What The North Face’s Earth Day Petition Tells Us About Brands Taking a Stand Greg Dyer|April 22, 2019 The North Face wants Earth Day to become a national holiday. It's the latest example of how the relationship between businesses and consumers is changing.
Sens. Murkowski and Cantwell: The Significance of the Public Lands Package Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Sen. Maria Cantwell|March 27, 2019 Americans have a lot to celebrate in the sweeping public lands package the president signed into law in March, according to Sens. Murkowski and Cantwell.
Our Fight for Life Outdoors: Help us Decide Where to Invest in Your Community Greg Dyer|March 7, 2019 Through a new program, co-op members can help REI decide how to invest $1 million in local stewardship projects.
The Wilderness Society: Speak Up to Protect Your Favorite Outdoor Places Jonathan Asher|November 27, 2018 Jonathan Asher, co-chair of the LWCF Coalition, explains why it’s crucial that lawmakers work together to reauthorize and permanently fund LWCF.
King County Parks Wants to Hear from You REI Staff|November 26, 2018 Do you live in King County, Washington? Or, have you visited King County parks? The parks department wants to hear from you! Share your ...
Building on #OptOutside to #ThriveOutside Lise Aangeenbrug|November 8, 2018 With help from REI and other generous lead partners, the Outdoor Foundation wants to reverse the indoor migration that shifted how we live over the past few decades. Together, we can reunite people with what was once an innately human outdoor habit.
Is the John Muir Trail Being Loved to Death? Sam Morse|November 5, 2018 A new nonprofit foundation, with help from a new Teton Gravity Research film starring Jeremy Jones and Elena Hight, set out to protect California’s historic 211-mile John Muir Trail, which is at risk of degradation due to overuse.
What the Middle Fork of the Salmon River Reveals About Our Public Lands Morgan Tilton|October 30, 2018 What the Middle Fork of the Salmon River—one of the world's most pristine and wild stretches of whitewater—tells us about the future of our public lands.
Citizen Science and the Front Lines of Conservation Charles Post|October 25, 2018 Science is the language that brings understanding to our experience on Earth, and the ways we are connected, as a vast community of plants a...
How Ada Hatch Helped Change the Field of Archaeology for Women Morgan Sjogren|October 22, 2018 A profile of Ada Hatch, 76, who spent the summer of 1962 working as one of the Southwest’s first woman archaeologists on the Glen Canyon Salvage Project.
Restoring Our National Forests: How REI Co-op Members Are Giving Back Aer Parris|October 22, 2018 Thanks to your support, REI donated $1 million to the National Forest Foundation. Take a look at the 10 projects that were supported.
Two Cities Make Strides Toward Car-Less Transit to Trails Aer Parris|October 9, 2018 Without a car your options for getting to trails around you are limited. Seattle and Los Angeles are working to change that with public transit.
