Kenji Haroutunian on the Challenges of Making the Outdoors Accessible to Everyone

Living Philosophy

Kenji Haroutunian has devoted his life to environmentalism and outdoor adventures. As a major figure within the outdoor industry, he reflects on the history and transformations of our relation to the outdoors and the challenges of getting more people from urban and ethnic-minority backgrounds to experience nature meaningfully and respectfully. He also discusses an intriguing theory about creating urban portals to expose people to the outdoors. Kenji is founder of Kenji Consults.
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Host:
Dr Todd Mei

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Photo: Kenji Haroutunian

Links Related to this Episode:

• Kenji Consults (http://www.kenjiconsults.com)
• Access Fund (https://www.accessfund.org)
• The American Alpine Club (https://americanalpineclub.org)
• Outward Bound (https://www.outwardbound.org)
• Bears Ears National Monument (https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/parks-outdoors/bears-ears-national-monument)
• Total Exhaustion in Sports (https://www.philosophy2u.com/post/total-exhaustion-on-switching-passions-from-climbing-to-windsurfing)
• #recreateresponsibly (https://www.recreateresponsibly.org)
• The Experience Economy (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/619718.The_Experience_Economy)

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