It’s a truth universally acknowledged that we all need to make some big changes to protect the environment, especially when it comes to skiing and snowboarding.

While ski resorts may come with the impression of being healthy, refreshing places full of nature, fresh air and well being, they’re actually really bad for the environment. Lifts disturb local wildlife and burn through energy and fossil fuels; maintaining the pistes pollutes the snow; snow making wastes tonnes of water; resorts attract thousands of extra cars every year. The list goes on.

But the good news is that ski resorts have the most to lose from the effects of global warming, so a lot of major resorts have been putting in huge amounts of effort since the early ’90s, and in some cases before, to preserve their surrounding habitats and reduce harmful emissions.

Information can often be hard to find when it comes to picking the perfect ski resort, so we’ve compiled this useful list of resorts doing their bit to save the planet.

For more information on green ski resorts, check out mountain-riders.org or the Ski Club of Great Britain’s Green Resort Guide.