Activism Stories
Albania’s untamed Vjosa River introduces a new model for global water conservation.
We spoke with fired public lands employees before they were reinstated. Here are their stories.
Stories from the people whose lives have been shaped by the Vjosa river.
How Tommy Caldwell is reshaping his love for rock climbing by building relationships with Indigenous stewards of Bears Ears.
Protest works. That’s why it’s under attack.
In Trump’s second term, environmental lawyers are getting more strategic—and assertive.
Taking responsibility for our supply chain impact means working with our partners, the wider industry, governments and NGOs to address root causes. Here’s how we are working to support the people who make our products.
England’s largest lake is facing an ecological disaster. Through community action, local people are striving to stop the pollution before it’s too late.
Finding the line between safety and adventure is often a delicate question while making first ascents in Slovenian mountains.
I’ve been angry at politicians for as long as I’ve been an activist. Here’s why I still vote.
Will you vote for climate action this November or wait until your own life is at risk?
A year after the worst wildfire in recent history razed the historic town of Lāhainā, the community of West Maui continues to recover and rebuild.
Louisiana community organizer Roishetta Ozane on her fight to stop the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth and how mutual aid can play a part.
A friendship built between waves becomes a powerful alliance for the protection of surf breaks.
Our next fight against Big Oil is for basic human rights.
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.
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.
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.
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.