From Summit to Soil: Microplastics in the Alps and Beyond

October 22, 2025
By timAdmin

On the Matterhorn's iconic summit ridge, climbers clip into fixed ropes that have hung there for seasons. The nylon fibers, exposed to relentless UV radiation and wind, slowly shed microscopic fragments. Far below in New York's Adirondack Mountains, hikers...

From Forum to Fieldwork: Moving Mountains’ Pragmatic Blueprint for a Resilient Alpine Future

July 16, 2025
By timAdmin

From Forum to Fieldwork: Moving Mountains’ Pragmatic Blueprint for a Resilient Alpine Future Les Diablerets, Vaud – July 2025. Not many sustainability conferences are founded by someone who happily calls himself “the world’s most cynical environmentalist.” When British clean‑energy investor Michael Liebreich launched what...

Swiss Hydro power

July 8, 2025
By timAdmin

The same gravity that powers skiing, mountain bike and white water descents provides Hydro Electricity, a major source of power from the Alps. The mountainous geomorphology of the Alpine arc mean that hydropower presents a significant energy resource producing environmentally-friendly...