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The Independent Climate 100 List 2024 for Climate Week NYC
2 months ago

The Independent Climate 100 List 2024 for Climate Week NYC

The Independent  

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Our inaugural list is published to coincide with Climate Week NYC – one of the climate world’s biggest events – where The Independent will also be holding its own inaugural Climate 100 event. “There is no viable solution to the climate crisis without forest and land management …

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If you want to journey into the Deep West, you’ll need a guide like Wanda Coleman
1 year, 8 months ago

If you want to journey into the Deep West, you’ll need a guide like Wanda Coleman

LA Times  

Artists George Evans and Cauleen Smith. Smith says reading Wanda Coleman’s poems is “like being led by the hand through the streets of Los Angeles.” Coleman, who died in 2013, was one of Evans’ sisters. “The way in which I wanted to work with Wanda Coleman’s work was through music, because so many of her poems are songs,” says Smith. …

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Patagonia’s philanthropy won’t fix – and might hurt – the planet
2 years, 3 months ago

Patagonia’s philanthropy won’t fix – and might hurt – the planet

Al Jazeera  

Giving back is fine. In September, Patagonia’s billionaire founder Yvon Chouinard grabbed headlines after announcing that he was giving away his company to a trust that will use its profits to combat climate change. However, Microsoft – where the Gates made their money – has, alongside Apple, Google and Amazon, been accused of using gold in its products mined illegally …

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Will Patagonia founder’s plan to give away brand to fight climate crisis be enough?
2 years, 3 months ago

Will Patagonia founder’s plan to give away brand to fight climate crisis be enough?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We are going to give away the maximum amount of money to people who are actively working on saving …

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Patagonia owner Yvon Chouinard gives company away to save planet
2 years, 4 months ago

Patagonia owner Yvon Chouinard gives company away to save planet

Al Jazeera  

Billionaire founder of outdoor apparel brand transfers all the company’s stock to a non-profit dedicated to fighting climate crisis. The billionaire founder of outdoor apparel brand Patagonia, known for supporting environmental causes, says he is giving away the company to a trust that will use its profit to fight the climate crisis. “I started as a craftsman, making climbing gear …

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Patagonia founder gives away the $3bn company to environmental causes: ‘Earth is now our only shareholder’
2 years, 4 months ago

Patagonia founder gives away the $3bn company to environmental causes: ‘Earth is now our only shareholder’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Instead of extracting value from nature and transforming it into wealth for investors,” Mr Chouinard wrote in a public …

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Patagonia made him a billionaire. Now he’s giving it away to save the climate
2 years, 4 months ago

Patagonia made him a billionaire. Now he’s giving it away to save the climate

LA Times  

Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of outdoor clothing company Patagonia Inc., and his family transferred their voting stock to the newly established Patagonia Purpose Trust. It’s a sentiment he’s expressed time and time again, telling the Los Angeles Times in 1994: “I can sit down one on one with the president of any company, any time, anywhere, and convince them …

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