Working Knowledge Stories
Descending through Colombia’s coffee country, a crew of mountain bikers explores how climate change is impacting one of the world’s most cherished beverages and the lives of those who depend upon it.
A look inside Delta Brick & Climate Company, where doing is undoing.
Inside Yakutat Surf Club’s budding stoke scene in Southeast Alaska.
We turn to art to experience the universal truths of being human, to express the feelings within us, and to better understand our world. This week, Kentucky musicians The Local Honeys help us understand Appalachian coal country and the miners there who are seeking a new way of living. We’ll also hear Cameron Keller Scott speak about his poem “A River’s Own Name” and how he hopes to deepen people’s experience of the natural world through poetry.
Which lessons passed down through generations help us feel at home, both mentally and physically, in our natural environments? In this episode, we explore the power of mentorship through our conversation with queer climbers Lor Sabourin and Madaleine Sorkin. We also hear from three generations of women from the Salish Sea who are fighting against the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion to help save Southern Resident orcas. Join us for Patagonia Stories wherever you get your podcasts. For more on these stories, read “Queering Climb Mentorship” and watch “We Are the Water.”
An Indigenous community’s 15-year struggle to successfully protect their Sacred Headwaters from industrial development.
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An interview with Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts: Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction.
A road trip through California’s worst drought in 1,200 years, and the folks working to restore broken ecosystems and rewild lost landscapes.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
Indigenous people once shared a deep bond with the Plains bison. To revive that connection, a Cheyenne River Sioux community leader is leading by example and teaching his knowledge to others.
Poet Cameron Keller Scott reads an excerpt from his piece, A River’s Own Name. View a video excerpt of A River’s Own Name at the link below. I. Valley Maker Suppose one day we were to wake up and understand the name of a river. Not the names we’ve given, but the name it asks us to…
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
A runner explores what it takes to find quiet in the world, and in our minds.
Many have been taught that nature is inherently competitive. But Kristin Ohlson's new book describes a different natural order—one of generosity.
How one trail runner embodies his Inca heritage by running Peru’s sacred, ancient trails.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
Elder Wilson Wewa tells the creation story of Animal Village. Tara Kerzhner and Len Necefer consider how these stories can reshape stewardship.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.
There’s more to life than three-to-the-beach, surf contest results and a clean cutback.
