innovations

  Airstream and National Forest Foundation Program                                                         Source:  Airstream Planting Nearly 200,000 Trees to Offset Carbon Emissions US based RV and camper company Airstream is buying nearly 200,000 trees to neutralize emissions from all of its RV and camper trailers bought in 2021.  It is donating enough money to the National Forest Foundation in the US to plant the trees to neutralize the emissions.  It is a step in the right direction for the RV and camper trailer industry.  Named  the Caravan to Carbon Neutral, it also allows Airstream owners to contribute additional money to plant more trees that they personally fund. RV and Camper Sales Are on the Rise Because of COVID Airstream is a luxury RV manufacturer based in Ohio. In the past year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, RV and camper sales are up 6%. The reason is that people feel safer traveling personally distanced within their own family unit.  Airstream says it is growing an

Freestanding Hammock-Tent Camping System Source:  LIT Outdoors Tammock - New Camping Invention This new gadget was just introduced by the company LIT Outdoors.  They call it the Tammock. It's a free standing invention:  a combination Hammock-Tent system that brings the comfort of swinging in a hammock to outdoor areas without any trees.  Or as the company puts it "brings it all down to earth". Hammock Camping System There are other tent-hammocks on the market but they require trees to be setup.  The Tammock has a freestanding tent and hammock that can be setup anyplace.  It has a waterproof rainfly providing tent protection from the rain.  The doors on each side of the tent are rollups.  It's an all in one hammock camping system, good for the beach, desert, the mountains and your backyard.  It's a brand new invention that is in the Kickstarter phase.