Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Patagonia's Fall 2007 environmental campaign is focused on protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On September 11, 2007, the Alaska Wilderness League's Executive Director, Cindy Shogan, and outdoor adventurer, John Waterman, came to Patagonia's headquarters and spoke to the employees about the current fight over the Arctic Refuge. After the presentation, we asked Cindy and John to summarize their presentation for this short video.

For more:
http://www.patagonia.com/arcticrefuge
http://www.alaskawild.org

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Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Arctic
• Refuge
• ANWR
• Alaska
• Coastal
• Plain
• Oil
• Drilling
• パタゴニア

[951846273]

Alternative fuels and green energies would create way more jobs, and move us towards a cool technological era...

[tiitytat]

Oil and gas create jobs, wilderness in a remote place does nothing. Funny that the next "president" (usurper) and new communist congress is in place they have still issued drilling permits even after a stop on drilling. Oh, and Hussein Obama does NOTHING to stop the oil spill. I hope you freaks realize that Obama wants to kill our natural resources with this oil spill to wreck our economy. Good job freaks, it's your fault the coasts are getting trashed.

[onlyoneak]

You said it all, your ignorant non alaskan ass is based in Washington DC! Enough said! Your kind hasn't a clue about how it is up here in Alaska! Kiss my "real Alaskan ass"! Enjoy that traffic,no wilderness,smog,etc down south! Truth hurts, don't it??????

[alaskajustin]

anyway the problem is with the poltical trash that are money hungry slugs that will rollover and play dead or shake like a dog if the oil companies will either wave a little money in their face or offer them a few thousand votes or polical shit like that. Ask Ms. Palin(alaska's governor) about settin a few rules and inforceing them on these so called untouchable oil companies.

[alaskajustin]

if you want oil companies to follow rules you just have to set them and inforce them like alaska has. the problem is with the political trash that as you would say drive hummers, (stupidest comment i hear too. hummers are nothing special, unless you are an ignorant yuppie who thinks they are some sort of high class SUV. they are reaaly just another GM truck.)

[alaskajustin]

what do you know about ANWR and the north slope that i seem to have missed while working up here following the rules that THE GREAT STATE OF ALASKA has forced BP and Conoco phillips to follow or get out.

[alaskajustin]

you are opposed to drilling so what are you in favor of? and i hate to say it but the hicks aren't to ones driven the hummers, we are just the workers that are up here supportin our family makin an honest living the safest, cleanest, and best way we can. i would look at your greeny liby political trash that are taken the funds and bribes and what not. if you want to protect the states and enviorment then enlighten me there EDUCATED ONE

[mattm1836]

The oil companies play by no rules. They don't care abou anything but profit.

[mattm1836]

I am educated on the subject, which is why I oppose drilling so a bunch of hicks can drive hummers.

[bwfreel]

I was not replying to your comment, but to the video, sounds like we agree