Ketchum Screening New Climate Documentary ‘Saving Snow’

KETCHUM, IDAHO – “Saving Snow,” a 53-minute documentary on the heartbreaking story of our winters on life support, will be shown in Ketchum at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, in the Limelight Hotel’s Silver Creek Room. The screening is free to the public.

“I am delighted that the City of Ketchum is sponsoring the screening of ‘Saving Snow,’” said Mayor Neil Bradshaw. “I hope many people come out to learn about the challenges that face the ski industry due to climate change.”

“With all of my films, the goal is to make climate change concrete,” says filmmaker Diogo Freire of Adaptation Now. “I try to find specific examples of communities that are being affected—and also show how they’re responding.” A disappearing snow season is more than just a frustration for winter sports enthusiasts. It means lost income for the many towns and small businesses that depend on winter tourism and recreation to stay afloat.

“Saving Snow” focuses on people coming to terms with these changes. But it also presents solutions. The film highlights individuals and organizations who are working to reduce their communities’ impacts on the environment and raise awareness of the need for action.

Birkie Executive Director Ben Popp, who features prominently in the film, says “’Saving Snow’ brings to life the realities we face if we don’t start to take climate change seriously at the policy level. I love snow, I love what it enables, I hope it is here like it should be for my grandkids!”

With the Olympics happening this winter, athletes are also speaking up about what they see happening to their sport. Jessie Diggins of the USA Olympic Ski Team says in an interview with the New York Times:

“You can look at different solutions for the economy, but you only get one earth to live on, and you have to breathe the air that is on this earth. We have to do it in a way that doesn’t hurt families economically, which is why I’m supporting the carbon fee and dividend solution, because it puts a fee on carbon and returns the revenue to households.”