Live Well Jackson Hole

Hotel Terra’s Model for Modification: Windows

At the end of the day, do you know how your windows conserve or waste energy? Having energy efficient windows is essential to anyone concerned with the health of the environment both inside and outside.

Hotel Terra Jackson Hole’s windows are Energy Star approved, extremely efficient windows with Low E, a highly reflective coating that protects interiors from infrared light. What does that mean?

In simplest terms, it means that the windows keep heat in during the winter and out during the summer, thereby reducing the need for energy used for supplemental heating and cooling.

Get on the bandwagon and update those windows. While the initial expense may seem slightly outrageous to you, the payoff screams when you get your new monthly energy bills.

Hotel Terra Jackson Hole is a LEED Certified Eco-Boutique hotel located in Teton Village, WY. A.K.A Jackson Hole!

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Bon Appetit’s “Guide to Cooking Up in a Greener World” is an excellent read, awesome resource and is fun to digest.

Live Well wants to share “50 Ways to Eat Green” with all the environmentalists out there that are reading our blog but more importantly to the foodies: Eating green is easier than you think. Here’s 50 ways but do go to Bon Appetite for an expanded read of this deliciously slow list.

1. Eat More Chocolate
2. Boil Once, Cook Twice
3. Fill up Your Freezer
4. Don’t Read the Omnivore’s Dilemma
5. Make a Bison Burger (pictured)       
6. Ask Your Farmer These Questions
7. Don’t Open That Door
8. Buy a Side of Beef
9. Cook More Often
10. Roast a Whole Chicken
11. Become a Human Food Processor
12. Eat Alaskan Wild Salmon
13. Savor Sardines
14. Get the Scoop
15. Plant an Heirloom Vegetable Garden
16. Learn How to Read a Carrot…
17. Buy Barramundi     UM, Barramundi is on the menu at Cascadewith asparagus and risotto! yum!
18. Be Your Own Barista
19. Treasure Your Trash
20. Make Stocks
21. Make Your Own Cereal
22. Join a CSA
23. Eat American Cheese
24. Text Fishphone
25. Veg Out
26. Turn Off the Lights
27. Clean Green
28. Start Composting Tonight
29. Eat Grass-Fed Beef
30. Become an Urban Forager
31. Eat Sustainable Shrimp
32. Eat Free Food
33. Get Blasted
34. Eat Sustainable Sushi
35. Become a Locavore
36. Bike to the Market
37. Support Your Local Green Restaurant
38. Go Bento
39. Eat More Tofu
40. Stop Whistling
41. Use Your Dishwasher
42. Bag It
43. Mix Your Drinks
44. Take the Leftovers
45. Pack Your Own Lunch
46. Support Your Local Winemaker
47. Read Fritz Haeg’s Edible Estates
48. Keep the Greens
49. Plan Your Paper Use
50. Recycle Bon Appétit

Terra Resort Group is happy to help share  this helpful list with our Live Well readers as well as our guests at LEED Certified Hotel Terra Jackson Hole.

 (lovely letterpress via sycamorestreetpress at www.Etsy.com)

With V A L E N T I N E S Day less than a week away, consider bringing a new twist to the age-old commercial holiday by going green!

Some easy places to start:

1. Make your own card or buy one handprinted (*see above) on recycled paper.

2. Instead of the traditional long-stemmed roses (grown god knows where) buy a plant that will stand the test of time (if you treat it properly).

3. ORGANIC CHOCOLATE

4. Perhaps mixing it up with sustainable suds? Buy some bubble bath from a eco-friendly company. May we suggest Eminence Organics products available at Hotel Terra’s Chill Spa.

There’s a great slew of suggestions out there. Here’s just a few.

GreenLaGirl

GreenLivingIdeas

GreenUpGrader

Forget Red or Prink this Year, GO Green!