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Re: Skiing Green at Sugar Bowl
Frank and Tam,
Thank you for your suggestions, and for ‘skiing green’ with us at Sugar Bowl!
As Abbey explained, the $2 offsets you purchased go directly to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and to balancing your personal carbon footprint. Sugar Bowl does not get credit for the tags its guests purchase.
However, Sugar Bowl is proud to run on 100% wind power, through our annual purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates. In 2005, Sugar Bowl began to take responsibility for its environmental impact, and was the first ski resort in the U.S. to purchase carbon offsets!
Today, Sugar Bowl’s Environment and Conservation Committee is continuing to evaluate and reduce our company’s carbon footprint. We recognize that using a large amount of energy is unavoidable in the operations of a ski resort. But, at Sugar Bowl we also understand that we will be adversely affected by global climate change. We have everything to lose. It is our responsibility to do our part to 1) reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions and 2) support policies and goals that aim to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Check out 350.org to read about how we ‘skied green’ on Environmental Awareness Day! http://www.350.org/en/sugar-bowl-ski-resort-keeping-winter-cool
Shari Pomerantz
Environment and Conservation Manager
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort
Sugar Bowl Guests and Employees Support 350.org!
Green Building on Mt. Hood
On an unusually sunny January day on Mt. Hood, I skied Mt. Hood Meadows and got to see their new Ski Patrol Headquarters Building. It’s located near the upper terminals of both the Blue Chair and Mt. Hood Express lifts at the top of South Canyon (make a left when exiting the chairs).
This two-story 1,240 square foot structure is a registered LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building with the U.S. Green Building Council and is Meadows’ first green building.
Many ski areas are adopting green building practices – green skiers and boarders should be sure to let them know we appreciate this effort.
Thanks also to Meadows’ Guest Ambassadors for giving out cookies to skiers waiting in busy lift lines. Hooray – cookie day!
Sustainable Snowboards
Here is a link to an article in the NY Times about green snowboard options:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/travel/escapes/02ski.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc
Re: Skiing Green at Sugar Bowl
Frank and Tam,
Thank you for your suggestions, and for ‘skiing green’ with us at Sugar Bowl!
As Abbey explained, the $2 offsets you purchased go directly to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and to balancing your personal carbon footprint. Sugar Bowl does not get credit for the tags its guests purchase.
However, Sugar Bowl is proud to run on 100% wind power, through our annual purchase of Renewable Energy Certificates. In 2005, Sugar Bowl began to take responsibility for its environmental impact, and was the first ski resort in the U.S. to purchase carbon offsets!
Today, Sugar Bowl’s Environment and Conservation Committee is continuing to evaluate and reduce our company’s carbon footprint. We recognize that using a large amount of energy is unavoidable in the operations of a ski resort. But, at Sugar Bowl we also understand that we will be adversely affected by global climate change. We have everything to lose. It is our responsibility to do our part to 1) reduce our own greenhouse gas emissions and 2) support policies and goals that aim to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Check out 350.org to read about how we ‘skied green’ on Environmental Awareness Day! http://www.350.org/en/sugar-bowl-ski-resort-keeping-winter-cool
Shari Pomerantz
Environment and Conservation Manager
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort
Sugar Bowl Guests and Employees Support 350.org!
Green Building on Mt. Hood
On an unusually sunny January day on Mt. Hood, I skied Mt. Hood Meadows and got to see their new Ski Patrol Headquarters Building. It’s located near the upper terminals of both the Blue Chair and Mt. Hood Express lifts at the top of South Canyon (make a left when exiting the chairs).
This two-story 1,240 square foot structure is a registered LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building with the U.S. Green Building Council and is Meadows’ first green building.
Many ski areas are adopting green building practices – green skiers and boarders should be sure to let them know we appreciate this effort.
Thanks also to Meadows’ Guest Ambassadors for giving out cookies to skiers waiting in busy lift lines. Hooray – cookie day!
Sustainable Snowboards
Here is a link to an article in the NY Times about green snowboard options:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/travel/escapes/02ski.html?pagewanted=1&8dpc