Alison Gannett: Extreme skier turned climate hawk

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Alison Gannett: Extreme skier turned climate hawk

Alison with Spot the pig. (Photo by Jim Brett.) At first blush, Alison Gannett’s sacrifices in the name of fighting global climate change don’t seem all that sacrificial. In 2001, the world champion extreme freeskier gave up helicopter skiing. She sold her snowmobile in 2005. Several years ago, she rejected a lucrative contract with Crocs because of the shoe company’s questionable environmental practices. (She kept her contract with the more sustainable Keen Footwear.) Just recently she turned down a photo shoot in the Alps because the flight over the pond was too much for her carbon footprint to bear. Go ahead, roll your eyes. (Oh muffin … no heliskiing??) Then take note: Gannett walks the walk when it comes to living green. She and her husband grow their own food on an earth-friendly farm, and she’s battled to bring sustainable eats to residents in her rural corner of Co...

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@swht » 01 Oct '12, 2pm
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@AlisonGannett » 27 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @politixgirl: MT @grist: start behaving or we can kiss skiing goodbye, says downhill world-champion @AlisonGannett [link]
@MtnRA » 24 Sep '12, 4pm
Extreme #skier, @alisongannett, leads by example when it comes to #climatechange [link] via @grist h/t @kejames
@Ecofluor » 24 Sep '12, 2pm
"If we don't buck up...we can kiss our powder days goodbye": extreme skier turned #climate activist [link]
@kejames » 23 Sep '12, 1am
In which world-champion extreme skier @AlisonGannett fights to save our snow. [link] h/t @grist cc @MtnRA
@politixgirl » 23 Sep '12, 1am
MT @grist: If we don't start behaving, we can kiss our skiing days goodbye, says downhill world-champion @AlisonGannett [link]
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“@ClimateReality: As climate change threatens her favorite pastime, extreme skier Alison Gannett gets serious about CO2 [link]
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