Patagonia’s Black Friday Campaigns To Take Action
As Black Friday looms and all the panic buying kicks into gear, Patagonia are taking a different approach to the whole weekend by encouraging and informing customers about important and urgent local environmental campaigns they can support and to Take Action Today. Read on to find out about their European events.
Press Release: Take Action Today.
As the global Black Friday shopping frenzy fires up, we here at Patagonia Europe have been working on alternative, more positive experiences for our customer communities to engage with.
In the run-up to Black Friday and throughout the weekend, our retail stores will be asking their local communities to TAKE ACTION TODAY.
In collaboration with local NGO partners, our stores will be encouraging people to come into store to find out about important and URGENT local environmental campaigns they can support and to TAKE ACTION.
Our retail stores will each work with a specific NGO campaign. There will be store window takeovers, instore events, and supporting social media and emails.
DUBLIN
Group/Issue: Friends of the Irish Environment / Climate Case Ireland
Event: Main event 20th November with Marjan of Urgenda
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
MANCHESTER
Group/Issue: Friends of the Earth UK / Fracking
Event: Friday 6pm lead campaigner from Frends of the Earth UK will give a talk on fracking
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
CHAMONIX
Group/Issue: ADDEAR de Haute-Savoie / support local organic farming
Event: Friday 23rd November – “une ferme pour tous” – tabling instore + talk about the association and live music from Quentin Giroud
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
PRAGUE
Group/Issue: Limity jsme My / Expansion of the coal mine Bílina
Event: Limity jsme will be instore asking customers to sign a letter or sign on the platform
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
CORTINA
Grouo/Issue: Free Rivers Coalition / Small hydropower plants
Event:
Friday 23rd – Come instore for a coffee and cookies or glass of prosecco and snacks and find out how you can support the team from Freerivers Italia in their fight against the exploitation of our last free rivers!
Saturday 24th – Saturday afternoon we’ll host the activists from Freerivers Italia
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
MONTEBELLUNA
Group/Issue: Free Rivers Coalition / Small hydropower plants
Event: Join us for a tabling with Acqua Bene Comunte (an NGO part of Free the Rivers) from 2:3ppm to 7:30pm along with complimentary food, beer and prosecco!
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
MILANO
Group/Issue: Free Rivers Coalition / Small hydropower plants
Event: Join us for live music, beers and apertivo from 4pm – 9pm. for a Free the Rivers tabling, then pop back in Sunday night to purchase a Mountain of Storms cup where proceeds go to Free the Rivers
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
MUNICH
Group/Issue: Ende Gelände / Coal Exit
Event: Come to the Patagonia store in Munich this weekend to learn and get involved in all things to do with environmental protection. Environmental groups will be there to introduce themselves and tell you how you can actively engage today!
Sign up to the Facebook Event
HERE
