What looks like a plastic cup, feels like a plastic cup but is not a plastic cup?
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| Ski pass lanyard and drink containers |
A cup made from corn. Polyactide to be precise. Lactic acid made from dextrose from cornstarch. The point is cups are 100% compostible and at the rate the skiers on the mountain go through their sips of water from these cups that's a GREAT thing. It's not so hard to replicate everywhere else is it? Think big picture, like Jim Temple did when he founded the ski resort, formerly known as Storm Mountain.
SKI PASS LANYARDS
Its a small thing but it makes a big difference. It's that pesky rope-thing that hangs around your neck with your season pass on it. Made from 100% 'Ecospun' soda plastic bottles, we are all doing our bit.
ALTERNATE ENERGY CHAIRLIFTS
When you get on Christie's Peak Express, Sunshine Express or Burgess Creek Express you can fell positive about the world and its future because these chairlifts use alternate energy to make them move all those bodies up the mountains. Sunshine uses a solar and wind combo whilst the other two rely on wind power only. A bit of vision, cost and risk then up up and away for the future. Not so hard really.
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
When skiers exit the gondola building to snap on their skis a large sign greets you, reminding you that this is indeed a National Park and cautions skiers to be mindful and respectful of all that it entails. Along trails back to the base of the mountain, little signs are dotted along the way, naming the creatures big
and small who call this National Park home. Their paw print and silhouette are great entertainment for kids and provide great chat material back at the lodgings in the evening. More importantly, the information keeps it in the forefront of ourminds about conservation and species and habitats. Food for thought.
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| No Elks were harmed for the purpose of this skiblog. |
