How green is your race event?

I love participating in races. I love the training (well, most of the time), I love the adrenaline, I love the camaraderie. Probably I’d love winning, whether I ever did, but as it is, I just love being a part of the event. However, I don’t love the affect these events generally have on the environment.

Think about it — races create a large amount of trash (paper cups, water bottles), cause large numbers of society to travel, and what do you do with all that swag? perhaps you keep it and use it, but lots of society just throw it absent. Races can be really wasteful.

Fortunately, they don’t have to be. Event organizers have a couple of options whether they’re hoping to “greenify” their

event. Both Athletes for a Fit Planet and the Council for Responsible Sport have several ways to help organizers assemble their races more environmentally responsible, plus they supply info to athletes who want to prepare informed choices about their races.

Original post by Kristen Seymour

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