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    EcoWatch Gratitude Photo Contest

    EcoWatch Gratitude Photo Contest

    Update: The window for photo submissions has ended. The winner will be announced this Wednesday, November 21. EcoWatch is pleased to announce its first photo contest! Show us what in nature you are most thankful for this Thanksgiving. Whether you have a love for oceans, animals, or parks, we want to see your best photos […]

    Satellite Reveals Troubling Retreat of Patagonian Glaciers

    Satellite Reveals Troubling Retreat of Patagonian Glaciers

    Researchers with the European Space Agency (ESA) have mapped in stunning detail the extensive retreat of South America’s Patagonian ice fields, where some glaciers are melting at the highest rates on Earth and contribute to global sea level rise. In a report this week, ESA revealed that between the years 2011 and 2017, Patagonia’s ice […]

    A Wilderness Like No Other: Chile’s New Patagonia National Park

    A Wilderness Like No Other: Chile’s New Patagonia National Park

    By Robin Walter After fording a rib-deep and bone-cracking cold river whose current could have easily swept away a person much bigger than I am, I took stock of my surroundings. My companions and I were sodden and soggy, huddled against slanting hail on the banks of the Jeinimeni River in Patagonia. Miserable? You bet. […]

    10 Million Acres of New National Parks Created in Chile

    10 Million Acres of New National Parks Created in Chile

    Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a decree Monday to create five new national parks and expand three others, following a pledge made last year with Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, the president and CEO of Tompkins Conservation, to dramatically expand national parkland in the South American country. More than 10 million acres of new national parklands will […]

    Patagonia’s Puelo and Cuervo Rivers Win Crucial Protections in Supreme Court of Chile

    Patagonia’s Puelo and Cuervo Rivers Win Crucial Protections in Supreme Court of Chile

    By James Blair Local residents and environmentalists in Chile are enjoying a prolonged New Year’s celebration, thanks to two major legal decisions that will protect the country’s free-flowing rivers. Chile’s justice system put a final stop to two controversial large hydroelectric dam developments in Chilean Patagonia: 1) Mediterráneo S.A.’s run-of-the-river project proposed on tributaries of […]

    10 Fashion Brands That Will Keep You and Planet Earth Looking Good

    10 Fashion Brands That Will Keep You and Planet Earth Looking Good

    By Mary Mazzoni In 2013, shoppers were reacquainted with the tragic story of their clothing when a massive factory collapse claimed the lives of more than 1,100 Bangladeshi garment workers. The nonprofit Fashion Revolution, formed in response to that disaster, continues to track the apparel industry’s progress on environmental stewardship and human rights. But four […]