Sustainable Slopes

An Effective Practice

Description

As a society,we find ourselves needing more than ever to escape every day pressures by heading for the outdoors. With that increasing demand comes impacts and a number of emerging environmental concerns that must be addressed proactively. The Sustainable Slopes Environmental Charter formalizes the ski industry's commitment to environmental sustainability. It outlines best practices for ski areas to adopt and implement.

Goal / Mission

The mission of the members of Sustainable Slopes is to be leaders among outdoor recreation providers through managing their businesses in a way that demonstrates their commitment to environmental protection and stewardship while meeting the expectations of the public.

Results / Accomplishments

To date, 178 resorts have endorsed the Environmental Charter, representing about 75 percent of the ski resorts nationally by skier visits. Upon endorsing the Charter, these resorts have identified an environmental contact person, assessed their policies and operations against the Environmental Principles in the Charter, and have taken steps toward improved environmental performance.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
National Ski Areas Association
Primary Contact
Jennifer Ament
National Ski Areas Association
133 S. Van Gordon Street
Suite 300
Lakewood, CO 80228
(720) 963-4204
jament@nsaa.org
http://www.nsaa.org/environment/sustainable-slopes...
Topics
Environmental Health / Built Environment
Environmental Health / Air
Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
Organization(s)
National Ski Areas Association
Source
US Environmental Protection Agency
Date of publication
2006
Date of implementation
2000
Location
USA
For more details
http://www.nsaa.org/media/20860/ssar-12.pdf
Additional Audience
Ski Areas

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An Effective Practice meets the following HCI criteria:

  1. The program description includes at a minimum: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program implementation steps, and outcomes that have demonstrated program success and/or promise in achieving the program goal in one or more localities.
  2. The results from an evaluation of the program include quantitative measures of improvement in outcome of interest (i.e. increase in voter registration, not just delivery of voter registration drive) and/ or the outcome measure is increased or improved compared to the baseline measurement or the control group but the difference is not statistically significant.