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Patagonia’s founders help fight climate change.
Yvon Chouinard, creator of the famous outdoor retailer, announced he and his family have given Patagonia.
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Patagonia Founder Gives Company
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In a statement published on the company’s website, Chouinard revealed Patagonia had given to non-profit organizations and specifically developed trusts to help fight climate change.
The clothing company is worth about three billion dollars.
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A piece titled, “Earth is our only shareholder” states, “If we have any hope for a thriving planet – let alone a business – it will take all of us doing what we can with the resources we have. This is what can we do it.”
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He goes into the history behind the creation of Patagonia, which never started as a business idea.
“I never wanted to be a businessman. I started as a craftsman, making climbing gear for my friends and myself, then got into clothing,” his statement reads. “As we begin to witness the extent of global warming and ecological destruction, and our own contribution to it, Patagonia is committed to using our company to change the way business is done.”
Chouinard says they create their own selection.
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“Instead of ‘being public,’ you can say we are ‘on purpose.’ Instead of extracting value from nature and turning it into wealth for investors, we will use the wealth that Patagonia creates to protect the source of all wealth,” he continued. “100% of the company’s voting shares transfer to the Patagonia Purpose Trust, created to protect the company’s value; and 100% of the non-voting shares were given to the Holdfast Collective, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting the environmental crisis and defending nature. Funding will come from Patagonia: Every year, the money we make after reinvesting in the business will be distributed as dividends to help fight the crisis.”
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He concluded, “Earth’s resources are infinite, and we have clearly exceeded their limits. But it is also resilient. We can save our planet if we commit to it.”
In recent months, celebrities have been called out for their excessive use of private jets and CO2 emissions.
The whole private jet conversation started after Kylie Jenner uploaded a photo of her and Travis Scott standing in front of their private jet.
She captioned the photo, “You wanna take me or you?”
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Kylie’s private jet takes off from Camarillo, CA. to Van Nuys, CA. Driving from Camarillo to Van Nuys is about a 45 minute drive depending on traffic. Flying the route personally takes just 17 minutes.
The cosmetics mogul lives in Hidden Hills, CA. which is located 25.6 miles from Camarillo, CA. and a 29-minute drive depending on traffic.
Now here’s the kicker… Van Nuys, where Kylie flies to, is 25.6 miles from Hidden Hills and a 29 minute drive.
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Kylie Jenner’s Jet Takes Off from Camarillo, California, USA. Go to Van Nuys, California, US (VNY, Van Nuys Airport) arrive in ~3m. pic.twitter.com/Jo0ZAfaJ69
— Celebrity Jets (@CelebJets) July 13, 2022
So, Kylie drove out of her way to fly 17 minutes to Camarillo, CA.
According to a marketing agency called “Yard,” celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather and Blake Shelton’s private jet travel have polluted the air with tons of CO2 this year alone.
Unfortunately, Taylor Swift is the celebrity who does it the most.
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Taylor Swift Tops List of Biggest Contributors of Pollution
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The Yard’s website states, “We wanted to find out which celebrities have logged the most carbon emissions from private jet travel since the start of 2022. We examined over 1,500 flights to find out, here’s what we found.”
They scraped data from “Celebrity Jets” to measure the “top celebrity offenders.”
Swift is among the top with 170 private flights since January. The days averaged out to about 16 days.
Its flights released 8,293.54 metric tons in the past seven months.
Taylor’s team hit back at the shocking claim.
In a statement to Buzzfeed news, a Taylor spokesperson stated, “Taylor’s jets are regularly loaned to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to him is clearly incorrect.
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