Entries filed under 'conservation'

Announcement: REI Grants $3.9 Million to Nonprofit Partners Nationwide

Piles of trash on the river banks. A fallen tree blocking your path. Thankfully hundreds of nonprofit partners nationwide are devoted to ensuring these eyesores don’t hamper your next outdoor adventure. ...

Posted by Bethany H on September 20, 2012 8:30 AM & Tagged conservation, grants, stewardship and volunteer | permalink | Comments



Earth Day: What Are You Doing to Be Greener?

Today is Earth Day, a good time to reflect on what actions we’ll take this year to tread a little more lightly on our planet. A few simple goals that I have for this year include: • Increase my number of commutes by bicycle or vanpool • Volunteer 2-3 times for local service projects • Grow a bigger vegetable garden What’s on your eco to-do list for this year? For a rough gauge of how you’re currently doing by Mother Nature, try the Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator. Warning: The results ...

Posted by Steve T on April 22, 2011 1:53 PM & Tagged Earth Day, Green, conservation, stewardship and volunteer | permalink | Comments



Documentary on John Muir Debuts on Monday

Appointment television for the outdoor-minded: On Monday (April 18) PBS airs John Muir in the New World, a 90-minute documentary on the life of the Scottish-born naturalist whose eloquence has framed the foundation of wilderness preservation efforts in America for more than a century. The documentary, part of the PBS American Masters series, is scheduled to debut at 9pm (ET) Monday. Intertwined with commentary from numerous interviewees, dramatizations show Muir at different stages of his ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on April 14, 2011 1:28 PM & Tagged Hiking, John Muir, conservation and naturalist | permalink | Comments



Community Partner Spotlight: How to Make Friends with the Mississippi River

Stewardship is a big part of our purpose at REI. To a great extent, we exist as a co-op to help people get outdoors and to help people take care of the outdoors for everyone to enjoy.  My role at REI is to work with our many nonprofit partner organizations who share our commitment and lead the way in mobilizing communities to get outside and get their hands dirty. These partner organizations work with REI stores all over the country. Our store teams are able to help out by publicizing events, ...

Posted by PeteJS on June 30, 2010 6:46 PM & Tagged community partner, community service, conservation, environment, minnesota, mississippi river, paddling, stewardship and volunteer | permalink | Comments



Sally Jewell Speaks on Both Coasts on Behalf of the Outdoors

REI’s President and CEO Sally Jewell began this week by participating in Fortune’s Brainstorm GREEN, where she discussed how much can be achieved when companies collaborate and work together on sustainability. Held in Southern California, the conference speakers included executives from Ford Motor Co., WalMart, Google, Dell, Starbucks and many other organizations. She also led a morning hike with conference participants. Sally ended her busy week by speaking today at the White House’s ...

Posted by Bethany H on April 16, 2010 8:27 PM & Tagged America's Great Outdoors Conference, Bill Cronon, Bill Richardson, Ernesto Pepito, Fortune, Gary Myers, Ken Salazar, Outdoors, Sally Jewell, White House and conservation | permalink | Comments