Introducing “$20 Million & Change"

Patagonia has launched a 20 million dollar fund fund to invest in environmentally responsible startups focused on clothing, food, water, energy and waste.

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard explains how the company intends to help “like-minded, responsible start-up companies bring positive benefit to the environment.”

LINK (via: The Cleanest Line)

Yvon Chouinard message to Bruce Hill

Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard couldn't attend the Native Fish Society benefit banquet + auction this year so he sent along this message of congratulations to Bruce Hill who was awarded the 2013 Native Fish Society Lifetime Achievement Award. Bruce Hill has been instrumental in some of British Columbia's biggest conservation victories including the preservation of the Kitlope's old growth forests, the removal of harmful fish farms, and most recently winning a moratorium on all gas exploration in the Sarcred Headwaters of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers. Thank you Bruce for your incredible work for wild, native fish.

From Scratch

From Scratch host Jessica Harris speaks with Yvon Chouinard, the founder of Patagonia. From Scratch reviews the entrepreneurial life with leading pioneers from the business world, the social sector, entertainment, and the arts. From Scratch personalizes the lives of entrepreneurs by providing listeners with a candid, first-hand view of the launching process.

LINK (via: NPR)

Yvon Chouinard on fishing, simplifying, and life

Yvon Chouinard talks with Spencer Beebe about tenkara fishing, simplifying, commerical fishing, and Patagonia Provisions.

The audio is pretty poor but it's still worth watching.

Patagonia's Founder Is America's Most Unlikely Business Guru

For years, Yvon Chouinard kept his eco-conscious, employee-friendly practices largely to himself. Now megacorporations like Walmart, Levi Straus and Nike are following his lead.

LINK (via:The Wall Steet Journal)

Patagonia founder on why there's no 'sustainability'

Yvon Chouinard has written a new book he hopes will be a blueprint for companies to do better... by doing good.

Kai Ryssdal interviews the man on NPR's Marketplace.