Our Work
Our work at RPL is shared. We empower runners to protect public lands, engage in climate action, and expand access to nature for all.
We’re striving towards a world in which everyone has access to healthy and runnable landscapes.
Runners are motivated to be involved in their local communities to protect cherished landscapes and expand access to nature. Together we can make on positive impact in our community by volunteering locally and supporting national outdoor recreation and environmental advocacy efforts. RPL approaches this through community service, education, and civic engagement.
As the largest outdoor recreational group in the country, 60 million strong, runners can make a difference. RPL applies its passion for human endurance, beautiful landscapes, and coming together to inspire and support runners for environmental advocacy, conservation work, and promoting environmental corporate responsibility and international cooperation.
Theory of Change
We believe runners have the power to make significant contributions to their local communities, protecting public lands and expanding access to nature for all people.
Our Work
Our Work
Our Outcomes
Our Impact
Community Events
Stewardship projects, trail cleanups, and community initiatives that build community and support local public lands.
Connected Runners
Runners are connected to each other, to the landscapes where they run, and to the issues impacting their communities.
Engaged Runners
Runners are primed to become actively engaged in public land, climate, and environmental justice issues because they depend on access to healthy urban and rural landscapes.
Education
Resources and storytelling campaigns that educate runners about the threats to and solutions needed to protect public lands.
Empowered Leaders
Races and clubs lead their communities in caring for public lands and become an influential voice in national outdoor recreation advocacy.
Significant Impact
By activating runners, RPL creates a stronger, more effective movement to protect public lands and expand access to nature, bolstering the nation’s collective outdoor advocacy efforts.
Civic Engagement
Policy agendas, place-based advocacy campaigns, and legislative work to expand access to nature and protect runnable landscapes.
Expanded Access
Urban and rural recreation spaces are maintained and have the resources needed to make nature accessible to all people.
Theory of Change
We believe runners have the power to make significant contributions to their local communities, protecting public lands and expanding access to nature for all people.
Our Base
Engaged Runners
Runners are primed to become actively engaged in public land, climate, and environmental justice issues because they depend on access to healthy urban and rural landscapes.
Our Work
Community Events
Stewardship projects, trail cleanups, and community initiatives that build community and support local public lands.
Education
Resources and storytelling campaigns that educate runners about the threats to and solutions needed to protect public lands.
Civic Engagement
Policy agendas, place-based advocacy campaigns, and legislative work to expand access to nature and protect runnable landscapes.
Our Outcomes
Community Events
Stewardship projects, trail cleanups, and community initiatives that build community and support local public lands.
Education
Resources and storytelling campaigns that educate runners about the threats to and solutions needed to protect public lands.
Civic Engagement
Policy agendas, place-based advocacy campaigns, and legislative work to expand access to nature and protect runnable landscapes.
Our Impact
Significant Impact
By activating runners, RPL creates a stronger, more effective movement to protect public lands and expand access to nature, bolstering the nation’s collective outdoor advocacy efforts.
Community Events
We host stewardship projects that activate runners to steward local landscapes and connect with community partners who are committed to protecting the places where we run.
Education
We provide educational resources and empower runners to protect public lands through free tools, storytelling, community events and awareness campaigns.
Civic Engagement
We enable runners to take action to protect public lands and expand access to nature for all through policy agendas, civic engagement campaigns, and legislative work.
Runners for Public Lands is based on the ancestral homelands of the Chumash people. We express our gratitude for their understanding and stewardship of the living lands through which we run.
– RPL Land Acknowledgement