Sustainability, Everest and at Home

Sustainability, Everest and at Home 

I went to a lecture and film at Plymouth University on sustainability on Everest tonight.

I'm a keen climber and Everest has always enchanted me, one mountaineer called it "the closest you can get to heaven". So its a shame that such an incredible place is being used and abused for commercial gain, to see the amount of rubbish being dumped at the various base camps is really disgusting.

This got me thinking about sustainability. I really want to involve some form of sustainability in my work at PCA, whether that means using more recycled materials or perhaps making objects from found items. Considering my other personal love for beach-combing, perhaps that is one way of sourcing items to use in my jewellery making.


It was a really great film, take a look at the links below for more information.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI2TlvNJxCo

http://www.savingmounteverest.org/clean-up.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRQh50lAl4Y