When Patagonia announced that it would dedicate all profits to environmental charities, it generated a lot of “This changes everything!” rhetoric. But can one company really change everything? What did Patagonia actually change? On the surface, this seems like exactly the sort of investment in the Earth that EarthDay.org calls for. Has Patagonia really found the path to a sustainable […]
The stereotype that environmentalists are all white and wealthy, and its corollary that “Black people don’t do nature,” are both clearly false. The racist history of the environmental movement does continue to make many people of color, particularly African Americans, feel unwelcome in mainstream environmental organizations. But people of all races care about the environment. In fact, a recent survey […]