Your gear isn't your carbon footprint.
You've been handed a version of sustainability that makes you feel responsible for a problem you didn't create — and aren't equipped to solve. It's...
Reshaping Outdoor Culture
Land & Line examines the hidden forces shaping outdoor culture and how they affect land, wildlife, and the living systems we depend on. Listen to the latest episode of the Land & Line podcast 🎙️ hosted by Articles In Common founder Emme Hayes.
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The Outdoor Gear PFAS Crisis: When Buying New May Be Better Than Buying Secondhand
PFAS changes the math on outdoor resale. As bans take effect, this piece asks a harder question: when a secondhand shell likely contains forever ch... -
What Is Your Outdoor Gear Actually Worth?
Your Arc'teryx shell is not worth what Facebook Marketplace says it is. Here is how to find out. -
How to Buy Used Outdoor Gear (Without Getting Burned)
Premium outdoor gear is built to last decades. Here is what to actually look for when you are buying it secondhand. -
The Life of a Piece of Gear
Most premium outdoor gear is owned by one person for 3 to 5 years before it gets replaced. It was built to last 20. That gap is the whole problem. -
Your Climbing Gym Could Be a Gear Exchange. Here Is Why It Isn't.
The gear churn inside climbing gyms is constant. Almost none of it has anywhere useful to go. That is a solvable problem. -
Good to the Last Crop: How Big Ag is Draining California's Future
California's agricultural giants consume 40% of the state's water while contributing just 3% to its GDP. This investigative report reveals how comp... -
Fake Snow, Real Impact 🏂: The True Cost of Perfect Powder
That perfect powder shot for the feed? Let’s talk about what’s really behind your winter wonderland. ❄️ It takes 200,000 gallons of water to creat... -
US Beef Demands are Destroying the Amazon.
In the Amazon, extensive cattle ranching is the number one culprit of deforestation in virtually every Amazon country, and it accounts for 80% of g... -
Inaugural LA Climate Week! Intro to Ultralight Backpacking Class 🏕️
Who's excited for the first ever LA Climate Week! We're kicking things off on 9/8 with our Intro to Ultralight Backpacking Class at the Rattlesnake... -
The Launch of the Resole Project
We launched The Resole Project as part of an initiative to cultivate circularity within the sport of climbing. One of the biggest hurdles climbers ... -
Mitigating Microplastic Pollution: ELI Program Scholar Lily Poehler’s Work on The Microfiber Initiative
By Tia Trinh for The Bottom Line UCSB Executive Content Editor In 2019, UC Santa Barbara launched the Environmental Leadership Incubator (ELI) ...
