Refuge Outdoor Festival: Building an Inclusive Outdoor Community Kameko Thomas|January 8, 2021 Refuge is a three-day camping experience geared toward people of color focused on building community through outdoor recreation, conversations, music and art.
This Wildlife Conservationist is Helping More Birders Find Their Place Outside Sarah Grothjan|December 30, 2020 Biologist Corina Newsome talks bird watching, #BlackBirdersWeek and how to make the outdoors more inclusive.
Eric Artz: Grateful for Our Community in a Year Like No Other Eric Artz|December 29, 2020 REI Co-op CEO & President Eric Artz reflects on the opportunities and challenges of 2020 in an end-of-the-year letter to the co-op community.
A New Way to Experience the Adirondacks Amanda Loudin|December 28, 2020 Adirondack Hamlets to Huts aims to connect the region’s vast trail network with lodging, food and experiences in communities along the way. Although COVID-19 disrupted this year’s launch plan, the organization hopes to prove its vision in 2021.
Are Bike Messengers Gearing Up For a New Chapter? Jess Daddio|December 9, 2020 The internet disrupted the bicycle messenger industry. In the age of the pandemic, can technology revive the need for couriers?
President Trump Signs Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act into Law REI Staff|December 7, 2020 In a win for veterans, President Trump Sunday signed into law the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act as part of the Veterans COMPACT Act, which will make it easier for veterans to use the outdoors as part of their medical treatment and therapy.
How to Recreate Responsibly in the Outdoors Phuong Le|November 24, 2020 New coalition summarizes 7 key ways to stay healthy and protect public lands during the COVID-19 pandemic—with the latest winter edition.
How We’re Safely Serving You Eric Artz|November 17, 2020 Since the pandemic began, REI Co-op has prioritized the health and safety of our customers and employees, and you can count on us to continue doing that.
A New Bill Could Provide Better Outdoor Recreation Programs for Veterans Jenni Gritters|November 10, 2020 The Senate today unanimously passed the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act, which would expand opportunities for veterans to access the outdoors for their health & well-being.
Teens Use Time in Quarantine to Create Outdoor-Mystery Podcast Sarah Grothjan|November 4, 2020 Once school closed in March due to COVID-19, three Virginia teenagers got to work recording a podcast that is equal parts mystery and adventure.
Op-Ed: Why We Need Access to the Outdoors More Than Ever Corey Buhay|October 28, 2020 Amid the pandemic, one outdoorist, writer and REI member realizes just how vital nature is to her—and our country’s—healing.
Author Bob Pyle on his Real-Life Hike that Inspired ‘The Dark Divide’ Film Sarah Grothjan|October 21, 2020 In 1995, butterfly expert and nature writer Dr. Robert Pyle trekked for more than a month through Washington’s Gifford Pinchot National Fore...
