Klimaschutz

Climate protection, environmental protection, nature conservation. All the same thing - or not? We set out in search of an answer and asked ourselves whether doing without plastic actually protects the climate.

In line with the still not at all wintry weather situation, the weather services of Germany, Austria and Switzerland have stated in a joint press release that winters are becoming milder and that there is less and less snow, especially at low altitudes. Rising temperatures mean that proportionately more winter precipitation is falling than rain.

Sustainability hasn't just been a trend since this year. Today, everything has to be green, sustainable or sustainable. But what does sustainability really mean? And who invented it?

Corona caused us to throw a few plans overboard in 2020. The pandemic has dominated everyday life and everything else has suddenly become unimportant. Nevertheless, we ask ourselves the question: why should we continue to ski as environmentally friendly as possible in winter 20/21?

Skiing involves clothing, equipment, travel, but above all the ski resort. For all those who want to be as environmentally friendly as possible, but don't want to make the ascent under their own steam, we have gone in search of environmentally friendly ski resorts.

Hikers, mountaineers and ski tourers - all genders are addressed equally with these terms - are actually considered nature-loving and ecologically oriented contemporaries: they seek freedom, exercise and nature away from large tourist centers. However, their travel behavior is neither nature-loving nor ecological, as most of them travel to the mountains by car.

Patagonia is bringing a new way to support environmental organizations and projects to Europe with the Action Works platform. Already established in North America, the platform enables regional and national organizations to receive support from people across Europe and to connect with each other.

"Skiing is politics - we cannot escape the world we live in": this was the headline of the American Powder Magazine in 2017. And we are doing the same in 2019. Skiing is politics. Or is it? Our author Lisa went in search of clues.

In 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the political objectives of the United Nations in terms of sustainability, came into force. In short, these goals, which run until 2030, are intended to help achieve sustainable development on an economic, social and ecological level. But what are the SDGs anyway, how do they affect us and do they have anything to do with outdoor sports?

Polluters, bad boys/girls, egoists: take your pick. We skiers are the climate's nightmare come true. Or are we? This column will look at the reality and how we can ski in a more environmentally friendly way. But first of all, why can't we get rid of this climate monster that is skiing?

"Your posts are constantly encouraging people to go powdering all over the world. What's the point! I think it's fatal in view of the ecological consequences." We are always happy to receive reader feedback, even if it is critical, like this message that Roman recently wrote to us. If a Facebook message then turns into a meaningful discussion and an entire article, we are all the more pleased. PG reader Roman Bonderer criticizes the contradictory (travel) behaviour of many winter sports enthusiasts:

Our winters are changing. This is not only due to too many party-happy tourists storming the ski resorts, but also to climate change. This has an impact on our sport as we know it. Protect our Winters knows this, as does Dani Hochmuth, founder of POW Austria.