For Teva Explorer Ron Griswell, being outside is an act of healing, resistance, self-care, and liberation. Hear why he believes creating space for joy and replenishment is essential. Words by Ron Griswell. Photos by Cliford Mervil. With all of the ups, Read More »
CEO Mel Culpepper shares how being a young Club member impacted her life and why she’s passionate about empowering the next generation. Photo of Teva x Cotopaxi by Mat Kestle. Mel Culpepper knows personally how young minds can flourish given the Read More »
Backcountry drag queen and environmental and social justice advocate-in-progress, Pattie Gonia opens up on how Mother Natch inspires her to be herself. Towering at nearly seven feet tall in high heeled boots and with a rainbow flag often billowing in Read More »
After discovering freedom to be themselves in nature, founders of Latinx Hikers started a community for multicultural Latinx hikers to meet up online and on the trail. Words and Photos by Abigail LaFleur-Shaffer. Like our ancestors roaming and learning about new Read More »
Teva contributor Ronald Griswell and founder of nonprofit HBCUs Outside shares how he became the mentor that he needed when he was younger. Words by Ronald Griswell. Photos by Cliford Mervil. Every year in middle school, I attended a summer camp Read More »
Photographer Kylie Fly and artist Mariah Reading meet at Kamilo Beach on Hawaii to raise awareness about ocean plastic pollution through creating upcycled art. Words and Photos by Kylie Fly. The ocean has always fascinated me. It is a big, scary Read More »
In honor of International Day of the Girl, meet the inspiring 16-year-old Youth Climate Strike leader, Isra Hirsi, and hear why she’s passionate about climate activism. Interview by Johnie Gall. Photos by Bethany Schrock. On September 20, 2019, thousands of students Read More »
Teva Explorer Kylie Fly met up with filmmaker and all-around mountain man Zeppelin Zeerip on the outskirts of the Grand Tetons to talk about why public lands need our help now more than ever. Words and photos by Kylie Fly. Zeppelin Read More »
New Zealand artist Nikau Hindin practices the lost Māori art of aute—making and painting cloth made from tree bark—and bringing her cultural knowledge from museums to real life. Photos and Interview by Tara Rock. For Māori artist Nikau Gabrielle Hindin, the Read More »
Words and Photos by Kate Rentz. “Living in the Southwest offers unworldly landscapes, and there are moments I feel like I’m on Mars. When I’m outside taking photos, it gives me time to myself. It’s my therapy,” says Tyana Arviso, Read More »
Teva contributor Whitney Mitchell visits New Orleans’ Barataria Preserve, occupying space that people of color navigated in history as part of the #StandWhereTheyStood initiative. Photos courtesy of Whitney Mitchell. “I didn’t grow up in National Parks,” says New York native Read More »
Words and photos by Andy Cochrane. Sterling and I come from different places. He’s a military kid from Texas and I’m a Park Service kid from Minnesota. His parents are religious and mine are academics. He started investing in stocks Read More »
