Journal

Project Pressure

Art meets science, meets outdoors; An open source project documenting the world’s vanishing glaciers in order to highlight the impact...

June 05, 2013

What's happened to the global warming dialogue? Have we hear all the arguments? People happy where they stand? Last week,...

May 24, 2013

We all know holiday shopping can be frustrating. In an attempt to make your holiday shopping season a bit more...

November 25, 2012

With three non-profits, two for profits, a 75 acre farm and a professional skiing career, Alison Gannett has a lot...

November 19, 2012

Alpine Initiatives has been working hard over the past several years to develop an international network of friends and supporters....

October 08, 2012

What better way to usher in this coming winter than with the latest ski films and a little philanthropy?

August 20, 2012

"The inspiration for this project was to take the happiness we got from snowboarding and channelling it into humanitarian work…" Lear...

July 23, 2012

We are innately drawn to the mountains as skiers and riders. With a mentality similar to ours at Alpine Initiatives,...

March 20, 2012

Most people are familiar with the image of an African child soldier. Most people however, do not understand the circumstances...

March 06, 2012

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN in 1948 as a result of the atrocities of...

January 11, 2012

...All excess electricity will be sold to the grid. The lift features solar panels that are incorporated on the same...

June 14, 2010

It's been a year since Yan Arthus Bertrand released his documentary film HOME. With it's breathtaking cinematography (almost entirely aerial...

June 06, 2010