Global Sport Matters highlights The Sustainability of Sport

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The Sustainability of Sport

Sport is a large-scale global pursuit that brings together people and places, often creating deep roots with the environment in which it is played. As a result, sport both contributes to ecological change and is affected by it.

As efforts intensify to address decades of carbon emission, commercial growth, and environmental deterioration, sport can take the lead in championing progress. If current trends continue, however, sport could face some of the more serious consequences of a changing Earth.

Is Sport the Big Game Changer in Sustainability?

On this special episode of Global Sport Matter Podcast, Stephanie Gerretsen, PhD of the Global Sport Institute speaks with Roger McClendon, Executive Director of the Green Sports Alliance, Sofi Armenakian, Director of Operations and Sustainability at the Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena, and Jordan Enke, Senior Vice President of Stadium Operations at Austin F.C. The panel discusses how sport is setting its own path within the sustainability industry for others to follow.

Listen to the podcast at bit.ly/thegsmpod.

“So if you don’t want to be left behind, you don’t want to become one of those dinosaur companies or businesses, you have to pay attention to what’s happening. ”

ROGER MCCLENDON

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREEN SPORTS ALLIANCE

Extreme Heat and Air Pollution Create an Uneven and Risky Playing Field

Increasing temperatures and unequal pollution exposures increase disparities and affect participation in youth sport, and thus who might succeed to the elite level.

Read the full article at bit.ly/GSMRiskyPlayingField

“The mere existence of sport, and competing at maximal intensities to achieve success, prohibits us from being able to prevent all heat-related illnesses from occurring. Rather, implementation of effective strategies to prevent death/catastrophic injury from heat-related illness should be the focus. ”

— WILLIAM ADAMS, THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

RESEARCH FOR THE U.S. OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE

Impactful, Livable, Accessible: Three Ways Sports Stadiums Can Support Sustainable Urban Development

In many cities, nothing stands more prominently on the skyline than sports stadiums. They are major parts of the community, giving them an exceedingly important role in the sustainable development of the places they reside.

Read the full article at bit.ly/GSMSustainableDevelopment