The Greenest Team in Sports
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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics
Have you heard of the Forest Green Rovers Football Club? This soccer team might just be the greenest team in sports, and they could teach us all a lot. Read more on GreenSportsBlog: https://greensportsblog.com/2015/03/23/the-gsb-interview-dale-vince-obe-owner-forest-green-rovers/ Script: THIS SOCCER TEAM MIGHT BE THE GREENEST TEAM IN THE WORLD. WHEN THE FOREST GREEN ROVERS GOT THEIR START IN ENGLAND IN 1889, THE NAME DIDN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH ENVIRONMENTALISM. [i] BUT WHEN DALE VINCE, THE FOUNDER OF A CLEAN TECH COMPANY, TOOK OVER THE TEAM, HE WENT ALL IN FOR GREEN. [ii] THE TEAM’S STADIUM NOW HAS SOLAR POWER ON THE ROOF AND WILL SOON USE EFFICIENT LED LIGHTING. [iii] PLAYERS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO A FLEET OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE STADIUM HAS SOLAR-POWERED CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARS. [iv] [a] THE FIELD IS EVEN ORGANICALLY GROWN AND MOWED BY A SOLAR “MOW-BOT.” [v] BUT PERHAPS THE MOST UNIQUE THING THE TEAM HAS DONE IS MAKE ALL OF ITS CONCESSIONS VEGAN. [vi] SPORTS FANS AREN’T KNOWN FOR BEING PASSIONATE ABOUT ECO-FRIENDLY SNACKS, BUT THE FOREST GREEN ROVERS’ FANS SEEM TO LIKE IT AND FOOD SALES ARE GOING UP. [vii] SINCE GOING GREEN, THE TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT MORE FANS, WHICH MEANS THE TEAM CAN EARN MORE AND WIN MORE, ENABLING THEM TO ADVANCE TO A MORE PRESTIGIOUS LEAGUE. [viii] THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO CHEER THEM ON. #WeCanSolveThis #YEARSproject WHAT DO YOU THINK? SOURCES [i] ForestGreenRoversFC.com. Our History. https://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/about-forest-green-rovers/our-history [ii] TheGuardian.com. Forest Green hope Dale Vince’s eco vision brings promotion from National League. May. 13th. 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/13/forest-green-dale-vince-national-league-tranmere-wembley [iii] ForestGreenRoversFC.com. Greening Up Football https://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/about-forest-green-rovers/ecotricity-and-forest-green-rovers/greening-up-football [iv.a] ForestGreenRoversFC.com. Green Transport Award for Forest Green. Jul. 8th. 2013. https://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/news/first-team-news/2013/green-transport-award-for-forest-green [iv.b] TheGuardian.com. Forest Green: the eco-friendly club with a robot mower and big ambitions. Jul. 31st. 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/31/forest-green-rovers-league-two [v] Ibid. [vi] Independent.co.uk. Why I Turned My Football Club Vegan. Feb. 2nd. 2017. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/forest-green-rovers-why-i-turned-my-football-club-vegan-dale-vince-a7537286.html, Green Sports Blog. The GSB Interview: Dale Vince, OBE; Chairman, Green Forest Rovers. https://greensportsblog.com/2015/03/23/the-gsb-interview-dale-vince-obe-owner-forest-green-rovers/ [vii] ForestGreenRoversFC.com. FGR launches search for new chef to deliver pioneering vegan menu. Apr. 13th. 2018. https://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/news/first-team-news/2018/fgr-launches-search-for-new-chef-to-deliver-pioneering-vegan-menu [viii] TheGuardian.com. Forest Green: the eco-friendly club with a robot mower and big ambitions. Jul. 31st. 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/31/forest-green-rovers-league-two #WeCanSolveThis #YEARS Project
