{"id":30,"date":"2019-04-17T14:48:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/ict1\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2019-04-28T13:49:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T17:49:59","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/ict1\/about\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Skiing and Climate Change around the World:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gorman-Murray, Andrew. \u201cAn Australian Feeling for Snow towards Understanding Cultural and Emotional Dimensions of Climate Change.\u201d <em>Faculty of Science &#8211; Papers (Archive)<\/em>, January 1, 2010, 60\u201381.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This paper explores the emotional and cultural connections to snow in Australia, with a focus on Tasmania. It highlights the loss of cross-country skiing there as a significant cultural loss and also emphasizes the \u201chuman dimensions\u201d of climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Landauer, Mia, Wolfgang Haider, and Ulrike Pr\u00f6bstl-Haider. \u201cThe Influence of Culture on Climate Change Adaptation Strategies: Preferences of Cross-Country Skiers in Austria and Finland.\u201d <em>Journal of Travel Research<\/em> 53, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 96\u2013110. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0047287513481276\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0047287513481276<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This paper examines the cultural differences between Austria and Finland and how those impact Austrians\u2019 and Finns\u2019 relationships to skiing and their opinions of various adaptive strategies. It highlights the complicated relationship skiers\u2019 can have with snowmaking and its supposed artificiality and ends up highlighting the need for culturally tailored, geographically specific solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Norgaard, Kari Marie. <em>Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions, and Everyday Life<\/em>. The MIT Press, 2011. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7551\/mitpress\/9780262015448.001.0001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7551\/mitpress\/9780262015448.001.0001<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This book follows an American sociologist living in Norway attempting to understand how a town whose culture is rooted in skiing and winter is dealing with the threat of climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>S\u00f6derstr\u00f6m, Erik. \u201cClimate Change Sensitivity and Adaptation of Cross-Country Skiing in Northern Europe.\u201d University of Copenhagen, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an extensive thesis outlining potential adaptation strategies for cross-country ski areas in Europe. It contains survey data from dozens of ski areas and various areas are addressing similar problems. This is helpful for considering what the future of skiing could look in a warming winter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. \u201cThe Right to Be Cold.\u201d In <em>The Right to Be Cold<\/em>, 218\u201359. One Woman\u2019s Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change. University of Minnesota Press, 2015. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5749\/j.ctt2204r9f.11\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5749\/j.ctt2204r9f.11<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Watt-Cloutier has been fighting to get the loss of winter due to climate change recognized as a human rights violation for almost two decades and this book details her journey. It highlights the loss of winter as a prominent issue within climate change and this is vital to understanding the relationship between skiing and climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Skiing and Climate Change in the Northeast\/USA:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cornwall, Warren. \u201cCreating Winter for Cross-Country Skiers.\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, December 6, 2012, sec. Travel. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/09\/travel\/creating-winter-for-cross-country-skiers.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/12\/09\/travel\/creating-winter-for-cross-country-skiers.html<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a newspaper article advertising the various cross-country ski areas with snowmaking around New England and documents some skiers\u2019 reactions to skiing on manmade snow and the threat of poor winters ahead. It gives some more context for understanding the public opinion of the state of cross-country skiing in the Northeast in a warming world and how snowmaking fits into that.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fox, Porter. \u201cOpinion | Why Can\u2019t Rich People Save Winter?\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, February 2, 2019, sec. Opinion. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/02\/opinion\/sunday\/winter-snow-ski-climate.html\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/02\/opinion\/sunday\/winter-snow-ski-climate.html<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This newspaper article highlights the irony that most people who ski (alpine more so than Nordic) both have the motivation and the resources to address climate change in one way or another, yet real action is relatively rare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hamilton, Lawrence C., Cliff Brown, and Barry D. Keim. \u201cSki Areas, Weather and Climate: Time Series Models for New England Case Studies.\u201d <em>International Journal of Climatology<\/em> 27, no. 15 (2007): 2113\u201324. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/joc.1502\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/joc.1502<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an environmental sociology paper about the future of New England ski areas and the reasons why people do or do not go skiing in relationship to snow conditions. It concludes that snowmaking may not be enough to save skiing in the Northeast since people are far less likely to go skiing if there\u2019s no snow on the ground at their home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cHow Climate Change Will Impact The Snowsports Industry.\u201d POW, February 7, 2019. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/protectourwinters.org\/how-climate-change-will-impact-the-snowsports-industry\/\">https:\/\/protectourwinters.org\/how-climate-change-will-impact-the-snowsports-industry\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Protect Our Winters (POW) is the major player in the US for organizing skiers to address climate change in any way they can (through getting into politics, carpooling, etc). This page lays out the economic benefits skiing brings that are threatened by climate change and helps to give context to how skiers are confronting climate change across the US.<strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mangan, Audrey. \u201cThe End of Winter? An Interview with Bill McKibben.\u201d FasterSkier.com, December 19, 2011. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/fasterskier.com\/fsarticle\/the-end-of-winter-an-interview-with-bill-mckibben\/\">https:\/\/fasterskier.com\/fsarticle\/the-end-of-winter-an-interview-with-bill-mckibben\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is an interview published on FasterSkier.com with Bill McKibben, famed environmental thinker\/activist and also lover of cross-country skiing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rohall, David E., Lawrence C. Hamilton, Benjamin C. Brown, Barry D. Keim, and Gregg F. Hayward. \u201cWarming Winters and New Hampshire\u2019s Lost Ski Areas: An Integrated Case Study.\u201d <em>International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy<\/em> 23, no. 10 (October 1, 2003): 52\u201373. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/01443330310790309\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/01443330310790309<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Though this paper primarily focuses on downhill ski areas in New Hampshire, it nonetheless gives some more background information on what has been studied in the intersection of climate change and skiing. Interestingly, they found the number one predictor of whether people go skiing or not is weather and that climate change has created a small number of winners and many losers for ski areas in New Engalnd.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wobus, Cameron, Eric E. Small, Heather Hosterman, David Mills, Justin Stein, Matthew Rissing, Russell Jones, et al. \u201cProjected Climate Change Impacts on Skiing and Snowmobiling: A Case Study of the United States.\u201d <em>Global Environmental Change<\/em> 45 (July 1, 2017): 1\u201314. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloenvcha.2017.04.006\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloenvcha.2017.04.006<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This paper uses various emissions scenarios to model the fate of ski areas across the US over the next 50-100 years. It depressingly concludes that all ski areas in the Northeast and the Midwest could disappear by 2090.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Description of Prospect (Place and Community):<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAbout Prospect.\u201d Prospect, 2019. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/prospectmountain.com\/about\/\">https:\/\/prospectmountain.com\/about\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a page from Prospect\u2019s official website, giving a brief overview about the ski area. It helps to provide more background on the history of the place and its current state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u201cProspect Mountain.\u201d New England Lost Ski Area Project. Accessed April 11, 2019. <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsap.org\/vt\/prospect.html\">http:\/\/www.nelsap.org\/vt\/prospect.html<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a page detailing Prospect\u2019s history since its inception in the 1930s through the end of its downhill days in the 90s, featured on a website dedicated to the \u201cLost Ski Areas of New England.\u201d Not only is understanding the history of Prospect relevant, but so is understanding this nostalgia for ski areas of the past which may be the way that many ski areas in the area are headed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Changes at Prospect and Adapting to Climate Change at Prospect:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBig News.\u201d Prospect, 2019. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/prospectmountain.com\/big-news\/\">https:\/\/prospectmountain.com\/big-news\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is another page from Prospect\u2019s official website describing the transition from Steve Whitham\u2019s ownership to the Prospect Mountain Association. This switch to being owned by a non-profit is a vital part of understanding what Prospect\u2019s future will look like and its importance to the community.<u style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ray, Sarah C. \u201cRikert Nordic Center Now Has Snowmaking.\u201d Middlebury, February 7, 2013. <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/newsroom\/node\/447104\">http:\/\/www.middlebury.edu\/newsroom\/node\/447104<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a news release from Middlebury College\u2019s website describing the snowmaking system installed at their ski area, Rikert, in 2013. In asking people about what they think of snowmaking at Prospect, many referenced Rikert as a possible model for what Prospect could do and be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Ways to Get Involved\/Future of Prospect:<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Groulx, Mark, Marie Claire Brisbois, Christopher J. Lemieux, Amanda Winegardner, and LeeAnn Fishback. \u201cA Role for Nature-Based Citizen Science in Promoting Individual and Collective Climate Change Action? A Systematic Review of Learning Outcomes.\u201d <em>Science Communication<\/em> 39, no. 1 (February 1, 2017): 45\u201376. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1075547016688324\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1075547016688324<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a peer-reviewed article examining how citizens can become active in the climate change movement and the effectiveness of promoting citizen science.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Vordenberg, Pete. \u201cOp-Ed from Pete Vordenberg on Getting Involved.\u201d FasterSkier.com, March 29, 2019. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/fasterskier.com\/fsarticle\/op-ed-from-pete-vordenberg-on-getting-involved\/\">https:\/\/fasterskier.com\/fsarticle\/op-ed-from-pete-vordenberg-on-getting-involved\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is a recent op-ed from FasterSkier.com advertising various ways skiers can \u201cget involved\u201d in the fight against climate change (mostly in the form of political action). It is not only helpful in providing strategies for increasing involvement but also shows that this is a topic cross-country skiers are thinking about.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skiing and Climate Change around the World: Gorman-Murray, Andrew. \u201cAn Australian Feeling for Snow towards Understanding Cultural and Emotional Dimensions of Climate Change.\u201d Faculty of Science &#8211; Papers (Archive), January 1, 2010, 60\u201381. This paper explores the emotional and cultural connections to snow in Australia, with a focus on Tasmania. 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