Finding comfort in a Ford Transit is not easy but with a few bumps and bruises and a lot of determination, Brooke Weeber created her very own “home sweet home” on wheels.
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An award winning photographer and activist, Kari Rowe intends to use her talents to highlight and create space for the under-represented populations.
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Photo by Matt Mateiescu
Since the COVID crisis began, Team Rubicon has been hard at work providing testing, medical support and food delivery to the country's most vulnerable populations.
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The only female designer on the product design team and a rugged work boot built for the toughest of job.
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If you could do anything, what would it be? For Maggie Carr and Yve Bardwell, the answer was: take people into the mountains. Find out how they turned their passions into careers and the beautiful landscape they share with others.
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Cesar “doc” Baez was a loving and devoted husband and father who made the ulimate sacrifice for the safety of others.
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A goal-driven achiever with a dream to become the first female president.
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Growing Fresh Greens at Home.
We started with a flock of sheep and an open field in Central Vermont. In 2012, the summer we bought the land that would become Good Heart Farmstead, my cousin came to visit, looked at the nine open acres and asked, “Who’s going to mow all this?”
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I don’t just work, I charge forward.
For the people who follow its path, the trade industry offers many rewards. Among them are a living wage, an honest day’s work and an opportunity to use your hands and mind to create something great. When Isis Harris entered a pre-apprenticeship program to become an electrician, she was looking for something big—a second chance in life.
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When many tradeswomen step on a jobsite, they’re outnumbered by men. Raven Connolly’s experience is unique.
“I always imagined if I was going to get into the trades I would be surrounded mostly by men, and that never bothered me,” she says. “But it’s been a very surprising and pleasant experience to be surrounded by so many other women.”
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Every great decision comes down to timing. The time was right for Emma to join the family business. She left nursing school and embarked on a 4-year non-union plumbing apprenticeship, with her dad as her mentor.
“They have night school, so I get to work a full 8-hour day beforehand. I can pay my bills and go to school and not have to worry about giving 100% to one or the other.”
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Born and raised in Montana, Jess Neeley is a second generation metalworker with a knack for turning old and forgotten things into new and beautiful masterpieces.
Her home is warm and wraps you in a blanket of pine from the wood stove. An open floor plan is illuminated by large windows, every space holding a purpose.
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Uniquely different yet connected, find out about the other Portland.
At a dinner party in 1845, an argument arose between two men, Francis Pettygrove and Asa Lovejoy. Co-founders of a new settlement on the west bank of the Oregon Country’s Willamette River known as “The Clearing,” each man wanted to name the settlement after his respective hometown. Pettygrove was from Boston, Massachusetts, and Lovejoy from Portland, Maine. They settled their disagreement with a coin toss, which Lovejoy won, and named the new town Portland, Oregon.
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In the heart of the San Juan Mountains, down lonely backroads and through rough terrain, our friends at META explore the ghost town of Anima Forks.
Deep in the heart of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, we ventured to a place where spirits hover in the ether, and the relentless passage of time becomes apparent in the death, decay and life all around us. Colorado is estimated to have had more than 1,500 ghost towns, of which only 640 currently remain.
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Tag along with Ryan Field as he puts our Arctic 600 boots to the test in Swizterland.
Full of endless valleys, bitter temperatures, icy trails and snow covered peaks, Switzerland is the perfect testing ground for our waterproof and insulated weatherized collection.
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Function meets fashion in our Danner x Cynthia Rowley collaboration.
For Fall '19, we've teamed up with the New York-based lifestyle brand, Cynthia Rowley. Cynthia Rowley is known for their signature pretty-meets-sporty apparel and belief that fashion should be an adventure.
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Meet Britt Howard, founder of Portland Garment Factory.
What defines the modern factory? Is it technology and equipment? The ability to produce a quality product with a short turnaround?
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