Snow Go

Dilemma: we heart skiing but hate the big fat carbon footprint it leaves. What to do? White Pod Resort (www.whitepod.com) in Switzerland might just save our eco-souls – a snowshoe or sled 1400m ride up the Alps, with accommodation in a cute pod heated by a wood-burning stove and lit by the gentle glow of oil lamps, it’s already got a World Prize for Sustainable Tourism tucked under its geodesic domes. Guiltfree skiiing without the hairshirt. That’s smart.

Frances Power, Contributing Editor