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All-Paca Fleece Hoodie Wins Backpacker Magazine Editors' Choice Award!
We have big news to share! Appalachian Gear Company is thrilled to bring home one of the industry’s most prestigious ...
Use Your Outside Voice
On September 21, 20 million volunteers in 175 countries put on a pandemic display of solidarity as they picked up the...
Meet the Team: John
John started his career with a Fortune 500 textile manufacturing company, developing and producing fabrics for severa...
Meet the Team: Cole
V.P. of eCommerce & Technology
Here on the App Gear Co team, we practice what we preach: our employees love to...
The Plague of Microplastics
Why do we treat the environment differently than the human body? When it comes to our own bodies, we innately underst...
IN THE NEWS: Single Clothes Wash May release 700,000 Microplastic Fibers
We’ve all seen the images of plastic bags, bottles, packaging and other large plastic items floating in our oceans. B...
Nylon and Acrylic Microfibers from Clothing are Polluting Our Oceans
Recent studies are showing that microplastics from discarded clothing are polluting the oceans and shorelines, and be...
Turn your eyes toward the ground for nature’s bounty
Springtime is closing in…..slowly for some regions and rapidly for others.
IN THE NEWS: Studies Show That Synthetic Fibers Create Microplastics Pollution
New studies show that alarming numbers of tiny fibers from synthetic fabrics are making their way from your washing m...
