Everest Textile Eco-Industrial Park Conservation Alliance member and textile manufacturer, Everest Textile Co., LTD, have devoted themselves to “Co-creating Triple-Bottom-Line.” They believe that caring about and helping others; and protecting our wild places is good for business. Everest is a global innovation-sustainability solution provider of textiles to the outdoor industry and they take the responsibility…
Photo: Brian Huntington The British Columbia government has confirmed a ban on oil and gas development in the Sacred Headwaters region of northwestern B.C; a huge success for Conservation Alliance grantee Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition. "There are no words to even describe how we're feeling about this right now," Shannon McPhail, the executive director of…
At CLIF Bar, a spirit of adventure and love for the outdoors inspires a commitment to Protect the Places We Play; climate change is the biggest threat to these places. CLIF Bar challenges themselves, their partners and their consumers to be a part of the efforts needed to restore our planet for future…
Photo: Ben Knight On October 26, 2011, at 12pm in the afternoon, the Condit Dam came down. The White Salmon River, in Washington State, was free to flow for the first time in 100 years. On November 11, 2012, just over one year later, the first organized float down the White Salmon River took place….
In just over two generations, 280 of the 300 miles of southern California's once unspoiled coastline have been lost to development, FOREVER. Only 20 miles of coastline remain undeveloped and unprotected — for every generation that follows us. Twenty men, for twenty years, for twenty miles… This is the story of the…
A note from John Sterling, Executive Director. Photo: William Thompson At a meeting earlier this year, The Conservation Alliance board and staff learned from a pollster that roughly 75 percent of voters in the Intermountain West support stronger protections for public lands and open space. In the wake of the 2012 elections, it is tempting…
Wild Olympics for Our Future from Wild Olympics on Vimeo. The Conservation Alliance has twice funded American Whitewater’s Wild Olympics Campaign, to designate two dozen Wild and Scenic rivers representing more than 450 river miles, new wilderness areas that protect key watersheds, and additions to Olympic National Park that enhance watershed protection. The Wild Olympics…
Sacred Headwaters from Paul Colangelo on Vimeo. The Conservation Alliance has funded the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition's Sacred Headwaters Campaign to secure permanent protection for one million acres of the Sacred Headwaters, a pristine wilderness area surrounding BC's Skeena, Nass, and Stikine Rivers. Located in remote northern British Columbia, the Sacred Headwaters is the shared birthplace of…
"The environment is where we live, where we work, and where we play," said Dana Alston, a pioneer in the environmental movement. It is also any place you love. We need to elect leaders committed to the places we live, work, and play – and the places we love. Make your voice heard, VOTE!
During the month of November, Marmot is partnering with the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance to raising funds for The Conservation Alliance. Here's the deal: Purchase $99 or more of Marmot merchandise from a participating Grassroots Outdoor Alliance member during November and Marmot will donate $10 directly to The Conservation Alliance. It's that simple. Re-up your…
