Higher Ground
| Austin Siadak & Richelle Kimble
Discovering that climbing is for them.
Culture
Lessons from Uncle Addy
| Heath Joske
The Bight-based farmer calls upon a wizard of the earthly realm.
Life of Pie
| Patagonia
Two unconventional women have helped reshape one of Colorado’s most conservative towns, uniting the community through advocacy, inclusivity, and damn good pizza.
At the River’s Edge
| Julie Huang Tucker
How one suburban mountain biker’s vision for a trail system reshaped a former industrial town – and turned trail building into a family tradition.
The Lost Dory
| Joe Curren
Joe Curren shares childhood memories of his dad, legendary waterman Pat Curren, and the unique boat that traveled with them to Baja.
The Ancient Tree Hunter
| Jayme Moye
As the old-growth logging crisis heats up in Canada, a photographer goes searching for trees to save them.
Sew-cial Distancing
| Patagonia
Making face masks in the time of COVID-19: when “breathable face fabric” takes on a whole new meaning.
The Slab Hunter: Ben Wilkinson Woodwork
| Malcolm Johnson
It didn’t take long for Ben Wilkinson to figure out that there was freedom to be had in working for himself—and that freedom was the first requirement if he wanted to go surfing whenever the waves got huge. “I left home when I was 16,” he remembers,…
Wear and Tear
| Paul West
From shelf to soil and everything in-between – the unexpected lifecycle of Paul West’s tees.
Jerry’s Wisdom
| Caroline Gleich
Caroline Gleich grapples with the fears that come with an aging parent and the pressure she feels to have a child before her dad is gone.
Four Fifths a Grizzly
| Doug Chadwick
A book excerpt about how the microbes within us and the genes we share with other wild creatures are key dimensions of being human.
Mummy, Where Do Clothes Come From?
| Allison Gibson
Nearly every Wednesday, Courtney Reynolds can be found elbow-deep in a bin of someone else’s castoffs, searching for scraps of fabric and colourful quilts to
Bright Sparks of Yackandandah
| Jock Serong
The Victorian country town that set up its own solar energy grid.
Transplanting Traditions
| Jonnah Perkins
A small-scale farmer takes a regenerative approach to keeping his community fed.
Farming for our Future
| Gemma Pol
Black Duck Foods is sowing seeds for First Nations food sovereignty.
Tigers Change Their Stripes in the Tarkine
| Beau Miles
Beau Miles isn’t really one for running with others, activism, or taking more than two showers a week
The Nautical Farmers
| Erin Grace Scottberg
One young couple’s unexpected career path of farming sea vegetables drew them back to their roots and brought a promising climate-change solution to their coastal hometown.
Why Should the Public Care About Public Lands?
| Hans Cole
Debates over how America’s public lands should be managed are as old as the system itself...
Stitch in Time
| Brad Wieners
As a repaired shirt becomes more of an original, it still takes the author back.
Where Is She Now? The Famous Flying Patagonia Baby
| BONNIE TSUI
Jordan Leads wants everybody to know she is alive and well.
Unconscious and Offshore
| Dan Ross
Surfers Jay ‘Bottle’ Thompson and Dan Ross look back on a heavy day off the Australia's east coast, where quick-thinking and ocean skills made the difference.
Everyone’s Wildness
| J. Drew Lanham
A wildlife ecologist reflects on the wild places that are his escape hatch and life’s work.
The Relentless Push and Pull of a Mountain Guide
| Matt Hansen
How Zahan Billimoria recalibrated after unthinkable tragedy.
Death to the Zipper!
| Sakeus Bankson
The zipper is one of the most elegantly functional features in design. It’s also one of the most frustrating barriers to fully recycled, easily repairable gear.
Connected by Water
| Patagonia
The story of the big wave safety movement. Big wave surfing was advancing faster than safety protocols, and something had to change.
Can We Stop Greenwashing?
| Elizabeth L. Cline
What was once a nuisance – overselling environmental gains – now conceals the apparel industry’s role in the climate crisis.
Dead Friends and Ocean Risk Management
| Morgan Williamson
Kohl Christensen discusses how BWRAG came to be and his recent near-death experience courtesy of Pipeline's reef.
Quality Is an Environmental Issue
| Patagonia
Patagonia’s quality rating system is designed with ecological footprint in mind. Here’s why.
Haunted by Unwanted Clothes
| Sarah Mirk
With the rest of the world spiralling into chaos, organising my closet suddenly became a soothing Saturday night activity. It felt good to sort through
New Routing (and Photogenic Wildlife) in Kenya
| Eric Bissell
Eric Bissell captured his first published image with Patagonia on a climbing trip to establish a new route on Mount Ololokwe.
Backyard Adventures
Little Wild Places
| Greg Russell
Hungry for Big Adventure, I had failed to see the wildness present in my own backyard.
Organic Gardening Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated
| Crystal Thornburg-Homcy
Our love for the natural environment and passion for cooking inspired us to get our hands dirty by growing as much of our own food as possible, and wanting to know exactly where our food was coming from.
Capture a Patagoniac
| Jennifer Ridgeway
How we found our photographic style. As our first art director and photo editor, Jennifer worked with Yvon to invent the “Patagonia image” by stripping away all that was inauthentic in our first awkward attempts at portraying clothes in catalogs.
'Watershed Chats' with the Slabb Brothers
| Patagonia
Josh and Kyle Slabb are Bundjalung men who live, fish, surf and raise their families near the fabled sand bottom point break of Fingal Head on the east coast of Australia – where their ancestors have thrived for tens of thousands of years.
Rediscovering the Soul of Climbing with 'Stone Locals'
| Patagonia
Climbing has always been more than just a sport. It’s provided a way of life and a makeshift family to misfits who share a calling. As the sport grapples with its growing popularity, the people who anchor its core and community have more responsibility than ever.
Watch 'Big Gums'
| Beau Miles
This is the story of a man, which is really a story of a unique gumtree, colluding on a backyard adventure.
The Refuge
| Patagonia
The Gwich'in are fighting to protect their future, but they can’t win this battle alone.
Black Summer, White Winter
| Bill Barker
From the bushfires of Ulladulla to the snows of Kashmir, it’s been a wild year for Bill Barker.
Sunnyside Up
| Tommy Caldwell
Last November, Fitz Caldwell (age 6) finished his first multipitch climb, Sunnyside Bench in Yosemite National Park. He did it with his dad, Tommy.
'Watershed Chats' with Dave Rastovich + Lauren Hill
| Patagonia
Leah Thomas is at the leading edge of Intersectional Environmentalism, a term she coined as a way to advocate for the protection of people and the planet simultaneously. This chat examines the links between social justice and environmentalism.
