Mountains supporting Mountains: Mutual Aid Resources for Appalachia and Nepal
Climate change is causing catastrophic weather pattern changes to mountain ranges around the world. Recently, both Nepal and the Appalachian Mountains have been victim to exacerbated storms and hurricanes, leading to extraordinary flooding across the [...]
Summiting COP28: Insights from the Mountain Sentinels Delegation
By: Jacob Stewart, Community Director (with contributions from Tual Sawn Khai and Katie Kamelamela) Jacob Stewart, Mountain Sentinels Community Director, and Mountain Sentinels Fellows Tual Sawn Khai and Katie Kamelamela represented Mountain Sentinels at the [...]
Exploring Climate Solutions: Voices from the Mountains
We are excited to share insights from the recent event, "Just and Sustainable Climate Futures: Stories and Solutions from the Mountains." This dynamic gathering, hosted on December 11, 2023, at the JustNorth Pavilion during UNFCCC COP28 in observance of UN International Mountain Day, brought together 18 passionate individuals from various mountain communities worldwide. Led by Katie Kamelamela, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University and Mountain Sentinels Fellow, along with Jacob Stewart, Mountain Sentinels Community Director, the event aimed to explore community-based approaches to climate adaptation, mitigation, and sustainable mountain development.
A Meeting of the Mountains: MS Fellows attend Canadian Mountain Network’s Knowledge Sharing Summit
By: Rowena Davis, Program Manager In late September, I was fortunate enough to be one of five travelers from Mountain Sentinels who attended the Canadian Mountain Network’s (CMN) Knowledge Sharing Summit in Parksville, British Columbia [...]
Mountains Move From Burn to Bloom
By Claire Walther Claire Walther is a CSU undergraduate student engaged in developing GIS StoryMaps for Mountain Sentinels. On a sunny Saturday in August, From Burn to Bloom: The Art and Science of Wildfire Recovery [...]
Mountain Sentinels collaboration with Livable Future Podcast: Mountain Life Series
Mountain Sentinels is collaborating with Livable Future Podcast to accelerate and uplift the voices of mountain communities around action, struggle, and development towards sustainable futures. This series will bring stories of mountain community members, leaders, [...]