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News and events
Past Events and Photos
2006
Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, CO
 TMI representatives attend the Mountain Film Festival in Telluride, Colorado to meet people concerned with alpine conservation and the mountain communities where TMI conducts its programs. Progressive works by outstanding filmmakers educate the public about the importance of protecting fragile mountain environments. TMI also encourages climbers to cooperate with and support indigenous mountain communities and wherever possible to deliver medical, educational and infrastructural services to these remote alpine communities.
This year, the 32nd annual film festival featured Mongolia, a country of particular interest to TMI. TMI board member, Robert Whitby hosted a group of mountain enthusiasts and friends of The Mountain Institute including Alex Bennett (pictured left), host committee member for TMI’s October 26th awards dinner, “A Celebration of Mountains” and Lyn Soudien, TMI’s director of development.
New Park Wayside Exhibits Link Nature to Cherokee Stories
April 21, 2006 - TMI’s Sacred Mountains Program has played a key role in initiating an innovative collaboration between the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and Great Smoky Mountains National Park that links natural features to Cherokee stories and traditions. Through a unique series of bi-lingual wayside exhibits unveiled in a public ceremony and celebration, visitors had an opportunity to learn about how the mountains of their homeland have affected Cherokee culture. Click here for an article by Darren Dunlap, The Daily Times on April 22, 2006. Click here to view the full press release.
National Geographic Lunch Meeting
  April 27, 2006: Staff from TMI had lunch with Greg McGruder, Director of Lectures and Public Programs and Rebecca Martin, Director of Expeditions, from National Geographic at National Geographic headquarters to discuss projects of mutual interest.
(image on the left side) Greg McGruder, Director of Lectures and Public Programs, and Ed Bernbaum, TMI's Sacred Mountains Program Director, reunite informally several years after Dr. Bernbaum's presentation on Sacred Mountains at the Grosvenor Auditorium.
On right: Robert Davis, president and CEO of TMI, pictured here with Alton Byers, TMI's Research and Education Program Director, in front of Mongolian Dolls in the foyer of the Grosvenor Auditorium.
Dr. Alton Byers awarded the David Brower Award for Conservation
February 10, 2006 - Dr. Alton C. Byers, Director of Research and Education at The Mountain Institute, received the prestigious David Brower Conservation Award from the American Alpine Club at its annual meeting in Attatash, New Hampshire. The award was created in 1991 to emphasize the American Alpine Club's commitment to preserving mountain regions worldwide, and is given annually to "a person who has made important contributions to the protection of mountain environments and whose active personal role deserves public recognition". Click here for the full press release. |
TMI Announces Urgent Campaign in collaboration with the global Mountain Forum family to Provide Heaters for Himalayan Earthquake Survivors, asks Global Citizens to Help
January 5, 2006 - Updated information is available on this effort. Click here for a letter regarding how these funds will be allocated. Click here to make a donation.
2005
TMI is a member of CFCNCA!
TMI is proud to announce that we are now one of 3,400 charities
participating in the Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital
Area. If you are a federal employee or know someone who is, please note
that our CFC number is 0830.
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October 20, 2005: Lyn Soudien, Director
of Development, at TMI's table for the Social Security Administration's
National Capital Area CFC Kickoff in Falls Church, VA.
October 6, 2005: TMI attended a charity fair earlier this year
at The Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board.
We thank the dedicated organizers of the CFCNCA for making
these events possible.
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October 23, 2005 and October 25, 2005 – Greenwich, CT
and Pittsburgh, PA: Two events, held at The Bruce Museum (Greenwich) and
The Frick Art Museum (Pittsburgh), hosted by Robert Whitby, board member,
and Joseph Teplitz, Chairman of the board, showcased The Mountain Institute’s
work in Sacred Mountains. Ed Bernbaum presented a lecture on The Heights
of Inspiration: Sacred Mountains of the World. Elsie Walker, Vice Chair
of the board (Greenwich), and Robert Davis, President and CEO (Pittsburgh),
spoke briefly about the work of The Mountain Institute around the world
and described the current campaign to raise funds to make tents to help
the survivors of the recent Pakistan earthquake endure the winter months.
Click here for photos by Ed Bernbaum and more
information.
September, 2005 - TMI would like to welcome Lyn
Soudien, Director of Development, and Kristy Boland, Accountant,
to our Headquarters office. Kristy Boland started her career in accounting
keeping books for restaurants. After years of taking classes at the Vocational
Trade School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she moved to Washington, DC and
got a job at the environmental non-profit organization, Co-op America.
She worked there for 16 years and became their senior accountant before
coming to The Mountain Institute. Click here for
Lyn Soudien's biography.
July 15-18, 2005 - Circleville, WV: TMI’s first annual
Muskrat Scramble was held at our location on Spruce Knob. Approximately
40 friends of TMI gathered for this weekend retreat in the peaceful hills.
On Saturday, different groups went out to the caves, lead by Matt Tate,
while other groups hiked to Spruce Knob Mountain’s summit. Saturday
afternoon, Furnace Mountain, a local band, started performing for an intimate
gathering. Other people went out to learn more about local mushrooms, led
by guide, Paul Goland. The evening was spent with more relaxing music and
conversation. On Sunday, a group gathered for a small golf tournament,
coordinated by TMI’s Bob Davis and Elsie Walker.
June 15, 2005 - New York, NY: TMI hosted an event at Stephanie
Odegard's beautiful New York showroom, featuring Leslie Nguyen Temple's
artwork, "Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar - Precious and Fragile";
and Dr. Edwin Bernbaum's experiences on Mt. Kailash. Click here for
photos and more information.
May 29, 2005 - TMI's Spruce Knob Mountain Center was recently
in the news! Click here for the article by the
Charleston Gazette,The Sunday Gazette.
Book Published: The Ice Maiden, by Johan
Reinhard, TMI Senior Fellow
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June 1, 2005 - The Ice Maiden is
a fascinating chronicle of discoveries that made headlines around
the world and continue to make further scientific progress possible.
Combining the adventure of the modern-day Andes with the mysteries
of cultures past, Reinhard's narrative is a mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind
account of two of the most pivotal events in the history of science.
(Review from publisher)
Citation: Reinhard, Johan. The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies,
Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. 1st ed.
Washington: National Geographic, 2005.
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Available from:
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036-4688
Cost: $26.00
TMI Headquarters Relocates to New Office
March 7, 2005 - TMI's Headquarters has relocated to a new
office location. (We are just two blocks down the street!) Please make
a note of our new address:
1707 L Street, NW
Suite 1030
Washington, DC 20036
Our phone, fax, and email details remain the same.
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