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Ski and golf resort scores many firsts for environment

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For Jim MacInnes, president and CEO of the Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa, environmental stewardship is a philosophical approach.

"I am concerned about humanity," he said. "I want to see people change our ways and live as sustainably as we can for us, the animals and our planet."
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Crystal Mountain boasts many environmental firsts. It was the state's first tourist attraction to invest in wind energy credits purchased from Renewable Choice Energy (to offset its high-speed chairlift.)

The spa it opened last year is the first in the Midwest to be certified with the silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design designation and is one of just nine LEED-certified U.S. spas.

"I grew up in an empty world when you could throw away anything you wanted, use all the energy you wanted, and there was unlimited landfill capacity," MacInnes said. "Now we are living in a full world with limits on fossil fuels yet still with an empty world mentality. That view needs to change."

Read the full article at Detroit Free Press.