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The sports world has been greening itself since at least 2004, with LEED certified venues, zero waste games and eco-athletes becoming the rule. Despite this, most fans have no idea about any of this.
GreenSportsPod exists to build awareness of Green-Sports and, by so doing, make good on the ability for sport, as Nelson Mandela once said, “to change the world” when it comes to climate change and other environmental calamities.
Listeners will learn about the Green-Sports movement’s successes, challenges and opportunities through our interviews with the people who green the games we love to play and watch, and the athletes who are taking positive environmental actions.
Host Lew Blaustein has built GreenSportsBlog into the source for news and commentary at the intersection of Green & Sports. He also is a sustainability-focused marketing and communications consultant, helping companies and non-profits create, tell and sell their green stories.
Learn more and subscribe to the show today at GreenSportsBlog.com.
Cornell University rower shares his experiences at November’s global climate conference.
Aileen discusses the Alliance’s 15-year history, its future and that of the Green-Sports movement.
EcoAthletes Champion, retired NFL offensive lineman, CEO of The Bridge Eco Village real estate development company, Garry talks about his incredible journey to becoming an eco-preneur and the author of eco-children's book 'The Bleacher Garden'
In honor of Mothers Day, four leading lights of the Green-Sports movement — Kristen Fulmer of Oak View Group, Kristin Hanczor of WM, Dr. Maddy Orr of the University of Toronto, and Aly Criscuolo from New York Roadrunners — share how being first-time moms has altered their perspectives on climate action.
Welsh adventurer, Triathlete, and eco-preneur Kate Strong on driving the #ClimateComeback
Thanks to Partnership Between EcoAthletes & Official NIL Collective Knights of the Raritan
Maggie discusses sports’ role in climate fight; Kevin talks about how to bridge partisan divide
Mario Molina talks about how and how The Outdoor State, 50 million snowboarders, skiers, trail runners and climbers can impact the 2020 election
Looks to Tackle Systemic Oppression with Innovative Mixed-Use Development in Hometown of Harrisburg, PA
Brazel talks Stature Clothing, her sustainable performance apparel startup; Blaustein shares his “Green Journey”
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Melissa Kalicin combined two lifelong passions — for sailing and the environment — with an adventurous entrepreneurial spirit to launch Oceanum Vela. The startup, which Kalicin runs from her houseboat in Kittery, ME, takes used sails from iconic racing boats that were destined for the landfill and repurposes them into handbags and other products.
Dr. Maddy Orr is the founder and co-director of The Sport Ecology Group, an innovative nonprofit that makes the growing amount of sport-sustainability academic research digestible by sport-sustainability professionals. She is also a professor of sport management at SUNY Cortland. Maddy specializes in climate vulnerability research and has authored over a dozen studies on climate vulnerability in the sport sector, and adaptation measures that can be taken by sport participants and sport managers.
Dr. Allen Hershkowitz is the Godfather of the Green-Sports movement. Over the past 15+ years, Hershkowitz has helped sports teams, leagues and governing bodies make real reductions in their environmental impacts. In the inaugural GreenSportsPod episode, Hershkowitz shares the history of the Green-Sports movement and his part in it, from his work with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004 to his current role as Environmental Science Advisor to the New York Yankees.