Reflections of Mountain Sentinels at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) 2017
By Dr. Jessica Thorn The biannual Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) was hosted by the United National International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Cancun, Mexico from 22-26 May 2017. As a Mountain Sentinels [...]
Workshop on Participatory Modeling of Social-Ecological Systems Begins!
Our workshop on “Participatory Modeling of Mountain Social-Ecological Systems” at the Rock Springs Resort, Bend, Oregon has begun! The workshop is led by Anne Nolin, Jessica Thorn, Julia Klein, Robin Reid, & Catherine Tucker. The [...]
Introducing Virtual Coffee!
The spring semester is winding down here in Colorado. Across campus, students and faculty are attending final classes, participating in thesis defenses, and scheduling some of the last regular meetings of the academic year. During [...]
Early Career Mountain Sentinels
In an effort to attract new, young minds to the Mountain Sentinels network, we created the Early Career Mountain Sentinels group, which began as a brief cocktails and tapas event at Perth III this past [...]
Mountain researchers and stakeholders gather in Serre Chevalier, France!
Welcome to the Mountain Sentinels blog! We are excited to welcome participants to our first workshop on “Transdisciplinary Approaches to Mountain Sustainability”, held 30 June to 3 July in Serre Chevalier, France. Participants include researchers [...]