Comments on: Patagonia: Caring for our Earth is Good for Business

By: Responsible Fashion & the US Economy: Nau’s Scape Jacket and Down Vest. | elephant journal

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:53:44 +0000

[...] garb, but from the sound of things (confirmed by elephantjournal.com recent reviews of Golite and Patagonia), we’ve long been surpassed in skill and technology by foreign factories. As a consumer, I [...]

By: Is Good Design Inherently Eco-Responsible? Puma makes the greenest shoe box in the world. | elephant journal

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:13:17 +0000

[...] course, Yvon Chouinard over at Patagonia didn’t need a fancy video and designer to come up with an eve…. It’s called a rubber band, and it actually increased [...]

By: Becky Striepe

Becky Striepe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:22:15 +0000

That donation situation for worn out clothing warms my heart! It's exactly the sort of thing I pictured when I was reading Cradle to Cradle, and I got a little choked up seeing that a company is actually doing something like this!!

Also: nice music choices!

By: Is Lululemon a yoga Sell-out? | elephant journal

Is Lululemon a yoga Sell-out? | elephant journal — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:55:32 +0000

[...] to prAna, Patagonia, if you wanna see bigger companies connecting with (and supporting) their own demographic out of [...]

By: Patagonia’s Organic Cotton Negril Trench Coat: Something Hot for Cool Spring Days | elephant journal

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:24:11 +0000

[...] went into producing this coat was well spent, especially since its planetary impact was softened by Patagonia’s high eco [...]

By: Yvon Chouinard: “No one ever Dreams of someday becoming a Businessman when they Grow Up.” | elephant journal

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:42:08 +0000

[...] of Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard is a Reluctant Businessman—and therefore a hero to those few “mindful [...]

By: American Apparel now has 10,000 employees, only three of whom have sued founder Dov Charney. | elephant journal

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:13:32 +0000

[...] been among the pioneers, or at least second wave, of fashion co’s going green (Patagonia was the first wave). And finally, Dov’s always been open about his sexual appetites. Wide open. No shady [...]

By: elephant journal: daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life.

Thu, 22 May 2008 16:51:34 +0000

[...] example of a clothing company that has successfully combined doing good with doing well. In this video of the store’s Grand Opening in Boulder, Waylon chats up Patagonia’s ambassadors, climbing [...]

By: Waylon Lewis

Waylon Lewis — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:42:38 +0000

Check out the Tom Brokaw interview–good stuff: http://youtube.com/results?search_query=yvon+chouinard&search_sort=video_view_count