Thoughts about our mountains while sitting on a bristlecone high in the Colorado Rockies.
Thoughts about our mountains while sitting on a bristlecone high in the Colorado Rockies.
bristlecone, International Mountain Day, Thursday Thought
Read MoreLike so many of us, the mountains have been - and remain - a place of deep inspiration and profound power to me. I see mountains, mountain peoples and cultures, and mountain environments as realms of great strength, enduring culture, and global significance. Our mountains are home to 15% of the global population, and 50% […]
International Mountain Day, Mountain Partnership, mountains, MountainsMatter
Read MoreFriday, December 11, 2020, is International Mountain Day. Join me and other UN Mountain Partnership Ambassadors and members in celebrating mountains!
International Mountain Day, Mountain Partnership, mountains, MountainsMatter
Read MoreIn Mountains of the Mind, Robert Macfarlane writes: “Ultimately and most importantly, mountains quicken our sense of wonder. The true blessing of mountains is not that they provide a challenge or a contest, something to be overcome and dominated (although this is how many people have approached them). It is that they offer something gentler […]
International Mountain Day, MountainsMatter, united nations
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