Going Green
By participating in this year’s tournament you will be part of the FIRST EVER SUSTAINABLE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT EVER.
We’re working with the Council for Responsible Sport to earn our eco certification proving that we’re being as socially and environmentally responsible as we possibly can. To get our certification, we have to show that we’re taking steps to reduce our carbon footprint, decrease the amount of waste produced from the event, recycle wherever possible, eat local and organic food, use renewable energy when possible and educate our teams about how we’re going green. Cool, huh?
And no, you don’t have to play in Birkenstocks this year, don’t worry.
Here are just a few of the things we’re doing to be sustainable, you can check out the full list here:
- Waste – We’re doing our best to reduce the amount of paper we use, reduce the amount of waste we create and recycle any bottles or paper we use.
- Climate – We’re investigating ways to buy renewable energy to power our event and our web hosting and carbon offsets for travel. We’re also encouraging energy and fuel conservation by asking you to carpool.
- Equipment and Materials – Our business cards, flyers and signs are all printed on recycled paper. Our shirts will be organic, recycled cotton and our dodgeballs are re-used from last year (except for the ones that literally have bite marks in them – guys, stop eating the dodgeballs, we have granola bars….).
- Community and Outreach – We’ve always made it a point to embrace our local roots by encouraging local teams, companies, volunteers and sponsors to join together for the day for a good cause. This year we have two good causes: diabetes AND sustainability. We figure, why not knock out diabetes in a sustainable way?
- Health Promotion – We rock this category. We’ve always been all about educating our communities about what it really means to live with diabetes. And we’re never going to stop.
- Innovation – We think creating the FIRST EVER SUSTAINABLE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT EVER is pretty innovative. But we’re also doing our best to find creative ways to be sustainable – recycled trophies, local food vendors – any other ideas? Send them our way!
