jhaysom’s Recent Comments

• Click here to view comment in original post

  Reduce, Reuse

  Here's a few quick ideas...

  REDUCE by initiating a christmas exchange (1 present to shop for instead of many!).  

  REUSE by making a rule in the family that all presents must be used or home-made Christmas gift.  You can find great stuff in used/consignment clothing stores as well as some really wacky things.

  DONATE to a favorite charity instead of presents.

  Give the gift of tickets to a PERFORMANCE instead of  a material item.On A gift guide for eco-minded shoppers headed to big-box stores posted 2 years ago 4 Responses

• Click here to view comment in original post

  Which major sports LEAGUE will be first

  While I applaud the actions of individual athletes and one-time events, these are obviously baby steps.  In the field of sports, we need to put pressure on multi-game leagues to incorporate change.  I give you NHL as my example:

  • each team plays 80 games in a season, requiring 40 airplane flights (some cross-continent) for the team, plus media flights
    
  • about 15,000 fans attend each game, travelling predominantly by car to a stadium at the far side of the city during rush hour (~3M tonnes of greenhouse gas over a season)
    
  • there are ice rinks in places like Tampa Bay and LA

  I used to be a big fan, but have lost interest for the extravagance of it, but also for the lack of quality.  The league would be so much better with fewer teams and fewer games.

  Some ideas that leagues should adopt:
  

  • more public transit to games
    
  • purchasing of carbon credits
    
  • green facilities, including green energy and greening parking lots and grounds
    
  • no more expansion!
  On 15 Green Sports Stars posted 2 years, 5 months ago 15 Responses