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58 relations: African Rainforest Conservancy, American Alpine Club, American Society of Landscape Architects, Argentina, Backpack, Camping, Chacabuco River, Chile, Cochrane, Chile, Conneaut, Ohio, Conservation (ethic), Conservation movement, Corrientes Province, Coyhaique, Deep ecology, Ecotourism, Edward Humes, Entre Ríos Province, Esprit Holdings, Fitz Roy, Floodplain, General Carrera Lake, George Soros, Grassland, Grateful Dead, Harvard University, Hypothermia, Iberá Wetlands, Indian Mountain School, International Conservation Caucus Foundation, Kayaking, Kris Tompkins, Lakeville, Connecticut, Latin Trade, Magdalena Island, Aysén Region, Melimoyu, Michelle Bachelet, Military of Chile, Millbrook, New York, Mountaineering, Organic farming, Palena Province, Patagonia, Patagonia Sin Represas, Polyculture, Pomfret School, Reñihué Fjord, Ricardo Lagos, Susie Tompkins Buell, The Guardian, ..., The North Face, The Washington Post, Tierra del Fuego, Valdivian temperate rain forest, Wilderness, Yendegaia Bay, Yvon Chouinard, 180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless. Expand index (8 more) »
African Rainforest Conservancy
The African Rainforest Conservancy (ARC), works to conserve and restore African rainforests, particularly focusing on the Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania located about southeast of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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American Alpine Club
The American Alpine Club (AAC) is a non-profit member organization whose goal is "a united community of competent climbers and healthy climbing landscapes." The Club is housed in the American Mountaineering Center (AMC) in Golden, Colorado.
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American Society of Landscape Architects
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is the national professional association representing landscape architects, with more than 15,000 members in 49 chapters, representing all 50 states, U.S. territories, and 42 countries around the world, plus 72 student chapters.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.
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Backpack
A backpack — also called bookbag, kitbag, knapsack, rucksack, rucksac, pack, sackpack or backsack — is, in its simplest form, a cloth sack carried on one's back and secured with two straps that go over the shoulders, but there can be variations to this basic design.
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Camping
Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home in a shelter, such as a tent.
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Chacabuco River
The Chacabuco River is a river of Chile located in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Cochrane, Chile
Cochrane is a Chilean town and commune in Capitán Prat Province of the Aisén Region.
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Conneaut, Ohio
Conneaut is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, along Lake Erie at the mouth of Conneaut Creek.
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Conservation (ethic)
Conservation is an ethic of resource use, allocation, and protection.
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Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.
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Corrientes Province
Corrientes (‘currents’ or ‘streams’; Taragui Tetãmini) is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region.
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Coyhaique
Coyhaique, also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile.
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Deep ecology
Deep ecology is an ecological and environmental philosophy promoting the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, plus a radical restructuring of modern human societies in accordance with such ideas.
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Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and relatively undisturbed natural areas, intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial mass tourism.
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Edward Humes
Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and non-fiction writer.
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Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos (Between Rivers) is a central province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region.
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Esprit Holdings
Esprit Holdings Limited is a publicly owned manufacturer of clothing, footwear, accessories, jewellery and housewares under the Esprit label.
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Fitz Roy
Monte Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, or simply Mount Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile.
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Floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain is an area of land adjacent to a stream or river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.
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General Carrera Lake
General Carrera Lake (Chilean side, officially renamed in 1959) or Lake Buenos Aires (Argentine side) is a lake located in Patagonia and shared by Argentina and Chile.
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George Soros
George Soros, Hon (Soros György,; born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, philanthropist, political activist and author.
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Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.
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Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Hypothermia
Hypothermia is reduced body temperature that happens when a body dissipates more heat than it absorbs.
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Iberá Wetlands
The Iberá Wetlands (Esteros del Iberá, from Guaraní ý berá: "bright water") are a mix of swamps, bogs, stagnant lakes, lagoons, natural slough and courses of water in the center and center-north of the.
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Indian Mountain School
Indian Mountain School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school for children grades pre-K through 9, located on two campuses in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States.
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International Conservation Caucus Foundation
The International Conservation Caucus Foundation (ICCF) is a non-partisan 501(c)(3) educational foundation based in Washington, D.C. ICCF's stated mission is "to advance U.S. leadership in international conservation through public and private partnerships and to develop the next generation of conservation leaders in the U.S. Congress." The ICCF works with the leadership of the bipartisan U.S. Congressional International Conservation Caucus (ICC) to educate policymakers on issues that increase the effectiveness of government support for international conservation projects.
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Kayaking
Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving across water.
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Kris Tompkins
Kristine McDivitt Tompkins (born in 1950, née Wear) is an American conservationist and former CEO of Patagonia, Inc. She is the widow of businessman and conservationist Douglas Tompkins, who died in 2015.
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Lakeville, Connecticut
Lakeville is a village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, bordering Dutchess County, New York.
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Latin Trade
Latin Trade is a monthly magazine covering global business in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Magdalena Island, Aysén Region
Magdalena Island is an island in Aysén Region of southern Chile.
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Melimoyu
Melimoyu is a stratovolcano (mapudungun meli.
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Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who was the President of Chile twice, from 2006 to 2010 and from 2014 to 2018, the first woman in her country to occupy this position.
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Military of Chile
The Armed Forces of Chile (Fuerzas Armadas de Chile) is the unified military organization comprising the Chilean Army, Air Force and Navy.
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Millbrook, New York
Millbrook is a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
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Mountaineering
Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.
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Organic farming
Organic farming is an alternative agricultural system which originated early in the 20th century in reaction to rapidly changing farming practices.
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Palena Province
Palena Province (Provincia de Palena) is the southern most administrative area in Chile's Los Lagos Region Los Lagos (X).
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Patagonia
Patagonia is a sparsely populated region located at the southern end of South America, shared by Argentina and Chile.
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Patagonia Sin Represas
The phrase Patagonia Sin Represas means “Patagonia without dams.” It's the slogan of people and groups who oppose the proposed hydroelectric dam project of HidroAysén in the Aysén Region of Chile.
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Polyculture
Polyculture is agriculture using multiple crops in the same space, providing crop diversity in imitation of the diversity of natural ecosystems, and avoiding large stands of single crops, or monoculture.
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Pomfret School
Pomfret School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States, serving 360 students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates.
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Reñihué Fjord
Reñihué Fjord is a fjord located at, The fjord is surrounded by densely forested mountains, which, in their majority, are part of Pumalín Park.
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Ricardo Lagos
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social democrat politician who served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006.
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Susie Tompkins Buell
Susie Tompkins Buell (née Russell, born 1943) is an American entrepreneur, businesswoman and a donor to progressive causes.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The North Face
The North Face, Inc. is an American outdoor product company specializing in outerwear, fleece, coats, shirts, footwear, and equipment such as backpacks, tents, and sleeping bags.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.
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Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire") is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
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Valdivian temperate rain forest
The Valdivian temperate forests (NT0404) is an ecoregion on the west coast of southern South America, in Chile and extending into Argentina.
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Wilderness
Wilderness or wildland is a natural environment on Earth that has not been significantly modified by human activity.
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Yendegaia Bay
Yendegaia Bay is a bay in the Beagle Channel, in the southern coast of the Chilean part of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
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Yvon Chouinard
Yvon Chouinard (born November 9, 1938) is an American rock climber, environmentalist, and outdoor industry billionaire businessman.
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180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless
180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless, or simply 180° South, is a 2010 documentary directed by Chris Malloy that covers the journey of Jeff Johnson as he travels from Ventura, California to Patagonia, Chile retracing the 1968 trip that Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins took in their Ford E-Series Econoline Van.
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