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Source : The Sustainability Report The mountains and oceans are our key climate action allies. Sport must be collaborative and innovative to protect them, says Ingrid Beutler While ski touring in the mountains around Chamonix, three mountain addicts – a leading ocean sustainability campaigner (Anne-Cécile Turner), an international sports lawyer (Ingrid Beutler) and an expert… Continue reading Supporting the sustainable transition of alpine and marine sport

Kathmandu, Nepal, 8 November 2022The Big Climb Nepal 2022, an initiative in the form of an 11-day trek to Everest Base Camp (5,300m) through the Sagarmatha National Park, will commence on 8 November, 2022. The aim of the trek is to raise awareness about the challenges faced by indigenous mountain communities, and to highlight the… Continue reading The Big Climb Nepal 2022: UN International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development

Lausanne, Switzerland: 27 September 2022: Exactly a year ago, the Swiss based non-profit association, the Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA) was launched on World Tourism Day, to help facilitate the transition to sustainable sports and tourism in the mountain environment.  SOLUTIONS  Since our establishment, we hosted the first SMA Challenge, the Air Quality Challenge, together with… Continue reading One Year Anniversary of the Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA), facilitating the transition to sustainable sports and tourism in the mountains

Lausanne, Switzerland: 8 September 2022 – Thanks to the generous support of donors from around the world, the SMA, in collaboration with The Big Climb and the Kilimanjaro Initiative, is currently installing solar energy photovoltaic cells in Tanzania to create energy security for the hospital at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro. At the foothills of Mount… Continue reading Investment in solar solutions at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Earlier this week, more than 20 startups, established companies, academics and organisations from Switzerland and abroad went toe-to-toe during the final pitch of the first ever Air Quality & Sport Challenge. The aim: generate viable and creative solutions, which can be leveraged by international sport federations, sport event organisers, mountain resorts and athletes to tackle climate… Continue reading The SMA, Thinksport and the SSL reveals Air Quality & Sport Challenge winners

It’s official! More than 20 start-ups, established companies, academics and organisations from Switzerland and abroad are participating in the first ever Air Quality & Sport Challenge. The aim is to generate viable and creative solutions, which can be leveraged by international sport federations, sport event organisers, mountain resorts and athletes to tackle climate change. Following… Continue reading Excellent international line-up of participants in Air Quality & Sport Challenge

Lausanne, Switzerland: 18 March 2022– The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for the sport of cycling bringing together 201 National Federations, is an official supporter of the Air Quality & Sport Challenge, organised by ThinkSport, together with the Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA) and the Sustainable Sport Lab (SSL). The aim of the… Continue reading Meet the UCI, official supporter of the Air Quality & Sport Challenge

The impact air quality has on athletes, events, organisers, and spectators has become a growing concern within the sports industry and around the globe in recent years. The issue is larger than any one organisation and can only be addressed through collaboration, commitment and determination across industries. That’s why ThinkSport, together with the Sustainable Sport… Continue reading Go NOW for the Air Quality & Sport Challenge

On the occasion of International Mountain Day, celebrated worldwide on 11 December, ThinkSport together with the Sustainable Sport Lab (SSL) and the Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA) today announced the project of an Air Quality Challenge. The impact air quality has on athletes, events, organisers, and spectators has become a growing concern across the sports industry… Continue reading Air Quality & Sport Challenge launched on International Mountain Day

Photo: SMA Co-founder Ingrid Beutler with Dennis Imani from Kibera, Nairobi, one of the 10 youth that The Big Climb supported to bring to the roof of Africa. COVID19 challenges in Africa seen as more than making vaccines available, better communication and outreach needed to overcome vaccine hesitancy  MARANGU, Tanzania: 26 October 2021 – SMA… Continue reading The Big Climb concludes Kilimanjaro COVID19 advocacy expedition, reaching summit on UN Day