
Activism Stories

Albania’s untamed Vjosa River introduces a new model for global water conservation.

Climate and sustainability journalist Yessenia Funes writes to her future child—the one she hopes to have and has been afraid of bringing into our world.

After centuries of destruction, nature needs to come first

How marine food production and thriving blue ecosystems go hand in hand.

A surfer’s relationship with our fragile, changing marine environment.

A powerful solution to climate change lies just beneath the surface.

To fight the bottom trawlers destroying his beloved Mediterranean Sea, an Italian fisherman realizes art can be the most powerful form of protest.

When the fish stop flourishing, a few local Scots take matters into their own hands, one seagrass bed at a time.

Ramón Navarro joins the Kawésqar community on a journey to protect their ancestral waters in Chilean Patagonia.

Trying to address the climate crisis without the ocean will not work.

An excerpt from Steven Hawley’s book about dirty dams—and their methane problem.

Even when the demands of a protest are not met, it can have lasting, immeasurable consequences.

An excerpt from Patagonia’s republished version of A Forest Journey, about what the loss of trees has meant for past life on our planet.

Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.

Italian fisherman Paolo Fanciulli had tried everything to stop illegal deep-sea trawlers from harming his beloved Mediterranean ecosystem, but nothing worked. That’s when he hatched the plan to place 10-ton marble sculptures on the ocean floor.

Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.

In Southeast Alaska, tribal leaders and local entrepreneurs are helping shape a kelp industry that prioritizes Indigenous values, regenerative practices and a commitment to Alaska Native shareholders.

Molly Kawahata on climate, climbing and the fight for systemic change.

Patagonia and Pop-Up Magazine Productions present a series about knowledge.

Francisco “Pacho” Gangotena and his wife opted to challenge the way farming was done in their region and are instead going back to the roots of ancient agriculture.

This morning’s least-bad, bad ruling on climate, and some options President Biden still has.

Reforesting in the heart of Europe.

A former city kid finds answers and empowerment in nature.

The South Pacific has a plastic problem. He had a truck.

As we make a transition to renewable sources of energy, let’s not renew the same old mistakes.