Community Stories
From accidental activists to a decade-long commitment, the Vjosa river has shaped the lives of two environmental campaigners from Albania.
How Tommy Caldwell is reshaping his love for rock climbing by building relationships with Indigenous stewards of Bears Ears.
After the biggest year of his climbing career, Aidan Roberts reflects on a shifting focus from solitary performance to shared passion—and how, in reality, our best days contain both.
Climbers Zoe Hart and her husband, Maxime Turgeon, share wild nature and sport with their sons.
Emilie Björkman on the rise and decline of wild Baltic salmon in Sweden’s remote northern rivers.
Taking responsibility for our supply chain impact means working with our partners, the wider industry, governments and NGOs to address root causes. Here’s how we are working to support the people who make our products.
England’s largest lake is facing an ecological disaster. Through community action, local people are striving to stop the pollution before it’s too late.
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
The first-place essay from a youth writing competition we hosted with the nonprofit Write the World.
In northern Chile, a desert is being scourged by the textile industry. But a resilient community is transforming a reality of waste into opportunity.
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…
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.
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.
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.
These women were forced to flee their homes in Afghanistan. Now the climbing community is helping them build a new one.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
Inside Yakutat Surf Club’s budding stoke scene in Southeast Alaska.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
The remarkable relationship between Hidetoshi Matsubara and his birds of prey.
When your goal is to raise children in wild places, it helps if you’re flexible.
Shawn Hayes leads a life of devotion. For him, falconry is more than a deep partnership with raptors: it’s his life’s work.
Teresa Baker, Pattie Gonia, José González and Gabaccia Moreno bring a new initiative to the outdoor community.
Out of necessity, Jacqueline Sangueza loved fishing nets before she loved the ocean.
Rolling Stone called him “the real Indiana Jones.” His new memoir reveals why our friend Rick was always a great deal more.
