Protect Our Winters | Why You Should Care About the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—And What You Can Do to Help Protect It

Emergency gathering of the Gwichʼin People - September 2025. Photos by Brennan Lagassee to align with Blog Interview with Megan Michelson

By: Megan Michelson POW Creative Alliance member Brennan Lagasse recently returned from an emergency gathering with the Gwichʼin Nation—here’s what he learned.   In early September, POW Creative Alliance member Brennan Lagasse was invited to join an emergency gathering of the Gwichʼin people, to be held in Vashrąįį Kʼǫǫ, also known as Arctic Village, Alaska.… Continue reading Protect Our Winters | Why You Should Care About the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—And What You Can Do to Help Protect It

IMAGO 2025

In late August, after a wonderful Informed Experiences trip to Vashraii K’oo and the Arctic Refuge, I was honored to be invited back to IMAGO for the third time. If this is the first time you’re hearing about IMAGO check out the link above, the work of SILA, and then watch this: IMAGO represents a… Continue reading IMAGO 2025

Informed Experiences in Ecuador | A Direct Line to Support the Community of Siekoya Remolino

Bartolo teaching our group about the many gifts of the forest/July, 2025

After several years of visioning, zoom calls and logistics, Informed Experiences(IE) finally made it to Ecuador! With curriculum designed for four unique experiences across the country, this summer we were able to recon two of the four spending time in both the Galapagos and the Amazon.   Our partners on the ground are what make… Continue reading Informed Experiences in Ecuador | A Direct Line to Support the Community of Siekoya Remolino

Lessons from Alaska’s Arctic Refuge with Brennan Lagasse | Mountain Gazette & Informed Experiences 501c3

I had a great conversation with Hannah over at Mountain Gazette about my article in issue 201. The article centers on the work of my nonprofit, Informed Experiences(IE), working alongside longtime partners in Arctic Alaska. Enjoy! And learn more about IE here and please reach out if you have interest in joining a trip, supporting… Continue reading Lessons from Alaska’s Arctic Refuge with Brennan Lagasse | Mountain Gazette & Informed Experiences 501c3

Celebrate the New Year with Patagonia Cardiff & the Sunshine Daydream Launch Party

Have you heard the good news? That’s right…in some GOOD news for people and the planet, the federally mandated lease sale for the Arctic Refuge flopped! Zero bids offered!! It’s important to celebrate every win and this is a BIG ONE!!   A great way to celebrate, if you can make it, is in Cardiff… Continue reading Celebrate the New Year with Patagonia Cardiff & the Sunshine Daydream Launch Party

Mountain Gazette #201| The Spot

A special piece for Mountain Gazette #201 that I wrote supported by photos from Ming Poon. This story focussed on our summer 2023 trip, an adventure that was several years in the making. You can subscribe to Mountain Gazette and even order issue #201 individually by going here. From Outdoor Sportswire: Readers of the print… Continue reading Mountain Gazette #201| The Spot

THE SACRED PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS | BACKCOUNTRY MAGAZINE

With the threat of drilling on the jagged horizon of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a skier and conservationist looks to the local Indigenous community for answers. Words and photos by Brennan Lagasse   This article was originally published in The Backwoods Issue | No. 156. To read more, pick up a copy, or subscribe to see… Continue reading THE SACRED PLACE WHERE LIFE BEGINS | BACKCOUNTRY MAGAZINE

INVITATION TO THE ARCTIC: BRENNAN LAGASSE’S JOURNEY TO SAFEGAURD THE ARCTIC REFUGE’S HERITAGE AND FUTURE| PROTECT OUR WINTERS

Our 2023 Arctic Refuge experience with current students, alumni, Ming, myself, and Robert.

  For POW Creative Alliance member Brennan Lagasse, protecting the Arctic is about more than just safeguarding the landscape from fossil fuel development and drilling. It’s about preserving the culture and way of life of its human inhabitants. Lagasse is a sustainability professor at UNR at Lake Tahoe (formerly Sierra Nevada College), a writer and… Continue reading INVITATION TO THE ARCTIC: BRENNAN LAGASSE’S JOURNEY TO SAFEGAURD THE ARCTIC REFUGE’S HERITAGE AND FUTURE| PROTECT OUR WINTERS