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.
Our Mountains, Your Voice – We want to hear from you
POW Australia has just launched our new campaign, ‘Our Mountains, Your Voice’ – and we want to hear from you!
Andrew Peters left the snow this year feeling a sense of loss. To him, the last couple seasons were a window into what the future of our mountains might look like. “As someone who has spent their life studying the environment, the magnitude of change is really visible to me,” he said.
Catch the Bus, Drive Down Emissions
As we head to the mountains for a winter escape, it's important to remember that the bulk of our environmental impact of our snow trip comes not from the resorts themselves but from how we get there. In fact, at resorts like Falls Creek a staggering 85% of emissions are estimated to come from transport¹. Fortunately, there are solutions, such...
Chess & Divya talk Aussie Backcountry – POWcast Episode 4
Episode 4 of the POWcast features power-duo of the Australian backcountry, Chess Smee and Divya Gordon. Chess is a ski guide, instructor and educator whose love of the mountains is infectious and empowers others to enjoy the alpine environment. Divya, an accomplished outdoor filmmaker, has spent her adult life bringing inspiring stories of adventure to the screen. Fittingly, these women...
