Patagonia

Patagonia just released “Never Town,” a full-length surf film serving as a reminder that even the most beautiful and pristine places on Earth are at risk of exploitation. Narrated by Dave Rastovich and Wayne Lynch, the two calmly call to action between surf segments. “There's only so long you can sit there ...

In short: The Grade VII Down Parka is the pinnacle of garments crafted for use in the harshest alpine environments. The belay parka's design and construction create one of the warmest and well-made belay jackets I've worn. When combining the Patagonia Hybrid Sleeping Bag with the parka, the Grade VII ...

Changes are coming to Patagonia Public Schools this fall that district leaders hope will boost student success. ... Right now, Patagonia High School students take the same seven core and elective classes every day and have an advisory period when they can work on homework or get extra help, Hochheim ...

When Yvon Chouinard was in his 20s he spent more than six months of each year criss-crossing North America and the Alps climbing mountains with his friends and living on about 50 cents a day. He caught squirrels for food and sometimes had to hide from park rangers when he stayed longer than his ...

The reported style muse of Kanye West's YEEZY collection, Shia LeBeouf was spotted arriving at Jimmy Kimmel Live on in Los Angeles, rocking one of Patagonia's most timeless fleece tops. Shia paired the Synchilla Snap-T Fleece Pullover with a hooded sweatshirt layered underneath, as well as cutoff ...

Patagonia is known for its well-made, eco-friendly clothes, but the company rarely holds big sales. In fact, Patagonia only offers these types of deals three times a year. Whether you're shopping for lightweight jackets, tees, and gear for your springtime adventures or you're looking to stock up on heavier jackets and hats for ...

Before Patagonia started making hyper-ethical outdoors clothing, Yvon Chouinard and his compatriots crafted innovative climbing hardware out of a shop in Ventura, California. Now the apparel maker has released a new line of workwear made from a fabric named after the iron forge that was once used to ...

Patagonia wants to put the brakes on a bumper sticker-maker allegedly using the outdoor brand's famous mountain logo.The eco-minded brand at the end of March filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in California federal court against Wyoming-based TGT Inc., accusing the company of producing a ...

In the months leading up to our meeting, Chouinard and Patagonia had seen a few disasters. The Thomas wildfire, the largest in California history, torched the hills around the company's Ventura headquarters. Five employees lost their homes, and then came the mudslides. All of which took place while ...

From breakfast cereal to smoked salmon, the outdoor gear retailer is on a quest to redesign the global food production system. In 2012, outdoor apparel giant Patagonia entered the food business. It launched an offshoot company called Patagonia Provisions that sells a range of healthy, ethically sourced, ...

Besides being incredibly warm and durable for both the city and country, hiking- and camping-inflected clothes are still having a little fashion moment. Today would be a good time to stock up, as a slew of puffer vests, anoraks, fleece pullovers, and the ever-statusy Snap-Ts are on sale — lots for half off.

Ever since Patagonia signed on as the guest designer in September 2017, committee by committee, The Fashion Show has been influenced by Patagonia, their brand image and the values they hold. It was as if Patagonia's green thumb touched The Fashion Show and spread across like a wave of green ...

One of the more controversial Patagonia campaigns of days gone past was its “Fuelish” shirt that featured a gas pump that, instead of a nozzle at the end of the hose, had a handgun. I've long been a fan of the shirts and have owned two. When these were lost in the recent Thomas Fire that burned down our ...

Jacob Perry, founder of Patagonia Bee Products in Fayetteville, is one busy bee. When he isn't on the road, spreading the gospel of single-origin honey to nonbelievers, he's keeping track of online orders, or helping chicken plant workers earn their General Educational Development diplomas, or teaching ...

... the council also reappointed Concepcion Bracamonte as town magistrate and Mary Helen Maley as judge pro tempore, or a fill-in judge, from April 28 of this year to April 28, 2022. John Kendall, a philanthropist who has donated to the Patagonia library, youth center, Montessori school, opera house and ...

Yes, Kanye has been seen wearing Patagonia's Grade VII parka...while leaving his office in temperate Calabasas, California (where, at the time of publication, it was 63 degrees) ... Now, most of us will never need the Patagonia Grade VII parka (unless you happen to live in areas that regularly go sub-zero).

"Enjoy the wind," Hayden Kennedy told me with a wry smile before my first trip to Argentine Patagonia three years ago. I'll never forget that knowing, just-wait-and-see look he had earned on big routes and first ascents in the range. Today, in the Torre Valley, I think of Hayden's smile and I shake my head ...

Tessa Byars, an employee at Patagonia, can see her 2-year-old daughter Lila playing in the yard from her office window. She doesn't work from home. Rather, Byars is using a rare perk among American companies: workplace childcare services. “It's incredible,” said Byars, who is a spokeswoman for the ...

Since then, Patagonia has only intensified its efforts. Incited by Trump's agenda, the company has upped its commitment to environmental activism, making an unprecedented bet on corporate social responsibility. This has served not only to energize product innovation and marketing but to grow the ...

Mr. Tompkins died at 72 in December 2015, after a kayaking accident in Patagonia. Months before, Tompkins Conservation, an umbrella group of conservation initiatives the couple directed, proposed a deal to the Chilean government: It would donate more than one million acres of their preserved and ...

Patagonia is known for its well-made, eco-friendly clothes, but the company rarely holds big sales. In fact, Patagonia only offers these types of deals three times a year. Whether you're looking to stock up on fleeces, jackets, and hats for the remainder of winter, or you plan to hold on to them for next season, ...

Drawing inspiration from the iconic Patagonia Regulator Fleece, the R1 TechFace Hoody manages to be a lot more than a hooded version of that classic design. With a lightweight double-weave fabric and an articulated pattern, the Patagonia R1 TechFace Hoody is designed to be warm, stretchy, ...

The two-credit class, Extreme Leadership, offers treks to either the Andes or Patagonia, and are designed to bring classroom learning to a new level, says Even-Tov, who joined the Andes trek. “In class, you learn and simulate different situations,” he said. “But the outdoor experience allows you to apply ...

'We felt absolutely free. We didn't plan anything in advance.' This video displays the humbling beauty of Patagonia in a fast-paced edit. “Together” is not your typical travel film. When a crew of photographers and filmmakers departed for the famed region in South America, they had no route, no goal, ...

In order to make room for arrivals, Patagonia is having a huge sale on past-season items that you won't want to miss. Now through April 17, you can save up to 50% on outdoor gear and apparel for men, women, and kids. Patagonia is known for its well-made, eco-friendly clothes, but the company rarely ...