Meet the MULES

We Support Public Lands
If our 50+ year support of public lands has taught us anything, the most prominent lesson is that we directly benefit from the stewardship choices of previous generations. We see...
NCYCC Constructs Another Successful Summer
by John Millsaps Life skills, environmental stewardhip, leadership, community service, and personal responsibility. Rather than posting up on the couch or by the pool for the summer, the crews of...
Leave No Trace 2.0
Get in. Get out. Leave behind nothing but…nothing. That’s the philosophy behind LNT—Leave No Trace—backcountry travel. No one wants to bust their chops to get to the back of beyond...
Shoppers Vote to Save North Carolina’s Wild Places
Customers of Great Outdoor Provision Co. got more than a great deal on outdoor gear this month – they helped select the winner of the 2010 Vote for Land conservation...
SNEWS and Backpacker name Great Outdoor Provision Co. as 2010 RETAILER OF THE YEAR WINNER for CONSERVATION
Raleigh, NC, January 28, 2010 – SNEWS and Backpacker honored Great Outdoor Provision Co. as the recipient of the 2010 Retailer of the Year Award for Conservation, a recognition given...
Senai Global: On a mission for clean water
Upon first meeting Drew Harding I knew this mountain of a man’s heart was proportionate to his size. Growing up in a rural village of Ethiopia, Drew was raised with...
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida...
Oyster Shell Recycling: 2025
So you've just finished a delicious meal of oysters and are wondering where to dump the rapidly growing pile of shells that you've amassed. But if you're going to just...
A Hog Farmer Walks Into a Bar....
You just never know who’s going to walk into Great Outdoor Provision Co. on Land Trust Day. This year, a customer lingered at the Coastal Land Trust’s exhibit and casually...
Masonboro Island Wins Vote for Land 2009
At Great Outdoor Provision Co. we celebrate the protection of the lands, waters and wildlife of North Carolina. “Vote For Land” gave you the opportunity to join us in these...
Neuse River Spring Cleanup a Success
A note from Jackie @ Neuse RIVERKEEPER® Foundation "I want to thank you all for helping make the 7th annual Neuse River Spring Clean-up another successful event. We had a record number...
Jon Bowermaster
The right place at the right time. Not exactly what the 91passengers of the M/S Explorer thought on Thanksgiving 2007 as an iceberg sank their ship into the frigid waters...
GREENmule - Electric Motorcyle
This all started about three months ago when I was trying two find a way to ride my bike to work in order to save myself some gas money and...
SmartCommute Challenge a Great Success
The 2008 Challenge was a great success with 12,210 participants. We saved 1.9 MILLION miles! That’s 270 trips to China! 86,485 GALLONS of gas — 13.3 tanker trucks full —...

Customers Vote to Save North Carolina’s Natural Places
RALEIGH, NC – Customers of Great Outdoor Provision Co. got more than a great deal on outdoor gear this month – they helped preserve open space within North Carolina. Customers...
And the winner is...
Congratulations to Piedmont Regional Greenway, Winner of our 2008 “Vote for Land” sponsored by Patagonia and Great Outdoor Provision Co. When the “polls” closed at 12 noon June 6th,...
GREENmule: Why PVC Free?
PVC or Polyvinyl Chloride is a thermoplastic polymer that is second only to Polyethylene in terms of industrial and commercial use. While PVC has some good industrial applications (for example,...