In a move that sets a new precedent for corporate leadership in the age of climate change, billionaire founder of sportswear brand Patagonia Yvon Chouinard has announced that he is giving away his entire company to fight the climate crisis and safeguard nature. “Earth is now our only shareholder,” a message from Chouinard on the […]
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 […]
Outdoor brand Patagonia is endorsing candidates for the first time in its history in an effort to protect the country’s at-risk public lands and waters. The civic-minded retailer is backing two Democrats in two crucial Senate races: the re-election of Sen. Jon Tester of Montana; and Rep. Jacky Rosen, who is trying to unseat Republican […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
President Donald Trump will visit Utah today to announce dramatic cuts to two national monuments in the state. Trump is expected to speak at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City at 12:30 p.m. According to reports, he will announce the gutting of the 1.3 million acre Bears Ears National Monument by 85 percent […]
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 […]
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