FIELD STUDIES COLLECTIVE
EST 2022
About
Us
our community
Breaking Down Barriers
Field Studies Collective is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making outdoor education accessible, inclusive, and environmentally responsible. We believe every student deserves access to the outdoors and the community it builds. Field Studies Collective works to break down barriers to entry to shared wilderness adventure to create equitable and affordable access for students.
our community
Breaking Down Barriers
Field Studies Collective is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making outdoor education accessible, inclusive, and environmentally responsible. We believe every student deserves access to the outdoors and the community it builds. Field Studies Collective works to break down barriers to entry to shared wilderness adventure to create equitable and affordable access for students.
our community
Breaking Down Barriers
Field Studies Collective is a nonprofit organization dedicated to making outdoor education accessible, inclusive, and environmentally responsible. We believe every student deserves access to the outdoors and the community it builds. Field Studies Collective works to break down barriers to entry to shared wilderness adventure to create equitable and affordable access for students.
Financial Barriers
Financial Barriers
The Gear Shed
The Gear Shed
Every Field Studies Collective chapter runs a gear shed, a shared library of outdoor equipment that members borrow for free. Each shed is stocked through donations and discounts from brands that support our work.
Donated gear doesn't sit on a shelf. A single tent or backpack goes out trip after trip, giving dozens of students their first real experience with a new activity.
Partners are recognized across our chapters, events, and channels, reaching over 800 students at the start of their outdoor lives. Donating to a gear shed puts your equipment directly into the hands of the people who will carry the outdoors forward.
education
learning together
Learning doesn't stop at the Trailhead
At Field Studies Collective we live and share our mission with a simple objective: create opportunities for students to adventure and learn outside together with minimal friction. We’re committed to helping one and all, regardless of experience or financial feasibility, outside together.
education
learning together
Learning doesn't stop at the Trailhead
At Field Studies Collective we live and share our mission with a simple objective: create opportunities for students to adventure and learn outside together with minimal friction. We’re committed to helping one and all, regardless of experience or financial feasibility, outside together.
est 2022
How it Started
Born out of a desire to share the outdoors with more people and build a community of beginners and expert outdoorspeople, the Field Studies Club was initially founded at California Polytechnic University – San Luis Obispo. The first trip was led in the Los Padres National Forest in September of 2022. Ever since that first trip the community hasn’t stopped growing.
est 2022
How it Started
Born out of a desire to share the outdoors with more people and build a community of beginners and expert outdoorspeople, the Field Studies Club was initially founded at California Polytechnic University – San Luis Obispo. The first trip was led in the Los Padres National Forest in September of 2022. Ever since that first trip the community hasn’t stopped growing.
est 2022
How it Started
Born out of a desire to share the outdoors with more people and build a community of beginners and expert outdoorspeople, the Field Studies Club was initially founded at California Polytechnic University – San Luis Obispo. The first trip was led in the Los Padres National Forest in September of 2022. Ever since that first trip the community hasn’t stopped growing.
today
How it's Going
Today, Field Studies is a 501(c)3 non-profit with two communities on the West Coast, over a 1,000+ active members, and trips that span from local day excursions to multi-week international adventures. Our communities work with the 501(c)3 Collective and in collaboration with each other to serve as many students as possible. Passionate Crews at both schools continue to volunteer their time to lead trips, execute unique experiential events, such as block printing or yoga, and create educational opportunities and content for members.
today
How it's Going
Today, Field Studies is a 501(c)3 non-profit with two communities on the West Coast, over a 1,000+ active members, and trips that span from local day excursions to multi-week international adventures. Our communities work with the 501(c)3 Collective and in collaboration with each other to serve as many students as possible. Passionate Crews at both schools continue to volunteer their time to lead trips, execute unique experiential events, such as block printing or yoga, and create educational opportunities and content for members.
today
How it's Going
Today, Field Studies is a 501(c)3 non-profit with two communities on the West Coast, over a 1,000+ active members, and trips that span from local day excursions to multi-week international adventures. Our communities work with the 501(c)3 Collective and in collaboration with each other to serve as many students as possible. Passionate Crews at both schools continue to volunteer their time to lead trips, execute unique experiential events, such as block printing or yoga, and create educational opportunities and content for members.
The future
Where it's Going
Field Studies Collective continues to help students start their own outdoor communities on campus. Our Gear Shed initiative currently stocks each community with enough essential gear to outfit up to 30 students every weekend, so no student ever has to buy their own to join in. And as our established communities grow, so does our ability to launch new ones; every community we build makes the next one easier to reach. It all serves a single goal: getting more students outside safely, from first-timers to seasoned experts, alongside certified leaders and without financial barriers. We're only getting started, and we can't wait to bring more campuses and more students outdoors with us.
The future
Where it's Going
Field Studies Collective continues to help students start their own outdoor communities on campus. Our Gear Shed initiative currently stocks each community with enough essential gear to outfit up to 30 students every weekend, so no student ever has to buy their own to join in. And as our established communities grow, so does our ability to launch new ones; every community we build makes the next one easier to reach. It all serves a single goal: getting more students outside safely, from first-timers to seasoned experts, alongside certified leaders and without financial barriers. We're only getting started, and we can't wait to bring more campuses and more students outdoors with us.
The future
Where it's Going
Field Studies Collective continues to help students start their own outdoor communities on campus. Our Gear Shed initiative currently stocks each community with enough essential gear to outfit up to 30 students every weekend, so no student ever has to buy their own to join in. And as our established communities grow, so does our ability to launch new ones; every community we build makes the next one easier to reach. It all serves a single goal: getting more students outside safely, from first-timers to seasoned experts, alongside certified leaders and without financial barriers. We're only getting started, and we can't wait to bring more campuses and more students outdoors with us.
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2026
Field Studies Collective
Copyright Field Studies Collective
2026