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Patagonia's Vote the Environment CampaignThe natural environment needs protection and voting is one of the most direct ways to help. There's an inextricable link between the sports we love, the wild places where we play and the impact of our vote. And in today's political climate, a single vote can make all the difference.

Learn more about our Vote the Environment campaign

What Crow sees; an aerial perspective on the boreal forests of Yukon, Canada. Photo: Doug Demarest
 

What We Do

We acknowledge that the wild world we love best is disappearing. That is why those of us who work here share a strong commitment to protecting undomesticated lands and waters. We believe in using business to inspire solutions to the environmental crisis. Learn more

Voice Your Choice
From June 10 to July 19, your neighborhood Patagonia store will profile five groups that have done something extraordinary to help restore and protect the local environment. We encourage you to drop by and vote for the group you feel should be awarded a $4,000 donation.
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Creating the Future Patagonia National Park
Conservacion Patagonica, a non-profit organization dedicated to protection of wildland ecosystems and biodiversity in the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina, is working towards the goal of creating Patagonia National Park, a world-class park similar in size to Yosemite National Park in California.
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Environmental Grants

We give at the grassroots level to innovative groups overlooked or rejected by other corporate donors. We fund activists who take radical and strategic steps to protect habitat, wilderness and biodiversity. We have given more than $31 million to more than 1,000 organizations since our grants program began.
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The Conservation Alliance
The Conservation AlliancePatagonia co-founded The Conservation Alliance in 1989, with the goal of encouraging companies in the outdoor industry to support environmental organizations in their efforts to protect threatened wildlands. To date the groups funded have saved over 34 million acres of wildlands and 14 dams have been either prevented or removed - all through grassroots community efforts. Learn more


1% For The Planet®
Member 1%In the same vein as The Conservation Alliance, 1% For The Planet provides the motivation for any business – large or small – to donate at least 1% of their annual net revenues to environmental organizations worldwide. To date, members include restaurants, musicians, wineries, graphic design and advertising firms, to name just a few.
Learn more and join 1% For The Planet


Grist.org
GristWant to know more about current environmental issues and how you can take action? Check out Grist.org, one of our favorite sources for enviro news.

Grist.org is the country’s leading source for environmental news and commentary, served up with a touch of humor. Grist features in-depth reporting, feisty opinions, sage advice, cutting-edge arts and culture reviews, and more.

Issues


Freedom to Roam
Freedom to Roam, a long-term initiative, is dedicated to establishing migration wildways for animals between protected areas. Patagonia’s partners in Freedom to Roam include other companies, conservation organizations and recreation groups.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Patagonia’s Fall 2007 environmental campaign was focused on protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The goal was to help permanently protect the 1.5 million acre Coastal Plain of the Refuge by designating it Wilderness.
Oceans as Wilderness
As we teach ourselves how close the connection is between the vitality of human life and the marine environment, we can all become better stewards of the ocean in our daily lives.
Action Alert - Don't Dam Patagonia
Please join us in sending a message to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet urging her to protect Patagonia's natural heritage. It's too special to sacrifice.
Stop Global Warming Virtual March
Join this non-political effort that's bringing Americans together to start addressing global warming.

Recent Essays

Hermits of the Big Wild
by Karsten Heuer
Fall 2008
The Return of the Moose
by Bill McKibben
Late Summer 2008
Taking a Stand
by Gayle Regan
Vote The Environment 2008
Voting for Two
by Lisa Pike Sheehy
Vote The Environment 2008
My Second Vote for President
by Will Kaner
Vote The Environment 2008
Vote the Environment
by Jack Johnson
Surf 2008
Baja Hope
by Carl Safina
Summer 2008

See all recent essays


Leading the Examined Life

Footprint Chronicles™

Visit our interactive mini-site that allows you to track the impact of ten specific Patagonia products from design through delivery.
Vote the Environment

Vote the Environment

Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, Independent, Green or anything in between, vote informed, vote the environment.
 
 

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