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Veronica Baker | The Climbing Initiative
Veronica Baker | The Climbing Initiative
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Length:
72 minutes
Released:
Dec 14, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
The Climbing Initiative is a nonprofit supporting the sustainable and equitable growth of climbing worldwide. It began in 2019 as a research project at Yale University documenting the international expansion of climbing and its economic, social, and environmental effects. Now the group advises climbing organizations, spreads best practices, and works directly with climbing communities around the world to help them flourish.
Today I sit down with Executive Director Veronica Baker to discuss the mission of The Climbing Initiative (TCI) and the challenges they - and we as the global climbing community - face.
We also discuss their Best Practices project - a collection of living documents that is gathering the voices of climbing leaders around the world to shape the future development of our sport.
As climbing grows, it is having incredible economic, social, and environmental impacts. Climbers are creating new hotspots for ecotourism, building tight-knit communities, advocating for the conservation of natural areas, and using climbing to uplift and inspire.
In their work partnering with local climbing communities, they’ve connected with many climbing leaders paving the way with innovative approaches. As a result, the Best Practices are focused on six main areas:
crag development & maintenance
environmental conservation
equity & inclusivity
community engagement
economic impact
building climbing organizations
You can support TCI at https://climbinginitiative.org/support
You can find the Best Practices at https://climbinginitiative.org/best-practices
Watch the Access Fund videos we mention at https://vimeo.com/channels/1740097
Find TCI on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theclimbinginitiative/
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You can find us at www.powercompanyclimbing.com
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/powercompanypodcast
We are proud members of the Plug Tone Audio Collective
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
Today I sit down with Executive Director Veronica Baker to discuss the mission of The Climbing Initiative (TCI) and the challenges they - and we as the global climbing community - face.
We also discuss their Best Practices project - a collection of living documents that is gathering the voices of climbing leaders around the world to shape the future development of our sport.
As climbing grows, it is having incredible economic, social, and environmental impacts. Climbers are creating new hotspots for ecotourism, building tight-knit communities, advocating for the conservation of natural areas, and using climbing to uplift and inspire.
In their work partnering with local climbing communities, they’ve connected with many climbing leaders paving the way with innovative approaches. As a result, the Best Practices are focused on six main areas:
crag development & maintenance
environmental conservation
equity & inclusivity
community engagement
economic impact
building climbing organizations
You can support TCI at https://climbinginitiative.org/support
You can find the Best Practices at https://climbinginitiative.org/best-practices
Watch the Access Fund videos we mention at https://vimeo.com/channels/1740097
Find TCI on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/theclimbinginitiative/
____________________________
You can find us at www.powercompanyclimbing.com
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/powercompanypodcast
We are proud members of the Plug Tone Audio Collective
We don't tweet. We scream like eagles.
Released:
Dec 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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