How You Can Help Our Environment

Search and post rides to your favorite resort, hook up carpools, save money and gas, make new friends, and have a lot of fun doing it with Northstar® Resort's new rideshare program. Ridehsharing can cut your emissions in half, a third or even a quarter or more!

Stay, play, shop and dine all in one place without creating harmful gas emissions. Enjoy free on-site transportation to the Village at Northstar from multiple resort shuttle stops within the Basque, Big Springs, Ski Trails and Aspen Grove neighborhoods.

Support conservation projects on the National Forests of Lake Tahoe Basin. These projects include trail and forest recreation improvements, wildlife habitat and watershed restoration, and community-based forestry programs.  For every dollar, your gift will be matched with 60 cents. 100% of your contribution will be forwarded to the National Forest Foundation. Choose denominations of $1, $5 or $10.

Support the use of clean, renewable energy by purchasing Green Tags. Green Tags help reduce the harmful environmental effects of burning coal and natural gas.

100% of your contribution will be forwarded to the non-profit Bonneville Environmental Foundation - engaging people in solving our most pressing environmental issues - to offset vehicle emissions associated with your ski trips to Northstar Resort.

Choose from denominations of $4, $8 or $16 - $4 offsets one round trip from the Bay Area to Northstar®  Resort.

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

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Since 1998, permanent and part time residents and their advisors have relied on TTCF to help turn their charitable passions into meaningful and effective philanthropy. TTCF manages over $10 million in assets and stewarded more than $1,600,000 grants in 2006. Explore the TTCF website  and learn how to become a donor, how to how to help your clients, or how to apply for a grant.

Litter can find its way into storm drains and pollute waterways and the environment. Untreated storm drain water can soak into groundwater, flow into canals and streams, and into recreational areas such as lakes, rivers and the ocean. The number one litter item found along highways is cigarette butts. For more information, please visit www.DontTrashCalifornia.info.