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Patagonia Founder Donates Company

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date October 10, 2022

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard and family have donated their entire outdoorware company, worth ~$3B, to fight climate change. Chouinard went into the sporting gear business in 1957, when he began to sell mountain climbing gear forged in his own blacksmith shop to fund his rock climbing hobby. In 1973, he and his business partner Tom […]

Tags climate change, environmentalist, patagonia, tom frost, yvon chouinard

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Patagonia Makes Call to Action for Voting Rights

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date April 30, 2021

Patagonia intends to stand for more than warm coats and good socks. In March, the state of Georgia passed a bill into law packed with measures to restrict voting access. It limits early voting for those who cannot adjust their work schedules, absentee voting for those who cannot reach a polling place, and removes nearly […]

Tags georgia, jim crow, patagonia, ryan gellert, voter suppression, voting rights

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