Here's a great story from right here in Maine! A few years ago, Jeff Clapp was sitting at home watching a documentary about the oxygen cylinders and other debris left behind by mountaineers climbing Mount Everest. He was dismayed that this beautiful place was littered with garbage, and he decided to do something about it!
He traveled to Nepal and worked with Sherpas to collect the cylinders. Now, he is sculpting them into amazing bells and bowls. He sells them on his website, Bells from Everest. If you can't afford a bell or bowl, you can consider purchasing the Everest Ornament, which is a clear glass ornament filled with strands of metal that are created from the carving process, another example of his philosophy of not letting anything go to waste. I hear that these were hot gifts in Hollywood this past Christmas!
Jeff's eventual goal is to teach the Sherpas to do the metalworking so that they can set up their own sustainable enterprise. I think this is a great story of innovation and social action!
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