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POW helps passionate outdoor people protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change. We are a community of athletes, scientists, creatives, and business leaders advancing non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations.
Protect your Powder Stash
Wherever you shred, extreme weather and warming winters are shortening your season.
Save your Local Crag
Fossil fuel development on our public lands means access to your favorite crags is dwindling.
Keep your Runner’s High
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Imperfect Advocacy
Instead of chasing perfection, pursue progress. The outdoor community has the passion, the information and the resources to make a difference now.
Stephanie Howe
She might run for work and earn her turns, but Stephanie Howe still has a carbon footprint. That doesn't stop her from being a climate advocate.
Graham Zimmerman
As one of the world's most accomplished alpinists, Graham finds himself flying and driving to the remote corners of the globe. But that doesn't stop him from advocating for carbon pricing.
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2020 Annual Report
2020 was quite the year, eh? It was a bumpy road for us all, but there were also many wins worth celebrating along the way. Our CrushIt4Climate campaign with Strava drew in 434,800 people who crushed it for their outdoor playgrounds. When the pandemic locked us down, we held virtual events where high profile athletes and members of the outdoor members engaged with climate scientists and policymakers. And when the rubber met the road during the most contentious election in our lifetime, POW reached over 33 million potential voters with our civic engagement and GOTV messaging. We checked off some big goals in 2020.
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2018 ECONOMIC REPORT
The impacts of climate change are hitting the U.S. winter sports tourism industry particularly hard.
This report examines the ways in which warming winters are impacting the economic contributions of winter snowsports tourism to U.S. national and state-level economies.
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ADVOCATE MOTIVATION STUDY
In 2019, we embarked on a national consumer research project to fully understand how to increase the number and intensity of climate advocates by thoroughly understanding the motivations of outdoor enthusiasts, and how they can be convinced to do something that we now know is very hard for them to do: fully engage as advocates for policy changes that will alleviate the worst effects of climate change.
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Cost of Carbon Tool
We don’t believe that having a carbon footprint should ever preclude you from becoming a climate advocate.
Instead of chasing perfection, pursue progress by offsetting the carbon footprint of your adventures and learn the value of advocating for the outdoor places and experiences that you love.
News
“Drop” Reveals The Impacts Climate Change Is Having On The Rivers Of The American West
Twenty years ago, professional fly fishing guide and POW Alliance Member Hilary Hutcheson was told that her whole world was about to change, thanks to a rapidly warming climate. Over two decades on the rivers in...
The POW Dispatch: Our take on climate news, April 9, 2021
WORDS: DONNY O'NEILL | HEADER IMAGE: ADAM CLARK Welcome to The Dispatch, Protect Our Winters' weekly wrap-up of climate news, complete with our take on each topic and how that impacts our ongoing efforts to reduce the...
Let's get this bread. 🥖 #buildbackbetter
📸 #1: @jessejhoffman
The CEO of a brewery and a Pro Skier walk into a bar ... to talk climate action. 🍻
"We need immediate and systemic change in how we power every aspect of our lives if we are going to have a chance at protecting our beloved outdoors. Individual actions, such as choosing sustainable products and voting for climate leaders, are critical... However, only ambitious federal legislation will move the needle far and fast enough to escape the worst of the climate catastrophe."
Head to the link in our bio to read Steve Fechheimer and @sacredstoke 's whole op-ed in @thecoloradosun !
As the sun begins setting on fire season…
“This job has shown me beyond what I thought was possible. The beauty in the mountains and the people. The power of nature. The satisfaction of succeeding against impossible odds.”
Thank you Wildland Firefighters, for extending your season. We wish you a speedy season's end and a well-deserved rest. 💙
Inspirational words, images, and videos by @_mattlancaster , Helitack Captain for @tetonhelitack , who just returned home from a summer on the front lines in California.
*Correction from earlier post on slide 4*
We all live in a watershed. Our lives are sustained by them, yet their health is shaped by us. This critical synergy demands collective and individual commitment to protect them.❄️ 🌊
In his new film, POW athlete and former Navy SEAL @joshjespersen floats (and skis!) the remote Animas River in search of water samples, inspiration, and adventure.
Swipe 👉🏼 for a preview of "The Animas Expedition" and head to the link in our bio to see the whole film!
This crew rolls deep. ❄️
It’s fair to say our Leadership Summit was a roaring success - filled with learning, laughing, and adventure.
📸@eliza_earle
“Climate change impacts me in a multitude ways as a Tlingit skier and Arctic climate scientist. I grew up near the Salish Sea and have observed terrifying changes throughout my life.
As a Research Assistant at the Woodwell Climate Research Center, my work has brought me to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta with some of the worlds top arctic climate scientists. This exposed me first hand to changes in climate.
To ignore that the root of environmental degradation is settler colonialism and white supremacy only allows us to address the symptoms of climate change and not it’s causes and roots. Environmental justice is systemically connected to racial justice. We must Indigenize our societal perspective on the human relationship to the more-than-human world. In order to do that, the climate movement must look for leadership in Indigenous peoples who have led these movements since 1492.”
@ellengbradley, reporting live from POW Leadership Summit in Buena Vista, Colorado.
📸#1 @max.lowe
📸#2 @katgrahammm
As we wave goodbye to summer, we want to THANK YOU!
Thank you for your stoke.
Thank you for the generosity.
Thank you for your kindness and determination in the face of this epic challenge.
We couldn't do it without each one of you.
We are grateful beyond words.
☀️❄️🌎
Photo: @scottmarkewitz
When it comes to fully sending, Buzz and Woody are truly going the extra mile. 🌲⛰️🔥
These two are crushing the Calendar Year Triple Crown, (hiking the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail, and Pacific Crest Trail in 2021!!!!) while raising money for POW.
"2020 was a blur of disappointments and quiet desperation. Turning to the wilderness and attempting this seemingly impossible task felt like the best way to challenge ourselves...
Before we came out here, climate change felt like an abstraction, but this year changed all that. After breathing wildfire smoke in California, struggling through a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest, and searching for glaciers that no longer exist in Glacier National Park, the climate crisis no longer feels distant...
If we want to continue to enjoy outdoor recreation, we have to protect our outdoor spaces. If a fraction of all outdoor enthusiasts engage in climate activism, we can shift the tide on this climate debate."
These two are finishing up their epic hike soon 🙌🏼 Show them your support by following @cytriplecrown and head to the link in our bio to help them protect the outdoor spaces we love!
📸 @chrismshane captures the team mid adventure.
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