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One runner’s attempt to link his hometown skyline becomes something much greater.
How Tommy Caldwell is reshaping his love for rock climbing by building relationships with Indigenous stewards of Bears Ears.
For routes like Crown Royale, a lot of what goes into putting them up is falling down.
After the biggest year of his climbing career, Aidan Roberts reflects on a shifting focus from solitary performance to shared passion—and how, in reality, our best days contain both.
Inside the efforts to protect Chile’s Cochamó Valley from developers and overtourism.
Emilie Björkman on the rise and decline of wild Baltic salmon in Sweden’s remote northern rivers.
In Trump’s second term, environmental lawyers are getting more strategic—and assertive.
Big-wave icon Greg Long, a past Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational winner, passes the baton to the next generation during 2024’s incredible event.
A 14-hour shift aboard a Mallorcan fishing boat exposes the harsh truths and hidden costs of bottom trawling through a photographer’s lens.
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.
As temperatures rise in the Southwest, mountain bikers in Phoenix, Arizona, are going nocturnal to escape the heat.
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.
Wild trout populations in Southwest Montana have collapsed. Save Wild Trout says enough is enough.
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.
The first-place essay from a youth writing competition we hosted with the nonprofit Write the World.
In northern Chile, a desert is being scourged by the textile industry. But a resilient community is transforming a reality of waste into opportunity.
After years of trying to fit in with Western trail culture, one runner realizes that what she’s been missing lies in the Colombian mountains of her youth.
Introducing Home Planet Fund, an independent nonprofit that supports local and Indigenous communities who work in concert with nature to stop climate breakdown.
All photos by Ken Etzel If you get your nose close enough, ponderosa pine bark smells like vanilla. Or butterscotch, depending on the tree. Washington is famous for its pine trees. It’s portrayed as a land of constant water and ever-present green, which, in mountain biking terms, translates to a land of perfect trails and…
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.
