Sustainable Tourism - Eco-skiers

Eco-friendly skier

Skiers and snowboarders should consider what transport to use and the environmental impact it has. This should include how to get to the airport if you are flying.
The Eurostar to the Alps claims to be carbon neutral
Ski Beat offers a carbon offset service with TICOS to help offset your emissions. Please do not opt out of this
Reduce the amount of luggage that you take. It is easier and better for the environment to hire ski and snowboarding equipment in resort; it also avoids the charge for ski carriage
Reduce the number of luggage labels used: on flights they serve no purpose as the airlines use their own bar-coded labels.
Suggest that friends look at the new digital Ski Beat e-brochure rather than ask for a hard copy.
While on holiday cut your home fuel bills: try to turn the heating down and do not leave electrical appliances even on stand by.
While on your ski holiday try not to waste electricity and hot water in resort. Just reducing the heating one degree can have a significant affect.
Do not leave chalet windows or doors open: you will use large amounts of fuel as well as directly heating the Alps and melting the snow.
Respect the environment: please do not drop litter. If you do accidentally drop any litter from a chairlift, instead of going back for it you could simply pick up two other pieces: unfortunately there is plenty around.

We would welcome your feedback and ideas, please e-mail us at ski@skibeat.co.uk