Winning a silver medal in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics (as well as that sexy Sports Illustrated spread) has really put snowboarder Hannah Teter in the public eye.

Now Teter is promoting her green way of living and telling People magazine about her life living in her parents yurt.

“I will live in the yurt part time,” Teter told People Magazine. “Mom has huge garden and fruit trees, and I love it there. I helped my parents get solar power this past year, and I’ll be running on solar and hopefully wind power with my yurt so I can be completely off the grid.”

To congratulate her for her recent Olympic medal, sponsor Samsung donated $30,000 to her Hannah’s Gold charity, where Hannah sells maple syrup to raise money in Kenya and Haiti.