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Tēnā koutou – greetings and welcome to Sustainable Summits 2016! The first Sustainable Summit Conference was held in Colorado in…
Watch Kristine Route’s talk below: View Kristine’s slides below: Kristine Route: Norm Activation Theory and Human Waste Education in Recreational…
Watch Janet McKay’s talk below: Janet Mackay is the owner and managing director of TRC Tourism a consultancy firm based…
Watch Lisa Choegyal’s talk below: Lisa Choegyal has over 30 years experience in the tourism sector. Lisa is a specialist…
Hugh is an active climber and ski mountaineer. Previously he has headed the New Zealand Antarctic programme, the Department of…
Khumbu Climbing Centre: a 10-minute case study. Watch Nima Namgyal Sherpa’s presentation below: View Nima’s slides below: Dr Nima Namgyal…
Watch Robin McNeill’s talk below: Robin McNeill is a keen tramper and mountaineer and has a strong interest in management…
Watch Richard Wesley’s talk below: Richard Wesley is the current chairperson of Leave No Trace New Zealand. He has had…
Watch Harry Keys’ talk below: The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is a very popular 20 km day hike over the Tongariro…
Watch Mike Davies’ talk below: Mike Davies is the Operations Manager at Aoraki/Mount Cook District which covers Aoraki/Mount Cook National…
Watch Erik Bradshaw’s talk below: Erik Bradshaw is managing director at IBIS Technology based in Queenstown. He is a recreational…
Watch Rob Brown’s talk below: Rob Brown is a landscape photographer and writer based in Wanaka. Rob has been photographing…
Watch Dr. Jamili Nais’s talk below: Dr Jamili Nais is currently the Director/CEO of the Sabah Parks Board. Jamili has…
Panelists: Janet Mackay, Roger Robinson, Lisa Choegyal, Moderator Sam Newton Lisa Choegyal has over 30 years experience in the tourism…
Watch Dave Bamford’s talk below: Dave Bamford (conference co‐coordinator) has a life centred around mountaineering, protected areas and sustainable tourism…
Watch Peter Rupitsch’s talk below: Peter Rupitsch is the managing director of Hohe Tauern National Park, the largest National Park…
Watch Derek Chinn’s talk below: Derek Chinn is a structural engineer based in Queenstown. His special area of interest is…
Watch Karen Rollins’s talk below: Karen Rollins is an environmental scientist and architectural technologist. She became involved with BEES through…
Watch John Cocks and Tom Hopkins’ talk below: John Cocks is an environmental engineer and sustainability advocate whose lifelong passion…
Guy Cotter whole life has been spent in the mountains ‐ in New Zealand, the Himalayas and many other mountain…
Panelists: Dawa Steven Sherpa, Roger Robinson, Pascal Mao, Moderator: Stuart Gray Stuart Gray began his career in public policy, but…
Watch Roger Robinson’s talk below: Roger Robinson first climbed Denali in 1975 as part of the Denali Rehabilitation and Education…
Watch Dawa Steven Sherpa’s talk below: Dawa Steven Sherpa is a tourism entrepreneur and an environmental activist. He is an…
Panelists: Suze Kelly, Peter Rupitsch, Dawa Steven Sherpa, Robin McNeill, Erik Bradshaw, Geoff Gabites. Moderator Hugh Logan Suze Kelly is…
Watch Brian Anderson’s talk below: Brian Anderson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of…
Watch Olivier Moret and Pascal Mao’s talk below: Olivier Moret leads the Petzl Foundation which supports or initiates not-for-profit projects…
Watch Simon Cox’s talk below: Dr Simon Cox is a Principal Scientist at GNS Science in Dunedin, with professional expertise…
Watch Lou Sanson’s talk below: Lou Sanson was the Chief Executive of Antarctica New Zealand for seven years, responsible for…
Ngāi Tahu Tribal Elders and the Sacred New Zealand Mountains
(View 2016’s conference here.) The first Sustainable Summit Conference was held in Colorado in 2010 as “Exit Strategies” with a…
Watch Phil Powers’s presentation below: Phil Powers of the American Alpine Club introduces Peter Metcalf of Black Diamond Equipment