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Aspen International Mountain Foundation and the Aspen Institute Present a Forum for Mountain Communities: "Imagine: a Sustainable Mountain Future"
ASPEN, COLORADO --The Aspen International Mountain Foundation together with the Aspen Institute is presenting a forum on sustainable mountain environments here at Paepcke Auditorium on April 5, 2007 at 5:30 p.m. is part of the Aspen Sister Cities' 20th anniversary celebration of their sister city relationship with Chamonix, France. The Forum is free and open to the public.
Dr. Dan Garvey, President of Prescott College of Prescott, Arizona, will make a presentation entitled IMAGINE: Sustainable Futures Dialogues. After the presentation, Dr. Garvey will moderate a panel discussion with mountain environment authorities including Matthew Hamilton of the Aspen Skiing Company, Mr. Eric Fournier, Vice Mayor of Chamonix, France, Rusty Butler, Utah Valley State College and other invited guests. Also, in attendance will be Baktybek Abdrisavev, former Ambassador to the U.S. from the Kyrgyz Republic, Dr. Danielle Butler, Utah Valley State College, the delegation from Chamonix including Jacque Tomei, Chair of the Chamonix-Aspen Committee and Mr. Francois Bidault, Director and CEO of the Chamonix Mont Blanc Ski Company, and Officials of the Aspen Skiing Company. Mayor Helen Klanderud will open the forum and introduce Dr. Garvey and the other participants.
According to Dr. Dan Garvey: "These dialogues give the citizens and leaders an opportunity to imagine and create the future we would like to live in, both in our personal lives and for the public good."
Aspen International Mountain Foundation is an organization dedicated to preserving a sustainable and healthy mountain environment. The focus of the organization is to foster world peace by creating opportunities for people to promote sustainable development in the world's mountain communities. The first environmental forum was convened in 1995 in Aspen's sister city, Shimukappu, Japan. Other forums followed in Aspen and Chamonix, France.
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An Evening Celebrating the United Nations International Year of Mountains
Aspen, CO, November 27, 2002. The Aspen Institute announced today that in collaboration with the Aspen International Mountain Foundation it will host a special event free to the public on Friday, December 6, 2002, 5:45-7:30 p.m. at the Paepcke Auditorium.
The United Nations has proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, with the goal of raising international awareness about mountains, their global importance, the fragility of their resources, and the necessity of sustainable approaches to mountain development. At the evening's celebration, local organizations will be recognized for their dedication to a sustainable mountain environment in the Aspen area. Evening highlights also will include a preview of the film "Everest-Farther Than the Eye Can See," the story of the 2000 summit of Mt. Everest by the celebrated blind climber Erik Weihenmayer, and a presentation by Aspenite Neal Beidleman, world-renowned climber and photographer. All are welcome to this special evening.
For more information, please contact Ms. Cristal Lee at 970/544-7929 or at cristal.lee@aspeninst.org or the official International Year of Mountains website www.mountains2002.org.
The Aspen International Mountain Foundation is an organization dedicated to preserving a sustainable and healthy mountain environment. The focus of the organization is to foster world peace by creating opportunities for people to promote sustainable development in the world's mountain communities.
The Aspen Institute is a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition. Through its seminar and policy programs, the Institute fosters enlightened, morally responsible leadership and convenes leaders and policy makers to address the foremost challenges of the new century.
Founded in 1950, the Aspen Institute is a nonprofit organization with principal offices in Aspen, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C. and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The Aspen Institute operates internationally through a network of partners in Europe and Asia.
