Our Mission
POW Australia helps our outdoor community protect the integrity of Australia’s unique alpine environment and lifestyle from climate change.
Protect Our Winters Australia is a passionate community of outdoor enthusiasts, athletes and industry brands uniting the outdoor community to advocate for policy solutions to climate change. We believe our fragile alpine ecosystem and our love for adventure amongst it, demands our participation in the fight to save it and everything it represents.
Join us to create a future where Australia’s alpine environment and the communities and businesses that depend on it still exist.
Our Changing Snowscapes Report
Climate Change Impacts and Recommendations for the Australian Alps
Commissioned by POW Australia, this report offers a comprehensive review of academic literature on current and projected climate change impacts on the Australian Alps – and introduces new, Australia-first modelling of these impacts on the ski industry.
The research highlights a series of interconnected effects on alpine tourism, regional communities, hydroelectricity, high country water flows to the Murray-Darling Basin, carbon sequestration, high country ecosystems, and First Nations impacts.
Complete with recommendations on how to response to the challenges our mountains are facing, this report is a must read for our industry and community.
POWFest – You’re Invited
Join us at Bright Brewery on March 2nd for Mountains, Music and Momentum. This is a special event where sustainability, community, climate action and mountain passion come together in a celebration of our unique alpine environment. Set in the Bright Brewery Paddock and Brewhouse, there’ll be live music, an inspiring panel of speakers, sustainability activities and workshops, film screenings and...
Changing Snowscapes & Health
How will changes to the Alps affect the health of communities connected to them? The ‘Our Changing Snowscapes’ report provides a thorough overview of the ecological, economic and social damages climate change will bring. This article expands on the downstream health impacts of these changes, analysing how the various communities connected to the Alps could experience worse health outcomes. What...
Climate Kids: Snow and Ice
Dr Linden Ashcroft (Senior Lecturer: Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) and Dr Lily O'Neill (Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Climate Futures) team up on The University Of Melbourne's Climate Kids series to look at Snow and Ice. This episode answers the questions of Climate Kids living in Australia's snowy regions and takes a look at the challenges facing these places. More...
