Events
Alpine Resorts
Sustainability Forums
These, now annual, Forums are designed to be a catalyst for change
and initiatives in sustainable use and management of alpine resorts.
They are a not-to be-missed event for alpine resort managers, those
in snow-related industries, on-mountain businesses, and indeed all
those interested in Victoria's alpine resorts
The
fourth Alpine Resorts Sustainability Forum brought together 130
of the key players involved in alpine resorts from across Australia.
A real highlight was international keynote speaker, Dr Danuser,
the CEO of St.Moritz of Switzerland. Dr Danuser shared his extensive
knowledge and experience in developing leading edge environmental
programs and how his Resort was dealing with "hot" and
"cold" beds and providing housing for resort staff. Other
highlights were a Hypothetical led by media personality and skier,
Rob Gell, a series of workshops, and a sneak preview of a yet to
be released freeheel film by Steve Curtain. The Forum's theme was
'Creating Sustainable Alpine Communities' and as, Council Chairman,
Andrew Fairly, said: "The all-year round resort that many of
us are aspiring to will only be successful if we seriously look
at how we can together create communities on our mountains that
are viable, interesting and sustainable".
The following
links provide details of past Sustainability Forums organised by
the ARCC:
Alpine Resorts Sustainability
Forum 2008 (17 April 2008)
Alpine Resorts Sustainability
Forum 2007 (27 April 2007)
Alpine Resorts Sustainability Forum 2006 (28 April 2006)
Alpine Resorts Sustainability
Forum 2005 (29 April 2005)
Key Worker
Housing Workshop
The
Council hosted a one day workshop on Key Worker Housing in the Alpine
Resorts in December 2007. A perennial problem for the Resorts and
on-mountain businesses is how to accommodate staff. With the environmental
impact of driving to and from off-mountain accommodation each day
and the social benefits of developing sustainable communities now
also being recognised, it was timely to bring alpine managers, on-mountain
businesses and other key stakeholders together. Around 50 participants
worked together to identify issues and explore solutions. Link
here for more information and copies of the workshop presentations.

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