I recently returned from my holiday vacation with a positive outlook on the new year and a renewed sense of being more eco-friendly. For my vacation I traveled to western North Carolina to go snowboarding at the Wolf Ridge Ski Resort.

A big reason why I wanted to go snowboarding was to enjoy the beauty and simplicity of a remote, snow-covered mountain that is far away from the fast-paced and energy-consuming world that I usually live in from day to day…