Environment
Need a lift?
The MadBus provides free transportation between our two mountains and throughout the whole Mad River Valley. So park your car and go the green way, on the Mad Bus! Click here for a schedule.
Learn about Sugarbush's Biodiesel Program
Read the Report on our Biodiesel Pilot Project Experiences (adobe acrobat)
Sugarbush is entrusted with the stewardship of lands in the beautiful Green Mountains. We promote renewable energy, resource conservation, recycling, wildlife habitat preservation, and environmental education. Please help us by sharing in this responsibility:
- Carpool and use public transportation (The Mad Bus!)
- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
- Share the mountain; respect all posted closures
Sugarbush Resort Green Team
Ski areas are increasingly being called upon to reach higher levels of environmental stewardship by government environmental agencies, nonprofit organizations, customers, ski area employees, and local and national ski area associations. Most companies are realizing that a proactive environmental management program is ultimately more cost-effective than reactive or status quo environmental management.
To meet this mission Sugarbush has created a team of employees, supervisors, and resort management to aid in the creation and implementation of a specific environmental management philosophy and system. The Green Team’s Mission has been to seek and initiate environmental quality enhancements throughout our business operations by taking responsibility for preventing pollution and environmental degradation. This goal needs to be met without compromising our business objectives while improving resource efficiency, materials management and handling and enhancing environmental quality resort-wide.
Sustainable Slopes
Sugarbush supports the Sustainable Slopes principles defined by the National Ski Areas Association. For us, "Sustainability" means striking a healthy balance between the enjoyment of the land by people with environmental quality, and economic vitality in order to meet our current needs without jeopardizing the needs of the future. As human demand and consumption continues to increase and places a greater demand on our natural resources, our responsibility of successful stewardship becomes more critical.
To reduce our impact on the environment, we support:
- Resource Conservation - In all Sugarbush Resort properties, we invite our guests and employees to help through re-hanging towels, recycling, and turning out the lights. Lighting in many of our buildings and lodges was upgraded to energy efficient standards. Free bus shuttle and bus service is provided and encouraged to reduce traffic and pollution.
- Recycling - We promote recycling around the Resort; from your car to the top of the mountain, recycling opportunities are everywhere. Simply ask our staff, "Where can I recycle this?"
- Wildlife Habitat Preservation - We strive to operate in harmony with the migration and mating habits of local wildlife, reflected in managed use of the Slide Brook Basin.
- Environmental Education – Throughout the winter season we offer a variety of educational programs with an emphasis on local wildlife and conservation.
The following is a list of partners of conservation in the Mad River Valley:
Friends of the Mad River
E-mail: friends@madriver.com
Web Site: http://www.friendsofthemadriver.org/
Mad River Watershed Conservation Partnership
Mad River Valley Rural Resource Commission
E-mail: madriverconservation@madriver.com
Mad River Path Association
E-mail: path@madriver.com
Web Site: http://www.madriverpath.com/
U.S. Forest Service
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The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership is a voluntary environmental assistance program that is open to any Vermont business that proactively incorporates sound environmental management practices into their operations. Click here to read about Sugarbush’s work with the Partnership. |
