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Kicking Global Warming

CAN SOCCER SAVE THE PLANET? LEARN HOW SOME CLUBS ARE TEAMING UP TO HELP KICK GLOBAL WARMING ON TODAY’S ENVIRONMINUTE.

SPORTS TEAMS TRAVEL FREQUENTLY FOR COMPETITIONS.  AND WHILE GLOBAL WARMING MAY BE THE LAST THING ON THE ATHLETES’ MINDS, THE CARS AND PLANES THEY USE EMIT CARBON DIOXIDE – AND THEREFORE CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

THAT’S WHY SOME TEAMS ARE NOW BECOMING CARBON NEUTRAL – MEANING THAT THEY CALCULATE THEIR EMISSIONS, THEN OFFSET THEM BY CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.  BEN BRESSLER IS FOUNDER OF KICK GLOBAL WARMING – AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS SOCCER TEAMS GO CARBON NEUTRAL.

BRESSLER: SOCCER IS SO INFLUENTIAL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THAT IF SOCCER TEAMS CAN PARTICIPATE AND REALIZE THAT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY IS A NECESSARY THING, THEN WE CAN GET THE WHOLE PLANET TO PARTICIPATE.

IT’S A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO BE ON THE WINNING TEAM.

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM.        

To learn more about ‘Soccer Against Global Warming’ visit http://www.satglobal.com/sagw.htm

To learn more about the ‘Kick Global Warming’ initiative, visit http://www.kickglobalwarming.org/faq

Do you want to participate? Find out how at Sustainable Travel International.

To read more about this and other environmental health issues, go to: www.environmentalhealthnews.org, www.ourstolenfuture.org, or www.healthandenvironment.org