For generations, “the outdoors” conjured images of a backcountry playground for rugged, predominantly masculine adventure, meant for able-bodied cowboys and mou...
Since 1970, some form of LGBTQ+ Pride has been celebrated in June to commemorate the 1969 Stonewall uprising, a rebellion against state-sanctioned discriminatio...
Whether it's a childhood camping trip, learning rock climbing as an adult or finally planning that intimidating multiday backpacking trip that's been on the buc...
In this latest selection of books, David Henkes, the REI Co-op buyer for books, was particularly excited to talk about children’s books. "I've made it a point t...
In 2015, REI Co-op closed its stores on Black Friday for the first time, giving its employees the day off to #OptOutside and encouraging others around the count...
As a certified forest therapy guide who helps people experience how healing immersion in nature can be, I often invite my forest bathing participants to share a...
A deceptively wise young man in Wayfarer shades once reminded us how quickly life goes. “If you don't stop and look around once in a while,” Ferris Bueller says...
I had my first panic attack the morning I dropped my 10-month-old son off at day care for the first time. I wasn’t worried about him starting school; in fact, I...
Imagine yourself in a park on a sunny afternoon, surrounded by a swirl of laughter, birdsong, maybe a breeze blowing through the leaves. Or on the beach some su...
You probably know Amy Tan from her novels The Joy Luck Club and The Bonesetter’s Daughter or from her memoir, story collections and children’s books. But the Na...
Award-winning nonprofit Ghetto Film School (GFS) and REI Co-op Studios created the “Inside/Outside” mentorship and incubator program to help three filmmakers as...
This story was originally published on September 27, 2023 and was updated on May 22, 2025.
Biking roughly 3,000 miles from the northern tip of Maine to the s...
