Watch Doug Whittaker’s talk at the 2014 Sustainable Summits Conference below: How Many Is Too Many? Setting Capacities And Allocating…
Watch Michael Loso’s presentation below: Each year, over 1,000 climbers attempt to climb Mt. McKinley via the West Buttress, located…
Watch Garry Porter’s presentation on the Everest Biogas Project below: Garry Porter- A Waste Solution for Everest: The Biogas Project…
View the Everest Knot panel discussion below: Panel: Conrad Anker, Melissa Arnott, Dr. Markus Hallgren, John Harlin, Dawa Steven Sherpa,…
Dawa Steven Sherpa chairs the Nepal Mountaineering Association’s Environment Protection Committee. Dawa Steven is currently a board member of the…
Watch Ken Karstens’s presentation below: Ken Karstens presented on the early history of Denali climbing. View Ken’s slides below: Ken…
Watch Roger Robinson’s presentation below: Roger Robinson Denali National Park’s Clean Climb Program. An historical review of mountaineering education, climber…
Watch Erik Murdock and Ty Tyler’s presentation below: Erik Murdock PhD and Ty Tyler Climbing Management Plans: Concepts and Case…
Watch the Denali National Park video below: Denali National Park cinesampler aerial video of the Alaska Range.
Watch Phunuru Sherpa and Conrad Anker’s presentation below: Phunuru Sherpa and Conrad Anker The Khumbu Climbing School: A Model for…
Watch Hanno Doenz’s presentation below: Hanno Doenz Environmental Practices of the International Federation of Mountain Guides. The foundation, history, and…
Watch Zara Sanchez’s presentation below: Zara Sanchez Environmental Practices in Peru’s Protected Natural Areas. Protected Natural Areas (ANP) are fundamental…
Watch Scott Massey’s presentation below: The American Mountain Guides Association’s push to set the highest standards in our mountain areas.…
Watch Ruben Massarelli’s presentation below: Ruben Massarelli The Challenge of Managing Human Waste in High Altitude: a Case Study of…
Watch Stephan Taranto’s presentation below: Stephan Taranto Addressing Waste Management Barriers and Opportunities through Building Sustainable Partnerships with Community-Based Tourism…
Watch Geoff Hill’s presentation below: Dr. Geoff Hill How Remote Toilets Work (or Fail to Work) and What They Should…
Watch Conrad Anker’s presentation below: Conrad Anker – Climbing in the Alaska Range Sustainable Summits Conference 2014
Watch Markus Hallgren’s talk below: Markus Hallgren Extreme Environments – Everyday Decision-making. Markus Hällgren is a professor in business administration…
Watch Erastus Lufungulo’s presentation below: Erastus Lufungulo Trash In – Trash Out: Waste Removal on Mount Kilimanjaro. The summit and…
Watch Alex Von Steen’s presentation below: Alex Van Steen Carstenz Pyramid—a “Seven Summits” peak—Presents Challenges And Opportunities For Partnerships In…
Watch Karen Rollins’s presentation below: Karen Rollins Best Environmental Practices for Managing Energy, Water, and Wastewater at Off Grid Mountain…
Watch Tetsuya Hanamura’s presentation below: Tetsuya Hanamura Environmental Management on Mt. Fuji and Mountains in Japan. Declared a World Cultural…
Aukje van Gerven Envirotrek: Having Fun With Sustainable Mountain Tourism. One hundred million tourists visit the European Alps every year,…
Watch part 1 of the panel discussion below (start at 0:27): Watch part 2 of the panel discussion below: Panel:…
Watch Nick Lewis’s presentation below: Nick Lewis Garbage In, Garbage Out: Managing Environmental Impacts on Antarctica’s Highest Mountains. Nick heads…
Watch Paul Anderson’s presentation below: Paul Anderson Denali’s Backcountry Management Plan: Lessons Learned From The Challenges, Successes And Failures In…
Watch Manzoor Hussain’s presentation below: Lt. Col. Manzoor Hussain User Impacts in Pakistan’s Mountains. Lt. Col. Manzoor Hussain is president…
Watch Isabelle Czekajewski’s presentation below: Isabelle Czekajewski Sanisphere’s Dry Toilets Developed for Mountain Areas. Managing human waste in mountain areas…
Watch Mehdi Mehrnoush’s presentation below: Mehdi Mehrnoush A Brief Look At User Impacts in the Popular Mountains of Iran. Sustainable…
Watch Ben Lawhon and Peter Whittaker’s presentation below: Ben Lawhon and Peter Whittaker The New Leave No Trace Mountaineering Curriculum:…
Watch Peter Metcalf’s presentation below: Peter Metcalf From Fringe to Mainstream: Mountaineering’s transformation in North America. The founding CEO/President of…
Watch Matthew Klick’s presention below: Matthew Klick Sustainable Mountain Development from a Human Population Perspective. View Matthew’s slides below: Matthew…
Watch Traute Parrie’s presentation below: Watch Ellen Lapham’s introduction of Traute Parrie below: Traute Parrie Sustainable Leadership Traute describes some…
Watch John Leffel’s presentation below: Capt. John Leffel: Effectively Managing Health and Safety: The Latest on Human Waste, Ecoli and…
Groundwater and soil pollution with nitrate nitrogen by land disposal of wastewater, and a trial measure against the issues. These issues…
The Snowbird Hut Toilet Project in Alaska: a volunteer—led experiment in solar/wind drying tests new concepts in an alpine environment. Download…
Watch Joe Arnold’s talk below: The solar dehydrating toilets on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park have been in…
Watch Blaise Agresti’s talk about Mont Blanc below: Can the hazards of stone fall encountered on the popular route on…