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if you must, buy patagonia

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Patagonia i s an enigma.       It's founder, Yvon Choinard is a legend in so many ways. Patagonia was one of the first mainstream companies to be certified Cradle-to-Cradle .  Their Ventura based manufacturing plant is legendary for its surfer and laid-back culture. How does a $1billion company act like a small company?  How does it continue to outperform its competitors?  How does it do more for the environment and real sustainability than most other $1b c ompanies?  Read this Fast Company interview with it's founder and CEO:  ' Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard talks about the sustainability myth, the problem with Amazon—and why it’s not too late to save the planet '   https://www.fastcompany.com/90411397/exclusive-patagonia-founder-yvon-chouinard-talks-about-the-sustainability-myth-the-problem-with-amazon-and-why-its-not-too-late-to-save-the-planet here's one excerpt from  Yvon Chouinard: ' Ultimately, capitalism is going t...