Alison’s Global Cooling Ski Adventure Show
Alison’s Global Cooling Ski Adventure show
Keynote Speaking Engagement
A one-hour multi-media presentation
Show Description:
Alison Gannett's Global Cooling Ski Adventure Show
Entertain yourself with one woman's journey to save the world in this multimedia adventure presentation. In addition to many World Champion “extreme” freeskiing titles and starring ski film roles, Alison Gannett has dedicated the majority of her life to saving our snow, water, and ecosystems from the devastating effects of climat change. In addition to designing and building the first straw bale house in a National Historic District and converting the world's first solar-powered plug-in-hybrid (an SUV that gets over 100 miles to the gallon), she has led ski expeditions to document glacial recession all over the world. She also travels the globe promoting her four-step CROP climate change solutions framework, training such notables as Al Gore's staff. This year she was selected by Outside Magazine as a Green All-Star, alongside Willie Nelson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Longer Show Description:
Entertain yourself with one woman's journey to save the world in this multimedia adventure presentation from Straightlining vertical faces in Alaska to first ascents in Pakistan. This World Champion freeskier has spent most of her life working on solutions to Global Warming. Also a proponent of "walking the talk", she designed and built the first strawbale house in a National Historic District in 1997 and has converted the world's first solar-powered Ford Escape Hybrid, an SUV that gets over 100 miles to the gallon. She has led ski expeditions to document global warming in Bolivia, Argentina, Bhutan, India, South Africa, Pakistan, France, Switzerland, Canada and the US. She also travels the world as a global cooling consultant, training such notables as Al Gore's TCP staff. She was also nominated by Outside Magazine as a Green All-Star, alongside Willie Nelson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
In addition to many world “extreme” freeskiing titles, starring roles in ski films, endurance mountain biking titles, Rippin Chix steeps camps and avalanche courses, she has dedicated the majority of the last 20 years to saving our snow, water, and ecosystems from the devastating effects of global warming. She graduated with a Batchlor of Science in the Environment in 1987, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors from UVM, and subsequently founded her first business to battle climate change in 1991. She is the founding president of several non-profits to combat climate change – The Office for Resource Efficiency www.resourceefficiency.org and the The SOS Foundation www.sosfound.org. She works with The Equilibrium Fund www.theequilibriumfund.org in Central America verifying, certifying, and brokering the carbon credits of Maya Nut trees, directly funding local women, providing leadership training, and providing food security from the native rainforest trees.
Her ongoing “Global Cooling Tour” includes many educational projects , including touring with the world’s first solar-powered plug-in-hybrid Ford Escape SUV, showing the world what is possible in vehicles, buildings, food productions, waste management and policy change, with an action adventure entertaining format. She speaks widely to individuals, schools, businesses, communities, and governments on her four-part solution framework, CROP™, which seeks measuable authentic and cost-effective solutions for global warming.
Entertain yourself while supporting the Save Our Snow Foundation.
Bio
This World Champion Freeskier travels the world in search of a ski great ski adventure. Not only does she love to telemark, alpine, nordic and snowboard, but she also dedicates a majority of her life to saving our snow, by focusing on solutions to climate change. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors from the University of Vermont, specializing in Climate Change, and EthnoBotany, and went onto study alternative energy and energy efficient building design at Solar Energy International. She opened her first business dedicated to climate change in 1991, and has founded and runs four non-profits dedicated to solutions for global warming, including the Save Our Snow Foundation. She spends the majority of her time training individuals, businesses and governments around the world on her four-step CROP™ solution framework for global warming.
In addition her many skiing titles and ski film roles around the world, in both telemarking and alpine skiing, she also walks the green walk and talks the green talk. She designed and built the first straw bale home in a National Historic District in 1997, and converted the world's first solar-powered PHEV SUV - a plug-in-hybrid modified Ford Escape that gets over 100 miles to the gallon. She also uses her fame as a World Champion Extreme Skier, using her crazy ski expeditions to bring attention to her research on documenting global warming/glacial recession in Bolivia, Argentina, Bhutan, India, South Africa, France, Switzerland, Canada, The US, and Pakistan. She has appeared in many movies, TV shows, and Magazines and has received many awards for her work. In addition to titles such as "Freeskier of the Year", this year she was nominated by Outside Magazine as a "Green-All-Star" for her efforts on solutions to climate change, alongside such greats as Willie Nelson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
During the winter, she is on tour in her converted SUV, for her "Global Cooling Tour" - traveling the world illustrating solutions to climate change while skiing powder that she is trying to save. From teaching her Rippin Chix Steep Skiing Camps and Avalanche Clinics, filming for Hollywood, writing and shooting, demonstrating carbon footprints and solar panels, there is never a dull moment.
