Thursday, December 09, 2010

We're saved!: Before taking ski trips around the planet, warmist Alison Gannett pees

Meet the extreme skier environmentalist
Actually, the 45-year-old extreme freeskier from Colorado has given up heli-skiing and her snowmobile. She also photo documents glacier change on her ski trips around the planet. ...the woman Outside Magazine named as one of its 'Green All-Stars' this year offers practical eco-living ideas without sounding holier than thou.

Intrigued by her eco-cred - Gannett graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from the Universidad del Valle de Mexico and founded her first business to battle climate change back in 1991 ... My plug-in-hybrid solar-panelled SUV actually increased my carbon footprint by 100 tons in one year ...
"As a climate change solutions consultant I travel the globe working with individuals, companies, events, schools, communities and governments
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"Heli-skiing is about 75 US gallons of gas an hour
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Q: What is your favourite non-skiing hobby?

"Surfing in warm water, eating my high-carbon footprint chocolate." she says with a laugh.
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Q: People might laugh at the idea of peeing before you fly to reduce jet fuel emissions. But how much difference does it make when every passenger urinates before they get on the plane?

"For every 2.2 pounds of weight reduction, airlines save 9,000 pounds of fuel per year..."

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