https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog daily 0.75 2022-09-20 https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/anand-varma monthly 0.5 2022-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/e0165a22-1dcf-4c2e-8852-5d21633b7d05/MM8350_161118_32311.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out Biologist and photographer Anand Varma captured a hummingbird drawing nectar from a specially-crafted glass dish in a lab at UC Riverside. His uniquely creative visual studies of diminutive creatures quickly captured the interest of National Geographic magazine, where he continued to publish stories—including coverage of hummingbird locomotion, honey bee behavior, parasites that control insects, and large carnivorous bats that dwell in Mayan temples in Mexico. 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Photo: Rebecca Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/78546f73-6c22-4a66-8503-40007ad9f902/IMG_2212.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out Anand’s friend, marine biologist Dr. Clare Fieseler, views his video of the alien-like jellyfish growth and regeneration at his Franklin Institute exhibit last year. Photo: Rebecca Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/7814c324-35ad-4eca-8bdc-fa7ba818ceb3/MM8497_151122_02290.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out Varma faced some new challenges documenting the carnivorous false vampire bat in Yucatan, Mexico. These mammals of the order Chiroptera, have a 4-foot wingspan, and live amidst Mayan temples where this individual heads out on its nocturnal hunt. Varma would suffer from huge, infected blisters from rigging cameras to document the bats unknowingly in Poisonwood, or “Chechem” trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/ebcab3a3-c07c-4a9b-84ab-3645cd697510/MM8241_150327_16809-bee+selfie.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out Anand Varma using high-speed camera equipment and visual effects to film honey bees at UC Davis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/536f2807-4f27-45da-919f-eae57097b5d9/MM8241_141104_16713_crop.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out A young honey bee emerging from its hive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/f748b98b-d112-40b0-8856-d6aa92fa3c80/IMG_2208.jpg Blog - ANAND VARMA AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MINUSCULE - Make it stand out Anand Varma explains the science of jellyfish growth and regeneration to young visitors at the opening of his gallery exhibit, “Jellyfish Revealed,” at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Photo: Rebecca Martin https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/gleb-tsipursky monthly 0.5 2022-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/e2ce60ba-caaf-49de-958e-817c0b3fd023/Gleb+headshot+DAE+cropped+%281%29.jpg Blog - GLEB TSIPURSKY: MASTER OF RISK MANAGEMENT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/97dcdc00-66c4-4523-8df0-e67f1f115696/Screen+Shot+2022-05-22+at+2.08.34+PM.png Blog - GLEB TSIPURSKY: MASTER OF RISK MANAGEMENT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/07278a11-00ef-4b12-b08e-25b5efe344b6/Book+signing+-+1.jpg Blog - GLEB TSIPURSKY: MASTER OF RISK MANAGEMENT - Make it stand out Best-selling author and disaster avoidance expert Gleb Tsipurksy signs one of his many books that delve into disaster avoidance, managing remote and hybrid teams, and his thought leadership on fighting fake news and post-truth politics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/069343af-d4b1-4c27-9ed9-8b96985c700f/Screen+Shot+2022-09-14+at+9.42.35+AM.jpg Blog - GLEB TSIPURSKY: MASTER OF RISK MANAGEMENT - Make it stand out Tsipurksy’s recent book, Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams, is a concise guide to managing a hybrid workforce, as well as fully remote teams of employees. https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/tierney-thys-guardian-of-the-ocean monthly 0.5 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1628525550186-520YXBOJ8N0KXCKCK5DQ/_DSC0047+%282%29.jpg Blog - TIERNEY THYS: GUARDIAN OF THE OCEAN - Make it stand out Dr. Tierney Thys takes a close look at an ocean sunfish in the waters off San Diego, California, a focal point of her longterm research as a marine biologist. More recently, she has studied the effects of nature deprivation on the incarcerated, as well as delving into a new global project spotlighting natural fibers that don’t unleash harmful micro-plastics into the ocean. Photo: Mike Johnson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1628701152617-F9870HQBZJYLLWCOR759/Screen+Shot+2021-08-10+at+11.21.54+AM.png Blog - TIERNEY THYS: GUARDIAN OF THE OCEAN - Make it stand out Thys inside the Aquarius Reefbase U/Q (underwater) habitat off Key Largo, Florida in 2016. Photo: James Fourqurean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1628604287287-53LIEWM49I5VKTLTH3BQ/YoungT2.001.jpeg Blog - TIERNEY THYS: GUARDIAN OF THE OCEAN - Make it stand out Donning her first wetsuit—constructed and hand-glued by her parents—Thys developed her passion for the ocean early in life along the northern California coast. Photo: Tierney Thys Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1628604924516-XKHGGFORGQ13IPBTVPTO/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - TIERNEY THYS: GUARDIAN OF THE OCEAN - Make it stand out Sharing her findings on the effects of nature deprivation on the brain of the incarcerated—research Tierney Thys did in partnership with botanist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni—at a TED All-Stars talk in 2017. Photo: TED Creative Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1628605959576-A013HTQUCOHF8QCNUERC/image.jpeg Blog - TIERNEY THYS: GUARDIAN OF THE OCEAN - Make it stand out Thys presenting at TEDLive on Broadway. While a marine biologist by training, Tierney Thys has also conducted research on the importance of nature in human health and—most recently—on how we can produce textiles that better protect the health of our oceans and the planet. Photo: Ryan Lash/TED https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/hilaree-nelson-breakthroughs monthly 0.5 2022-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1624320469887-UPWOWP5GI8OJFN9NHL0E/%40nickkalisz_NIC4424.jpeg Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Recently named Captain of The North Face athlete team, Hilaree Nelson is a ski mountaineer who counts several groundbreaking ski descents of 8000-meter peaks among her impressive range of achievements. Photo: Nick Kalisz/The North Face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1625409460665-LLXYE1E3XZ0UE8L5BJTN/Screen+Shot+2021-07-04+at+10.09.22+AM.png Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Nelson scales the sheer, vertical “no fall zone” of Papsura, also known as “The Peak of Evil”—a daunting 21,000-foot mountain in the Indian Himalaya. Nelson noted the dense fog posed serious challenges in determining whether she was moving up ice or snow on the vertigo-inducing terrain. Her teammate and life partner, Jim Morrison, works his way up the vertical slope in the background. Photo: Chris Figenshau/The North Face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1624648732088-69QETKH1AQ2C97DFG4WS/IMG_4588.jpeg Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Nelson on her successful 2017 ski descent of 21,252-foot Himalayan peak, Papsura in northern India. Photo: Chris Figenshau/The North Face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1624320257419-DH7OT2J7FMZ853S7VL06/IMG_1923.jpg Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Nelson takes a few minutes away from serving as Guest Director of the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival in May 2021. Photo: Rebecca Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1625495323817-NEAF7D4TKBU7FMQ9FSA6/Screen+Shot+2021-07-04+at+10.08.43+AM.png Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Contemplating their Papsura climb and ski descent from the team’s basecamp in May 2017, Nelson’s second attempt to summit and ski this rarely-climbed peak was ultimately successful. Photo: Jim Morrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1625409304140-A1DGIQ1OGRLZAWC44NO7/Screen+Shot+2021-07-04+at+10.10.01+AM.png Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Hilaree Nelson, with her sons, Quinn (left) and Graydon, prepares to climb the via ferrata along the canyon walls that rise above their historic hometown of Telluride, Colorado. Photo: Jim Morrison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1624648545358-ZLVI2A19C6RYCIM1TWFJ/Z7T_0110.jpeg Blog - HILAREE NELSON: ON BREAKTHROUGHS, LEADERSHIP, INFLUENCERS AND FAMILY 1972 - 2022 - Make it stand out Photo: The North Face https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/eduardo-garcia-culinary-curiosity-and-a-life-outside monthly 0.5 2022-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1621548140712-Y0UBS40ZF5QETWQMQWLU/Screen+Shot+2021-05-20+at+6.00.10+PM.png Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out Chef Eduardo Garcia, who forages and cooks off the land where he and his wife live in southern Montana, celebrates the day’s work over a meal of elk tenderloin with sautéed kale and polenta, topped with a redolent nettle chimichurri sauce. Garcia, who was deeply influenced by flavors of his father’s homeland, develops and sells Mexican-inspired spices and sauces through his company, Montana Mex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1621548956985-ZLDR4Z6YUVZAAS60BEGT/Screen+Shot+2021-05-20+at+5.59.33+PM.png Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out At home in his kitchen in Gallatin Gateway, Montana, Chef Eduardo prepares a meal with fresh ingredients he and Becca Skinner largely foraged from their garden or close to home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1623799257143-BZD2TS9SY7968ZGYWRCV/Screen+Shot+2021-06-15+at+2.58.35+PM.png Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out Early evening sun illuminates the permaculture garden that surrounds Chef Garcia’s home in Montana, providing fresh ingredients for six months of the year. A variety of fruits and vegetables are also canned, dehydrated or frozen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1621549404465-XYXWZTSK1PHTN9EUP8Z3/Eduardo+Garcia+2_DSC9236.jpg Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out Eduardo Garcia amidst his permaculture food forest in Gallatin Gateway, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1621550111870-JDVJWAD9JK4HTQFSMIZJ/Screen+Shot+2021-05-20+at+6.00.44+PM.png Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out Grilling salmon on a cedar plank in the back country of Montana: Outdoor cooking is a key element of Eduardo’s culinary approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1623459590837-X5KG9PQ2J3MTTMTWQKC0/IMG_2085.jpg Blog - CHEF EDUARDO GARCIA: A BLEND OF CULINARY CURIOSITY, FORAGING, AND NOSTALGIA - Make it stand out Garden to table is one of the core elements of Eduardo Garcia’s culinary philosophy. Here, his wife—photographer Becca Skinner—gathers the day’s harvest from their abundant garden. Photo: Eduardo Garcia https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/prasenjeet-yadav-stories-of-the-wild-from-a-jungle-book-childhood monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603056573506-AYO31JGWVE1HGJJNO3YD/TigerPYDSC_7627-2.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Tigers tussle for their territory in the forest of Ranthambore Reserve in Rajesthan, India. Yadav witnessed the entire dispute, lasting several hours. Eventually, one of the big cats would slink away in defeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603059405083-RVQLXIUZ67FQYX21K63B/Farm.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Tigers paid frequent visits to Yadav’s parent’s farm where he grew up. Located in central India, roughly 50 kilometers (32 miles) from Nagpur City, he enjoyed a childhood immersed in nature. Yadav would go on to study tiger ecology in graduate school, before pursuing a career in nature photography, and has had several close encounters with the highly endangered species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603055578086-PZCG0ARCR4AANTHTI1MJ/Image-Ian+Lockwood-2.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Yadav at work documenting endemic species in the mountain valleys of the Western Ghats, India. If you would like to book Prasenjeet for your event or conference, contact us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603054177456-ZR8WX87NM27BMMN4WH6W/726.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD A Great Hornbill brings fruit to a female’s nest in the Western Ghats mountains of India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603055483367-CV4CSTM9AO2P8NS9IWZ4/YadavDSC_1968.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Yadav documented freshwater river systems in the valleys of India’s Western Ghats mountains. Infested with leeches, venomous snakes, and constant rains, these landscapes presented him with a host of challenges. If you would like to book Prasenjeet for your event or conference, contact us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603056012939-H4KX2OT3LIZ9XEOOJHHQ/775.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD A Golden-backed frog prepares to spring into a pool of water in the Western Ghats of India. Originally found in Sri Lanka, this species was later discovered across the Western Ghats, as well as other areas of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603060059924-UM1BFUEUW8X7X4UZ4AR3/GreenMeteorite_PrasenjeetYadav.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD While in the Western Ghats of India to document the region's unique SkyIslands, Yadav captured this image of a green meteor above an ocean of lights from Mettupalayam, a small city in southern India. The green hue is a result of oxygen heating up around the meteor, combined with the mix of minerals ignited as the rock enters Earth's atmosphere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603055181111-JFF30FRTDECT116QFXHK/_DSC8244.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD This image of a female Snow Leopard and her two cubs was captured by a camera trap set up by Yadav in 2018 in the higher climbs of the Himalaya in the state of Himachal Pradesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603056245677-O8GAHF3C5D2FZTZXF3S8/DSC_4955.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Yadav followed and photographed this snow leopard in Himachal Pradesh for several days—only yards away. He would find the old male's remains the following year, after it fell off a cliff while in pursuit of prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603068610186-FT7Q3TOAZSOTQ7YNAN9H/Latralis.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Rhacophorus lateralis, a tree frog found only in two small valleys of the Western Ghats—in Kerala and Karnataka—at an elevation of 800 - 1200 meters (2600 - 3,900 feet). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603060714429-LXTDR5VMWW1Z3U1B3VLY/DSC_7004+copy.jpg Blog - PRASENJEET YADAV: STORIES FROM A LIFE IN THE WILD Yadav documented the living tree bridges of the northeastern state Meghalaya, India—structures hand-woven from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. This image of a unique two-tiered bridge was featured in his article on the National Public Radio website. Lasting a hundred years or more, the bridges provide local peoples safe passage during monsoon season when rivers swell. https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/james-balog-the-artist-as-environmental-visionary monthly 0.5 2021-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1630779008523-BQ5DOZOSVJ0U2KTK08XD/field_jbhothands_p447_fr.jpg Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY - Make it stand out James Balog takes pause from scorching flames and thick smoke, as he documents firefighters during California’s devastating Soberanes fire in California in 2016. Balog photographed this event as a facet of his recent feature documentary, The Human Element, which follows his visual journey through some of the most pressing environmental issues faced in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602357126552-IZX5SSUJX2BZGJLHAV5Q/Asian_elephant_p25.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY Balog’s stylized studio portraits of threatened wildlife (here, an Asian elephant) featured in his book, Survivors (1990)—and in National Geographic magazine at the time—introduced a new genre of nature photography: One that has been adopted by other prominent photographers to bring attention to the beauty—and the plight—of Earth’s creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602788749357-LNCWW54U9RRN4OKUOG6T/I_GL21261cropped+RGB.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY James Balog in the field on his Extreme Ice Survey, a climate-based initiative that has spanned nearly 15 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602357821616-PXJV1VIW4VZZ12A653ED/IL-02-2008-6030_EDIT-R.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY Through scores of trips to Iceland, Greenland and other points globally, James Balog has endeavored to create a visual record of the hastening pace of glacial melt from a changing climate. The geologist-turned-photographer captured this luminescent slab of ice being subsumed into the glacial sea at Jökulsárión, Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602360547911-E8AWZKNZ3PWZTVXC4XRJ/Stagg+26x60_v2_3KT.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY In a photomosaic of more than a thousand images, Balog captured the majesty of the Giant Sequoia tree in Camp Nelson, California. Logistically complex, this mosaic technique would be employed by others to convey the immensity of some of the world’s biggest trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602357566762-UN9LXLFCECQT01DPDIFN/Live+oak-cat+master+new_20x14.75_final_3KW.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY A large-format book, Tree: A Vision of the American Forest, was Balog’s imaginative tribute to America’s grandest trees. While shooting this Texas live oak—believed to be more than 900 years old—he realized the giant form was more evocative as a silhouette from behind the scrim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602358565476-D8ZD82PXW7CRPT7UU2OE/Balog1FIRE_20160803_CA_SOBERANES_JB_8293.jpg Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY The most costly conflagration in U.S. history at the time, the 2016 Soberanes fire in California was featured in Balog’s documentation of a planet—and climate—influenced by human activity. The tragic event would portend a far more bleak and devastating fire season for California and the West in 2020 and 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1603464184493-UCJMXYP595B5J5RU1GBI/GL_LeWinter_20090701_202225_EDIT-R.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY Tied in at the edge of a moulin, Balog captures a close-up perspective of glacial melt in action, Greenland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1602359230865-48N49XEMESXDOOGJI3EN/IL-6-16-11-2493_EDIT-R.JPG Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY Glistening remnant of icemelt into a glacial lagoon, Balog captured this “ice diamond” at Jökulsárión, Iceland, on June 16, 2011. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1630780394077-2YHB483QYA890Z0DIQN7/field_jbfireportrait_p447_fr.jpg Blog - JAMES BALOG: THE ARTIST AS ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONARY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/anton-seimon-tornado-tracker monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1595542922221-22VS9R295JSVK0CBVO0O/Seimonelephanttornado.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE An iconic elephant trunk-shaped tornado touches down on the open landscape near Campo in southeast Colorado in May 2011. Photo: Tracie Seimon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1593882770095-616SM51WTX5F7K05XQVX/SeimonJBU_0885%2Bcopy2.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE Anton Seimon enjoys a moment of marvel over a severe thunderstorm on the high plains at Killdeer, North Dakota in June. Photo: Jennifer Brindley Ubl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1595543175007-GYXIOHI28WFBF2KFWFSP/Seimonblackhillstorndao2012.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE A supercell spawns a sunlit tornado near the Black Hills of South Dakota/June 2012. Photo: Anton Seimon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1594477402538-84UA7P0FC0NNPB7BIVTC/Screenshot+2020-07-11+10.21.05.png Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE Taking a break from the chase, Anton with his tornado research team in 2019. From left: Hank Schyma, Jennifer Brindley Ubl, Skip Talbot, and his wife—Dr. Tracie Seimon. Photo: Anton Seimon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1595701639239-ISXE4Z9GEBRAQXJHUOO0/seimonsimlatornado2015.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE A rare, anticyclonic (clockwise-rotating) tornado tore through the open prairie near Simla, Colorado in 2015, lofting enormous amounts of soil around its funnel cloud. Fortunately, the twister passed by several farmsteads without causing damage or injury. The price of this view by Seimon’s team: A cracked windshield from baseball-sized hail. Photo: Tracie Seimon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1595544160371-J6CS6220E8P9DPLQYSJH/Seimon2020chaseteamdevilstower.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE Anton and Tracie Seimon with the tornado research team this spring in the Black Hills of eastern Wyoming. Devil’s Tower looms in the background. Photo: Jennifer Brindley Ubl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1595701252448-GZTE1I6CTJ8ZESVM53J6/Seimonredskystorm.jpg Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE A luminescent supercell thunderstorm dissipates above a Nebraska sunset/spring 2012. Photo: Tracie Seimon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1593825034900-BJWIITT2XM8ZS11ULJE9/Pasted+Graphic+5-1.png Blog - ANTON SEIMON: CHASING NEW TORNADO SCIENCE Storm hounds Squire and Jody (right) keep an eye on a severe storm as Anton and Tracie Seimon communicate with their research team on a chase in 2017. Photo: Anton Seimon https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/majka-burhardt-when-adventure-turns-to-impact monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592494099096-OZAJ1W0VMZ7ROXB3KAX0/Majka_4135668_Zeugswetter.jpg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Majka Burhardt works her way up Widow’s Walk in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire. A deep passion for climbing ultimately led her to engage with a remote mountain community in Madagascar, and then to launch and lead the nonprofit, Legado. Photo: Bernd Zeugswetter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592494672913-X45BM4MGKWBA3X5Y16AQ/2014_05_27_Day_22_5DM3_Q__Photos_732.jpg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Pioneering a research-focused route to the summit of Mt. Namuli in Mozambique, Majka and her expedition team of scientists and climbers celebrate topping out on the 1,200-foot granite peak. Photo: James Q. Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592495762532-61XIPRFWWYPF968TQ9A3/Majka_Project_2019-22.jpg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT The Macunha community members plant avocado trees at the base of Mt. Namuli in 2019 to expand the primary school orchard, providing a shaded space and fruit for the children. Photo: Legado Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592496139244-48GRRX7W4NEJ6S8RSCNV/SINTER_SPEAKERS0075.jpg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Presenting on leadership and risk at a conference in Costa Rica, Majka Burhardt’s work involves public outreach for her nonprofit, Legado, which is focused on both environmental and cultural protection in “sky island” communities. Photo: SinterCafe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592496738435-04VHS5WS61OSPOMQWY9J/2014_05_25_Day_20_5DM2_Rob_photos_185.jpeg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Heading into a vertical unknown, Majka Burhardt and Kate Rutherford established the first ascent of the route, “Science Project,” on the southwest face of Mt. Namuli in Mozambique, 2014. Photo: Rob Frost https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592499860273-3525O3TJ85TKRDFLFIKA/fullsizeoutput_1cf8f.jpg Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Majka celebrating completion of the Legacy Leadership Program with the Legado field team members Filimonio Felizardo Jonasse and Galio Felizardo Zecas and their families in Gurue, Mozambique/2018. Photo: Curtiss Conrad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1592496439074-64YOEHUGQME29X7XTIQR/MajkakidsIMG_9214.JPG Blog - MAJKA BURHARDT: WHEN ADVENTURE TURNS TO IMPACT Enjoying some family sled time in nearby Vermont, Majka with her husband, Peter Doucette, and their twins, Kaz and Irenna (bottom, right). Photo: Katie Marvin https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/nature-silo-breaker-juan-martineznbsp-perspectives-from-the-youth-and-community-outreach-fellow-at-the-aspen-institutes-center-for-native-american-youth monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1587925092811-X9K654XBVJTLER95PKI8/Juan%252BJDM.jpg Blog - NATURE SILO-BREAKER JUAN MARTINEZ: Perspectives from the Youth and Community Outreach Fellow at The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth Juan Martinez on the Grand Teton during his 2009 climb of the iconic Wyoming peak. Photo: Conrad Anker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1580524401068-HMS0ARV1P95THKCJS4XM/Juan+and+Vanessa+photo+DSCN1228.JPG Blog - NATURE SILO-BREAKER JUAN MARTINEZ: Perspectives from the Youth and Community Outreach Fellow at The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth Juan Martinez with his wife, Vanessa Torres—a National Park Service director—during their 2013 wedding in the Grand Teton National Park, where they first met. Their story was recounted in the short film, Love in the Tetons. Photo: Rebecca Martin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1580562518363-N9T447N1RMIEQDMZHD5M/Juan+1+IMG_1921.JPG Blog - NATURE SILO-BREAKER JUAN MARTINEZ: Perspectives from the Youth and Community Outreach Fellow at The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth Martinez with the Opportunity Youth Forum in Aspen, CO 2019. Photo: CJ Goulding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1587924115084-KAP5GQ51FZKA75OIW5IH/Juan%252B4%252B2019%252BC%252526NN%252BConference%252BNLN%252BHighlights%252B4.jpg Blog - NATURE SILO-BREAKER JUAN MARTINEZ: Perspectives from the Youth and Community Outreach Fellow at The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth CJ Goulding and Juan Martinez, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Natural Leaders Network at The Children & Nature Network’s 2019 International Conference. Photo: Children & Nature Network https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1587923017455-99YO7EWM6Z4RKWV3SLJZ/juan%2Bglacier%2Bnp%2B%25281%2529.jpg Blog - NATURE SILO-BREAKER JUAN MARTINEZ: Perspectives from the Youth and Community Outreach Fellow at The Aspen Institute’s Center for Native American Youth Martinez on a visit with wife, Vanessa, to Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo: Vanessa Torres https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/brge-ouslandnbspnbsp-the-cold-obsession-of-a-polar-legend monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1578938721388-6EZ0JCDXWELUML5BKIQU/BO_NPOL94_023_08.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND Børge Ousland during his solo trek to the North Pole in 1994. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1580243212368-DV6TBJOX073UKYVZKF1J/BO_NPNIGHT_001_01.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND Traversing the Arctic in winter 2006 pushed Ousland and expedition partner Mike Horn beyond anything they had ever endured: Weeks on end journeying through the polar icescape in near-constant darkness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1578942517288-4T028Q75NO7UR5KYRHS7/BO_FJL07_059_08+copy.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND Navigating precarious ice bridges during Ousland’s ski between Arctic islands with Swiss adventurer Thomas Ulrich—In the Footsteps of Nansen Expedition, 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1580243386422-FMKOWZX8MIMVRE0YK2S4/BO_NPNIGHT_003_02%2Bcopy.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND A curious polar bear mother and her cubs scope out camp as Ousland and Horn settle in for rest during their Polar Night expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1578947948623-UNCSLHZPVCLTNEEAKICU/BO_NPNIGHT_004_18+copy+%281%29.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND Arctic moonset as Ousland and Horn near the conclusion of their 2006 winter crossing—a first in exploration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1578947339031-26IDF5EK9X3IM4IFJRQ4/BO_EXP_FJL_106_09+copy+%281%29.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND On bear alert and peering out from his tent, Ousland captured this image on his Nansen expedition with Thomas Ulrich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1581532097456-FMIJ2IVS33TG319APPFK/OuslandSTIKINE_BO_23052015_40.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND IceLegacy partners Vincent Colliard and Børge Ousland on the Stikine Icecap—which straddles the Alaska-British Columbia border—during a 2017 expedition to collect data on climate-based changes on this third largest icefield in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1578966181055-1APICKNXMTU1S0E24QQ0/IMG_4079.jpg Blog - BØRGE OUSLAND: THE COLD OBSESSION OF A POLAR LEGEND Already immersed in the natural world, Ousland’s eight-year-old daughter, Ingeborg, on a hike with her family in northern Norway. https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/a-life-beyond-the-inaccessible-sarah-mcnair-landry monthly 0.5 2024-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1572823097468-8E4IW4HB99VSFY835DIN/Dog+sledding_image+by+Erik+Boomer.JPG Blog - A LIFE BEYOND THE INACCESSIBLE: SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY Sarah McNair-Landry and her huskies glide across Arctic ice during a circumnavigation of Baffin Island with Erik Boomer. Their objective: to retrace her parent’s journey 25 years earlier, then a first in polar exploration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1572823513299-SVR06U5XCWSBF587K2AC/Old+photos_Eric+and+Sarah+snow+machine.jpg Blog - A LIFE BEYOND THE INACCESSIBLE: SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY Sarah McNair-Landry and brother, Eric, were primed early on for their polar exploits. Photo: McNair-Landry Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1572830436495-21WP1GQYWPL49T62JYK8/Old+photos_Sarah+and+Eric+hiking.jpg Blog - A LIFE BEYOND THE INACCESSIBLE: SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY Raised on Baffin Island by their polar explorer parents, Sarah and Eric—now longtime expedition partners—on one of their frequent family trips in the northern wilds of Canada. 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Referred to as “melt ponds,” these soaking conditions generally arise in spring and summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1572872158605-WED7L5E6P40FQ0K60ZCK/greenland-114_photo+by+Erik+Boomer.JPG Blog - A LIFE BEYOND THE INACCESSIBLE: SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY Sarah maneuvers through a precarious ice canyon on the Twin Galaxies expedition/Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1572869788404-PQ3ET2Y6SSUKHWJZ8WYA/NWP+northern+lights_photo+by+Sarah+McNair-Landry.jpg Blog - A LIFE BEYOND THE INACCESSIBLE: SARAH McNAIR-LANDRY Pause for the dance of northern lights during Sarah and Eric’s grueling, three-month ski/kayak across the Northwest Passage. 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I become what is around me.” —Sarah Marquis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1562728702400-TN3PASLV2LUXYVZ565ZK/_95I9969.jpg Blog - WILD BY NATURE: SWISS EXPLORER SARAH MARQUIS Sarah Marquis on her most recent journey in Tasmania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1563582058257-GAT2KS1PBN05IPW3T30R/Wild+by+Nature+cover+2.jpg Blog - WILD BY NATURE: SWISS EXPLORER SARAH MARQUIS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1562774569354-D8D6QJUXQYCMRHVZ6Z1K/_95I8111.jpg Blog - WILD BY NATURE: SWISS EXPLORER SARAH MARQUIS Hard passage through labyrinths of massive fallen trees and dense vegetation, often far above the forest floor, Sarah’s solo journey across the Tasman forest presented new challenges for this seasoned explorer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1562728404443-5SUOG1HP6GLZ8UWBLXGA/image001.jpg Blog - WILD BY NATURE: SWISS EXPLORER SARAH MARQUIS https://www.explorationconnections.com/blog/what-to-do-in-cherbruke monthly 0.5 2021-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1561042718427-OF9YVQL6HPM3NV9LI8IZ/AC+KB+NYC+Dec+2011.jpeg Blog - FLASH CHAT: DR. KENNY BROAD Kenny Broad, with his wife, Amy Clement, in New York City. Photo: Kenny Broad Collection https://www.explorationconnections.com/news daily 0.75 2022-01-31 https://www.explorationconnections.com/news/film-torn-max-lowes-on-loss-and-homage-to-family monthly 0.5 2022-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/a320b382-82e8-48a7-b14a-8d2838700e71/Screen+Shot+2022-04-09+at+1.51.44+PM.png News & Reviews - FILM| TORN: Max Lowe's Raw Reflections on Loss and Homage to a Family Transformed - Make it stand out The Lowe-Anker family set off on a journey to Tibet in 2017 to recover the body of renowned alpinist Alex Lowe, whose frozen remains were identified by climbers the year prior emerging from a melting glacier at the base of Shishapangma—an 8000-meter peak in Tibet. Max Lowe, Alex’s eldest son, filmed the experience, which served as the impetus for producing his award-winning film. 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Photo: Jenny Lowe-Anker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1b8d9d00-4d69-4aa0-a114-2a649476a256/DSC00526.jpg News & Reviews - FILM| TORN: Max Lowe's Raw Reflections on Loss and Homage to a Family Transformed - Make it stand out Glacial ice scape forms its own ridges and peaks at the base of 26,335-foot Shishapangma in Tibet, where Max and his family trekked to retrieve the body of his father swept away in an avalanche 18 years prior. Photo: Max Lowe https://www.explorationconnections.com/news/book-stephanie-miller-solving-climate-issues-personally monthly 0.5 2022-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631837108997-XOLXQ38XVQGUEBR7BA9W/Stephanie+MillerZWLHeadshot.JPG News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Stephanie Miller, former head of the Climate Business Group at the International Finance Corporation, morphed her work on climate solutions into a personal campaign toward a lighter carbon footprint—finding solutions in her own life that greatly diminished her family’s carbon-related consumption, as well as their waste. She shares her journey of discovery in a succinct, engaging book filled with easy-to-adopt everyday tips. 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Photo: Faith Model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631835148107-0FN2LR71XVZCMO3250IB/Screen+Shot+2021-07-25+at+3.36.13+PM.png News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1632004600854-HSXU6ETM9U38CF6BCTCB/image0.jpeg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out A largely plant-based diet is one of the most important steps we can take as individuals to decrease our carbon footprint. Here, Stephanie buys micro greens—placed in her reusable cotton produce bag—at the Palisades Farmer’s Market in Washington, DC. Photo: Corey Sulser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631994434937-5W7HLP6UT9ESNG8A1XIP/image.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out A two-minute daily rundown of what needs to be consumed next in the fridge, notes Stephanie, is an important step in avoiding carbon-producing food waste. Photo: Stephanie Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1632573836200-OCAKLCB928JC7QR6HJDH/image0.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out In her backyard, Stephanie covers her compost with leaves from her yard. The composting process requires a year for food scraps, dried leaves and other plant matter to decompose into a nutrient-rich soil perfect for gardening. Photo: Matt Harrington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631999608866-QG86IQ7EEAED411N5JAN/image1.jpeg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Backyard composting even in winter: Coffee grounds and egg shells can also be combined with produce food scraps. Photo: Stephanie Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1632574726083-IZLRQXKPVQBDSQKXL0RH/IMG_3453.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Stephanie approached the owners of President Valet, her dry cleaner in Washington, DC, proposing they offer reusable garment bags, rather than wrapping clean clothing in single-use plastic. The idea has taken off, and the bags are now used by a third of their customers. A major contributor to plastic waste, a staggering 300 million pounds of single-use plastic from dry cleaning packaging ends up in the US landfill every year. Photo: Stephanie Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631997605540-AEBN9N072GJ0IVJS6PKM/IMG_2098.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Mr. and Mrs. In, the owners of President Valet, report their customers love the reusable garment bags that Stephanie encouraged them to create and sell for dry cleaning pickup. Photo: Stephanie Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1631996488279-KPCTZC6LRFA9UDQ0Z1K3/image2.jpeg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Selecting “naked,” package-free produce at the the farmer’s market, Stephanie places the items in her own reusable produce bags. Photo: Corey Sulser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1632345971840-BN3GHCKQYO34HZQEY0E1/PTsystem2.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Stephanie and her family have all but eliminated paper towels in their home, opting instead to keep a basket of washcloths on their countertop. Paper towel use in the US tops out at 13 billion pounds annually—far exceeding any other country. A ton of the disposable wipes consumes 17 trees and 20,000 gallons of water. Photo: Reyn Anderson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1632244758781-NUKS2YQIGWY9EQZG2RE6/image1+%284%29.jpeg News & Reviews - BOOK | Zero Waste Living the 80/20 Way—Three Steps Toward a Lighter Footprint - Make it stand out Refilling soap bottles at a zero waste shop—Mason & Greens—in Alexandria, Virginia, saves scores of plastic bottles each year and lessens the load on recycling. 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Here, Dr. Rabgey joins attendees of their Summer Enrichment Program which engaged young students from across Tibet in innovative learning activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1617819526003-XJUP8BCZ46LIYDBW7NFP/Screen%2BShot%2B2020-08-13%2Bat%2B6.46.21%2BPM.jpg News & Reviews - Losang Rabgey Presents at The World Bank Forum on Understanding Risk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1614887763963-4ZNCKZNQN08PLXY94Y3W/Early+class+of+Chungba+students.JPG News & Reviews - Losang Rabgey Presents at The World Bank Forum on Understanding Risk Rabgey and her family, through their small non-profit, Machik, built a school in eastern Tibet in the village of Chungba, which is nestled at 12,500 feet amidst verdant peaks and high pastures. Within six years, these rural children were rated at the top academically among hundreds of schools in the region. Many went on to high school, and then to higher education. Noted Rabgey in her talk, it was her family’s willingness to take a risk that was born of empathy that ultimately provided life-changing opportunities for these youth. Their risk produced incalculable results that have now changed the trajectory of the students’ lives and of the Chungba community as a whole. https://www.explorationconnections.com/news/winter-8000nbsp-climbing-the-worlds-highest-mountains-in-the-coldest-season monthly 0.5 2022-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ca2920870468045b588f444/1614456402151-25HL4JR43WLUM8YWQPVY/MM7583_0006.jpg News & Reviews - BOOK | Winter 8000: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season Bone-chilling cold and wild winds wrap the upper reaches of the 8000-meter peak Nanga Parbat during the winter 2006-7 attempt by an all-Polish team. 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