Environmental efforts connect people with a universal goal of a better future and a healthier planet. Around the world, different communities pitch in to implement more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices in their daily lives, workplaces, and local establishments. Vail is currently the leader of mountain towns when it comes to generating a sustainable destination.

In 2018, Vail became the first resort in the United States to gain certification as a sustainable destination. They set the standards for the “mountain IDEAL”—the requirements for obtaining a sustainable mountain destination. Vail continues to achieve sustainable certification every year. Explore three reasons why Vail is a certified sustainable destination and discover how you can play a part in getting your community certified.

Sustainability Training for Local Businesses

Vail began its sustainable certification journey with their Actively Green program for businesses. Actively Green is a training course that educates businesses on best sustainable practices like plastic bag bans, recycling efforts, and zero-waste production. Each year, businesses can sign up for sustainability training and gain personal certification for their green efforts. With businesses spreading the environmental message, people extend their sustainable practices beyond their homes, into their workplaces, and where they choose to invest in.

Zero-Waste Initiatives for Events

Vail is no stranger to hosting large events, from music festivals to ski championships. Planning an event in Vail comes with many different considerations. One of them is partaking in zero-waste initiatives. Vail offers an abundance of sustainable resources to make event planning more environmentally friendly in the mountains.

Vail’s Walking Mountains Sustainability organization extends the sustainable training they offer in their Actively Green program for businesses to event planners, providing a guideline for hosting an eco-friendly event. Some green initiatives enforced, supported, and offered include access to reusable stations, the use of compostable and recyclable materials, and the encouragement of partnerships with other local, sustainable groups.

Established Nature Centers and Preserves

Vail’s mountainside is a vast landscape home to many natural phenomena, from lakes and rivers to valleys and forests. Vail preserves much of its wildlife and land with established conservation laws and nature centers that protect wild lands from development. Each established protected area is under designated local protection that prevents any harm done to the area and implements preservation care. Conserving wildlife and nature lets the environment thrive without disturbance from humans.

Vail is a certified sustainable destination because it implements many green efforts, from how it runs businesses and events to its environmental protection laws. Initiate your own sustainable standards and promote environmentally friendlier practices throughout your community to also become a certified sustainable destination.

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