Tag Archives: Shannon Galpin

Solar Power Help in War Zones

Posted on September 13, 2011 by goalzero

Shannon Galpin at Mountain2Mountain is part of our amazing extreme team that tests and pushes the limits of Goal Zero gear. Mountain2Mountain is a nonprofit that creates education and opportunity for women and girls in Afghanistan. Using Goal Zero solar power, Mountain2Mountain provides light to rural mid-wivery, running a school and supporting the Mountain2Mountain team while away. Efforts such as Mountain2Mountains were unimaginable ten years ago. Goal Zero = no borders. Staring again this October, the Panjshir Tour rolls into several Afghanistan cities to raise support for social justice and change for women’s rights. A country in which women are … Continue reading →

The Ride of Her Life

Posted on February 22, 2011 by goalzero

Shannon Galpin, Mountain2Mountain founder and humanitarian, is featured in Outside Magazine this Month. Shannon uses Goal Zero gear to help with her many efforts in Afghanistan. “I arrived in Afghanistan on the eve of the September parliamentary elections, concluding 30 hours of travel on a commercial flight that dropped toward Kabul in a steep spiral, as if down a drain, to avoid surface-to-air missiles.” Read More

Renewable Energy Provides Solutions in Afghanistan

Posted on July 21, 2010 by goalzero

(Written by: Shannon Galpin, Mountain2Mountain) Green technology, renewable energy, sustainable and energy-efficient construction. These words are still cutting-edge in the West, but they are also integral to the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Most have gotten used to the idea that development work and reconstruction means ugly concrete blocks, built for function, not design. Many more take limited view that technology such as solar and wind power are novelties in a war zone, not necessity. Yet function, design, and sustainability should be commonplace in development and reconstruction work. Perhaps it’s the fact that I’m a daughter of an architect that makes the … Continue reading →