The Climate and Sport Initiative
@ClimateAndSport
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The Climate and Sport Initiative brings star athletes, sports enthusiasts, and sustainability experts together to tackle the greatest challenge of our time.
Canada
Joined May 2021
From coast to coast, more extreme weather is impacting how Canada plays hockey. Let's protect the sports we love by taking on the greatest opposition of our time: #ClimateChange. Join the #ClimateAndSport team & learn more about how you can get involved: https://t.co/7w4nCYbksR
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.@Eagles' stadium is powered by solar. @SeattleKraken play in a net carbon arena. @FGRFC_Official are @UN certified #CarbonNeutral. More on how "[Sports teams] can use their elevated social status to educate communities on #ClimateChange" via @FanSided.
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Sports have a unique power to bring people together and mobilize community. It's a power that could be used to address the growing climate crisis.
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#ClimateChange is harming #OutdoorSports and athletes are taking notice of the negative effects. "My whole sense of identity is the outdoor world," says @thatdakotajones. 57M people participate in outdoor recreation, and they need help to change:
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As climate change threatens to fundamentally change the sports they love, outdoor athletes are joining the climate movement and demanding action.
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Boots ✅ Shovel ✅ Gear ✅ Outdoor rink to play on ❓ You don't need much on your winter checklist but we do need everyone's help to beat #ClimateChange! Get involved & learn more about how the #ClimateAndSport Initiative is protecting the games we love: https://t.co/iYJafZr7ST
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"We need to set up the next generation, so our kids have a better world to live in" @wick_22 Hockey is a team sport and so is fighting #ClimateChange, learn more about how the #ClimateAndSport Initiative is working to preserve our favourite pastimes: https://t.co/Q2vlG8Rj6d
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#Teamwork makes the dream work! Join the #ClimateAndSport Initiative and your local communities to #SavePondHockey for the next generation of #AllStars! Learn more about how you can take action against #ClimateChange here: https://t.co/w70NZPM8Hv
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🌈As #PrideMonth comes to a close, we’ll continue to celebrate the 2SLGBTQIA+ leaders & organizations that fight for environmental & social justice. Learn how the queer & trans climate community is making the world a safer & healthier place via @EcoWatch.
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The climate crisis disproportionately affects marginalized communities, including the LGBTQ+ community. Meet the leaders working toward a more sustainable and equitable future.
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#LGPA & @DowNewsroom ambassador @MariaFassi0 is committing to reducing her #CarbonFootprint in partnership with @sustainablegolf. Fassi aims to use her platform to "drive change and help others understand that they can too, one step, one choice at a time."
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Let's give a puck about #ClimateChange! Get involved with the #ClimateAndSport team and have fun while you help #SavePondHockey for future generations. Learn more here: https://t.co/YUovYlJlcc
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SailGP has become the 1st sport league to rank teams based on their emissions impact. @SailGP's Impact League is a #sustainability-focused leaderboard for tracking actions taken by #sailing teams to reduce their #CarbonFootprint. Learn more via @T3dotcom.
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The global sailing league organisers are using cutting-edge technology so races set an example for other big sporting events
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Top @Olympic athletes joined the #OnlyOneEarth campaign for this year's #WorldEnvironmentDay. Learn more about how they're combating the #ClimateCrisis and protecting the future of sport here:
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Join #UNWorldOceansDay to celebrate and learn from the communities, ideas, and solutions working together to protect and revitalize the ocean and everything it sustains. Visit https://t.co/Ej9xk6v3Xj for the free virtual event streaming today.
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#IndyCar will become the first racing series in NA to use 100% #RenewableFuels in all its #racecars by 2023. Learn more about this move that will reduce @IndyCar's #GHGemissions by over 60%, via @ctvnews. https://t.co/0Y09lm5514
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Love our videos? We’ve now got a @YouTube channel. Make sure to subscribe for new content notifications! https://t.co/1p4toXIMN2
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The Climate and Sport Initiative uses sport as a platform to educate, engage and empower Canadians to protect our planet for future generations. The multi-year initiative will include a series of...
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Always remember to thank your resident Zamboni drivers and ice resurfaces. They make your hockey games that much better! @PaulZizkaPhoto captured the effort they put in perfectly. 🏒
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“Stanley Cup winners, Olympic medalist make pond hockey skate to raise climate change awareness” @DanMurphyESPN and @espn covered the @ClimateAndSport @PolarPondHockey event in @TownofHayRiver
https://t.co/zEjQdhNylr
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Canada's frozen ponds provide the gateway to its national pastime. But the outdoor ice season is shrinking -- and concern is rising.
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Great story in @espn today about climate change & future of outdoor hockey featuring @MeghanAgosta @Ferknuckle @Glencross_C9 @ClimateAndSport @PolarPondHockey & #Rinkwatch's @rmcleman among others
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Canada's frozen ponds provide the gateway to its national pastime. But the outdoor ice season is shrinking -- and concern is rising.
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"Monitoring weather, mitigating climate and implementing sustainability technology is not just an altruistic endeavor." Read more below about how the race for sustainability in sports venues will be a "forever journey". https://t.co/y4rSoHi72U
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Raising awareness through hockey. 👏🌎 The @PolarPondHockey tournament in Hay River, N.W.T., teamed up with the Climate & Sport Initiative to combat climate change and save the outdoor game. @HockeyNWT | @scotiabank | #EarthDay
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It's no longer a choice between going green & growing profits—sustainability is the path to prosperity. We have the ability to make changes in every industry but that can only happen when we all work together to #InvestInOurPlanet. Learn more https://t.co/1phtpM4FNL
#EarthDay2022
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