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For the Green of the Game

Blowing the green whistle on sports 2
Posted 2 weeks, 4 days ago
While no sport or team is identical in how it operates, they face some of the same environmental challenges confronted by other businesses, including managing energy use, waste management, water consumption, pesticide use, land use, transportation, carbon emissions, and much more.
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From Doug to Diaz 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Brad's bro gets into the green game, and Cameron comes clean about her habits.
Fair Catch

EPA tosses flag on Cowboys’ new field 1
Posted 2 months, 1 week ago
The Dallas Cowboys planned to monitor the greenness of their new stadium through an EPA program -- which was so flawed it's been discontinued.
Go Green? Make Me

The psychology of eco-choices 3
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Savvy environmentalists know that people don't go green because it's "good for the planet." So what works?
Life's a Pitch

15 green sports venues 3
Posted 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Think the only thing green about pro sports is the turf? Think again. As the first crack of the bat rings through the spring air, we take a look at all sorts of sports venues that are scoring big on the eco-field.
Recycle & Flow

Canadian eco-rap and other youth offerings in Vancouver 0
Posted 3 months ago
Climate activist Thomas Kineshanko’s musing on jet travel was one of several back-to-earth moments provided by the youngest speakers at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
From ‘the wave’ to a groundswell

Enlisting sports fans in the green movement begins by understanding them 2
Posted 3 months ago
Talk of “harnessing” the passion of sports showed up everywhere at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment, but one marketer moved past the cliché and made a case that athletes are in a great position to promote environmentally friendly behavior.
How about water hockey?

Canadian activist warns warming could cripple winter sports 0
Posted 3 months ago
David Suzuki describes two “iconic Canadian images” already endangered by climate change -- polar bears and backyard skating rinks, like the one on which a young Wayne Gretzky learned to skate.
How much CO2 does a Zamboni emit?

Vancouver Olympics Committee shopping carbon offset plan 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Vancouver wants make the 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral, but the plan it released Monday counts on help from the private sector to make it happen.
This weekend’s NBA All-Star Game to be greenish 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Canadian athletes urge Olympic committee to fulfill eco-promises 8
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
In which industry conquers nature 3
Posted 5 months ago
Smart grids sexy enough for Super Bowl 5
Posted 5 months ago
Did NBC squash PETA corn-porn? 44
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
After This, It's All Downhill

Save Our Slopes, say top skiers in climate change SOS 0
Posted 7 months ago
Notre Dame and Syracuse face off in football and climate change 0
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Running mags go green! 0
Posted 8 months ago
Trump Yard

Scots give Donald Trump go-ahead to build giant golf course 0
Posted 8 months ago
No Longer Handle Barred

Bush admin aims to increase mountain-bike access to national parks 6
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago
Sochi So Far

Some venues relocated to minimize eco-impact of Russia’s 2014 Olympics 0
Posted 9 months ago