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    Entries in patagonia (13)

    Tuesday
    Aug242010

    Patagonia Environmental Initiatives 2010 E-Book

    This year Patagonia has put out an enhanced electronic version of it's annual enviro initiatives booklet. There are a number of embedded videos and interactive pages well worth checking out.

    View a fireside chat with Patagonia founder and environmentalist-in-chief Yvon Chouinard, accompany world-renowned photographer Florian Schulz as he sheds light on the beauty and struggles of the Arctic, and connect with other activists’ stories through powerful videos and images. The new e-booklet does all this without sacrificing a forest full of trees.

    The interactive grants map allows you to see all the grassroots groups by region that received grants along with links to their respective web sites. Be sure to check out the groups in your area that received grants.

    The by the numbers page has a bunch of stats you can scroll over to see the full scope of what Patagonia does on the environmental front.

    In a nutshell:

    Patagonia donated $3,444,263 (1% of its sales) to support environmental causes.

    433 different environmental groups were the recipient of a Patagonia grant.

    $155,000 worth of grants were given out through the World Trout program.

    Water and Marine groups recieved $648,989 in grants, the second highest category after biodiversity groups.

    You can also download a PDF version of the booklet with its many stories and photos about our environmental efforts. In "Leading the Examined Life Is a Pain in the Ass," Yvon tells how Patagonia came by its environmental ethos. We also break down our mission statement, tell about Freedom to Roam, World Trout and bluesign® technologies, and list the more than 400 grassroots groups we aided this year.

    Launch Patagonia Environmental Initiatives 2010 E-Book  (Via:The Cleanest Line)

    Be patient, the initial load time can be slow.

    Thursday
    Jul082010

    Meet an Unlikely Proponent of Dam Removal

    Patagonia is joining Save Our Wild Salmon in urging the Obama Administration to change course and remove the four lower Snake River dams. This has only strengthened collective resolve to protect salmon habitat. As Washington farmer Bryan Jones explains in a recent essay, protecting salmon habitat can be synonymous with protecting family farms and reducing their bottom-line.

    Bryan Jones is a 4th generation wheat farmer near Colfax, Washington. He farms 640 acres. He and his fellow farmers rely on barges on the Snake River to move their wheat to market. This is primarily why the dams on the Snake were built.

    Jones remembers going down to the Snake before it was dammed.

    LINK (Via:The Cleanest Line)

    Thursday
    Apr152010

    April Slab of the Month: Southern Patagonia Bow

    With as healthy a specimin we'll see all month, Chum lover Alex comes to the Chum with all kinds of authority.

    More big shit found at Alex's Site Here

    Wednesday
    Mar172010

    A concrete victory so to speak

    Outtakes from the American Express commercial we posted last week featuring Yvon Chouinard. In this piece, Yvon talks more about the Matilija Dam (featured in the commercial) and why it should be removed.

    The Cleanest Line has more info on the individuals and groups leading the fight to restore the Ventura River.

    Monday
    Mar082010

    And the Winner Is.......

    From Patagonia's The Cleanest Line

    If you watched the Academy Awards last night you may have seen Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, appear on a commercial for the American Express Members Project, a new partnership with social-action network Takepart.com. The piece was filmed in and around Ventura County by academy award winning cinematographer Robert Richardson and directed by Scott Hicks of "Shine" fame.

    The dam that's featured is the Matilija Dam, an outdated monstrosity that sits 18 miles upstream from Patagonia HQ on a tributary of the Ventura River. With its crumbling concrete and silt filled reservoir, Matilija Dam no longer serves any beneficial purpose. Its removal would allow native Southern Steelhead trout to once again use the river to spawn, and give local beaches a much needed boost in sediments (more sand) from the steep canyons of Matilija Creek.

    If successful, it would be largest dam ever removed in the United States.

    All proceeds that Yvon receives from the commercial will be divided between five of environmental groups of his choice: Concervacion Patagonica, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Freedom to Roam Coalition, Native Fish Society and Save our Wild Salmon.

    Saturday
    Feb202010

    Ka Malolo (The Flying Fish)

    Patagonia Ambassadors Chris, Keith, and Dan Malloy join good friend Jeff Johnson for an outrigger adventure in Ventura, CA on February 13, 2010. - filmed & edited by Guy Martin

    LINK (Via: Vimeo)