Two Patagonia styles this season use bison hide. Grazing bison help restore prairie ecosystems, whereas grazing cattle can damage native grasses.
Wild trout populations in Southwest Montana have collapsed. Save Wild Trout says enough is enough.
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
A healthy democracy is a precondition for a healthy environment. Both are on the ballot this November.
Well-loved gear can tell some of the best stories of our lives.
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.
The first-place essay from a youth writing competition we hosted with the nonprofit Write the World.
One runner gets her fix helping others chase their dreams, again and again.
In northern Chile, a desert is being scourged by the textile industry. But a resilient community is transforming a reality of waste into opportunity.
After years of trying to fit in with Western trail culture, one runner realizes that what she’s been missing lies in the Colombian mountains of her youth.
In the face of declining air quality, a community of runners rises up.
All photos by Ken Etzel If you get your nose close enough, ponderosa pine bark smells like vanilla. Or butterscotch, depending on the tree. Washington is famous for its pine trees. It’s portrayed as a land of constant water and ever-present green, which, in mountain biking terms, translates to a land of perfect trails and…
A family in Maine reimagines a future for working waterfronts that puts back more than it takes.
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.
Our next fight against Big Oil is for basic human rights.
Running Up For Air is not a race. It’s a community, a gathering of friends and a fundraiser for clean-air advocacy.
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Running won’t solve the issue of wood pellet biomass pollution. But it can ignite community and conversation—and that’s a start.
A Patagonia advanced R&D designer takes to the Swedish alpine to test out a new pack prototype—and a bold idea for rethinking multiday trail travel.
A conversation with Vincent Stanley, Patagonia’s director of philosophy and co-author of The Future of the Responsible Company: What We’ve Learned from Patagonia’s First 50 Years.
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.
Península Mitre is now protected, thanks to the work of a committed community.
Struggling with a mental health crisis, one woman returns to the waters that raised her and finds healing in the ocean.
In a small British Columbia mountain town, one woman is using trails to help heal wounds and bridge two communities.