Activism Stories
Albania’s untamed Vjosa River introduces a new model for global water conservation.
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
I’ve been angry at politicians for as long as I’ve been an activist. Here’s why I still vote.
Will you vote for climate action this November or wait until your own life is at risk?
A healthy democracy is a precondition for a healthy environment. Both are on the ballot this November.
A year after the worst wildfire in recent history razed the historic town of Lāhainā, the community of West Maui continues to recover and rebuild.
Louisiana community organizer Roishetta Ozane on her fight to stop the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth and how mutual aid can play a part.
A friendship built between waves becomes a powerful alliance for the protection of surf breaks.
Our next fight against Big Oil is for basic human rights.
Climate and sustainability journalist Yessenia Funes writes to her future child—the one she hopes to have and has been afraid of bringing into our world.
How marine food production and thriving blue ecosystems go hand in hand.
To fight the bottom trawlers destroying his beloved Mediterranean Sea, an Italian fisherman realizes art can be the most powerful form of protest.
When the fish stop flourishing, a few local Scots take matters into their own hands, one seagrass bed at a time.
Ramón Navarro joins the Kawésqar community on a journey to protect their ancestral waters in Chilean Patagonia.
An excerpt from Steven Hawley’s book about dirty dams—and their methane problem.
Even when the demands of a protest are not met, it can have lasting, immeasurable consequences.
An excerpt from Patagonia’s republished version of A Forest Journey, about what the loss of trees has meant for past life on our planet.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
Italian fisherman Paolo Fanciulli had tried everything to stop illegal deep-sea trawlers from harming his beloved Mediterranean ecosystem, but nothing worked. That’s when he hatched the plan to place 10-ton marble sculptures on the ocean floor.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
In Southeast Alaska, tribal leaders and local entrepreneurs are helping shape a kelp industry that prioritizes Indigenous values, regenerative practices and a commitment to Alaska Native shareholders.
