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Zoe is the fourth American woman to
earn her International Federation of
Mountain Guides Associations status,
the highest level of credential available
to professional mountain guides. When
she’s not guiding or climbing in her
backyard, Chamonix, France, Zoe’s on
international expeditions or climbing
trips throughout North America.
Although Zoe considers herself a
climbing “jack-of-all-trades,” alpine
climbing is her passion.
ONE OF OUR AMBASSADORS…
Imagine the path taken by a drop of rain
from the time it hits the ground to when it
reaches a river, ground water, or the
ocean. Any pollutant it picks up on its
journey can become part of the problem.
Clean water is under assault. The latest
EPA National Water Quality Inventory
indicates that agriculture is the leading
contributor to water quality impairments,
degrading 60 percent of impaired river
miles and half of impaired lake acreage. In
the United States alone, agricultural
pollution accounts for 60 percent of
contamination in rivers and lakes.
Patagonia’s own industry is not immune.
R i g h t a f t e r a g r i c u l t u r e , t e x t i l e
manufacturing is the next largest polluter
worldwide. “Causing no unnecessary
harm” is part of our mission statement at
Patagonia. And nowhere is that more
important than reducing our impacts on our
freshwater resources. We began working
with bluesign® technologies in 2000.
bluesign® is an independent group of
chemists, based in Switzerland, who audit
the energy, water and chemical usage of
“
system partners.” System partners are
primarily textile mills and finishers, which
pay bluesign® to help them achieve
continuous, long-term environmental
improvement and other, often cost-saving,
efficiencies.
Any fabric you see that’s bluesign®
approved is manufactured using best
practices in the efficient use of energy and
water, consumer safety, water emissions,
air emissions, and occupational health and
safety.
WE BELIEVE…In Our Common Waters
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