Wildlife in the City – An Interview with Jeff Young

Kathleen Murphy interviews Wildlife Photographer Jeff Young about his focus on capturing wildlife in cities, discovering the Great Horned Owl in Golden Gate Park, and the importance of citizen science.
Fibershed & Kámen Road

The Fibershed project by definition is a community network of farmers, ranchers, designers, sewers, weavers, knitters, felters, spinners, mill owners and natural dyers living and working within nineteen counties in the North and Central regions of California.
Sunset Magazine Camps with Obi Kaufmann + Coyote Thunder Field Bag

I’m very excited to share this article in Sunset Magazine by Thomas J. Story (@sunsetphoto) and Clark Miller (@clarkwilliammiller), retelling their local camping trip to Mount Diablo State Park with Kámen Road’s collaborative partner and award-winning author Obi Kaufmann.
Meet Deja Baker – IT professional and speaker at ChiWiTCon™

Meet Deja Baker. She has our leather briefcase bag that she uses for work as an automation and support engineer and her weekend travels. We asked Deja to share more about her current profession and her future plans in IT.
Earth Day Heroes Today and Every Day

On Earth Day, we often celebrate nature and remember to protect that personal connection between nature and ourselves and where we live. Today, I want to recognize the work of Naturalist Ashley Grenier and thank her for sharing more about how she brings nature into the lives of children including her own.
Haircuts with Heart – Meet Rebecca Beardsley, Founder & Professional Stylist

I started out in non-profit, working for 15 years as a grant writer in education, the environment, job training, and the arts. As a business owner, I still have a pull to support amazing community programs. Today, I am excited to introduce you to Rebecca Beardsley, the founder of Haircuts with Heart, who saw the homeless crisis in the San Francisco Bay Area and gave what she could – a free haircut to people living on the streets and in homeless shelters.
Meet Christina Campagnoli – Chief Operating Officer of Leatherworks by Arturo

I want to introduce you to the co-owner of the production company that made the Coyote Thunder Field Bag. I am grateful to Christina for sharing more about the manufacturing process that she leads for brands that make in the United States.
Kámen Road x Coyote Thunder

With the new release of the Coyote Thunder Field Bag, Kámen Road achieved a major goal by completing our first artist collaboration with author Obi Kaufmann, who is also known by his online presence Coyote Thunder. Obi Kaufmann’s award winning California Field Atlas (Heyday Books, 2017) takes readers through a new envisioning of the golden state’s natural world through hundred of exquisitely rendered maps, essays and wildlife paintings. In this interview, Kámen Road not only asks Obi about the lifestyle that informed the bag, but also the creative life that produced his bestselling book.
“Pack Your Bags Something Small”

Read about what we love about packing small and thinking about our bag as a portable home when we travel.