Advocacy
Greener Shade of USA Built
Keith Erps | April 15, 2021
Learn how our USA built camping gear is made in market to ensure quality and a greener, more environmentally friendly product.
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Learn how our USA built camping gear is made in market to ensure quality and a greener, more environmentally friendly product.
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I’m forever grateful to my father for introducing me to the outdoors at a young age. The vast wild spaces of the west coast comprised our backyard and we camped and explored it with reckless abandon. Still, upon growing into…
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This is quick overview of 5 organizations who are pursuing equitable outdoor access. Their work is what Making Camp for Everyone is all about. We hope they inspire you to add your voice and actions to making the outdoor community—and…
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With two-thirds of the world’s population living in urban settings, it is critically important that people find ways to get outdoors. Especially young people. Why? The WHO links urban living to diminished health outcomes, and calls on governments to deliver…
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An Interview with Megan Aranow, Director of Strategic Partnerships at BCM
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Every June 1st, we celebrate National Trails Day. It’s a time to appreciate the paths that bring us to the camps, rivers, crags and scenic overlooks we love. Instead of heading out for a hike, Andrea Hassler challenges everyone to spend some time caring for and stewarding our trails with volunteer and donation opportunities.
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Therm-a-Rest unveils their sustainability report to show how we are working to reduce our footprint while helping the environment and our community.
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There are few better sights than a wooded trailhead, the first tracks on a ski run, or the summit of a long climb. If you are reading our blog, there is a pretty good chance that you love these pursuits…
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Push your limits. Go big. These overused catchphrases are applied to every corner of outdoor pursuits. We are out there to pull back the curtain and see what we are made of. To see how far we can go. To…
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One additional piece of gear, the eleventh essential, goes beyond this personal realm and into the collective for the greater good of all people and places.
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“Leave it better than you found it” is more than a catchy slogan. Use your adventures to help steward the places we love.
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2017 might have been the year of the outdoor woman, but 2018 is the year of the outdoorswoman of tomorrow, the year where those of us who were empowered in 2017 wake up to our full potential.
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