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Green Sports Pod

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The sports world has been greening itself since at least 2004, with LEED certified venues, zero waste games and eco-athletes becoming the rule. Despite this, most fans have no idea about any of this. GreenSportsPod exists to build awareness of Green-Sports and, by so doing, make good on the ability for sport, as Nelson Mandela once said, “to change the world” when it comes to climate change and other environmental calamities. Listeners will learn about the Green-Sports movement’s successes, challenges and opportunities through our interviews with the people who green the games we love to play...

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Chris Granger and Kristen Fulmer, OVG 360 27.10.2022 44:43

Taking Sustainability at Sports & Entertainment Venues to Next Level

Brent Suter, Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher & EcoAthletes Champion 06.06.2022 18:05

Discusses His New Environmentally-Themed Children’s Book, ‘Binky Bandit’

U. of Penn Climate Scientist Dr. Michael Mann 22.04.2022 25:21

Author of ’The New Climate War’ Discusses How Athletes Can Spark #ClimateComeback

Claire Poole, Founder, Sport Positive 17.02.2022 51:55

Beijing Olympics, Super Bowl LVI From a Green-Sports Perspective

Matthew Campelli and Lew Blaustein on the State of the Green-Sports World 28.10.2021 54:29

A joint interview between the editors of The Sustainability Report and GreenSportsBlog

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe: Powerful Climate Communicator, Author of ’Saving Us’ 20.09.2021 43:44

On How Sports, Athletes Can Play Role in Climate Fight

Brianna Salvatore-Dueck, from Hoops to Sport-For-Purpose 09.09.2021 18:26

Bringing Climate into the Sport-For-Good Conversation

Dr. Maddy Orr, Founder Sport Ecology Group 10.06.2021 41:22

Part of Our Occasional ‘Sports & Carbon’ Series

Joanne Pasternack, President, Oliver+Rose, a Sports Philanthropy Agency 23.04.2021 27:45

Helping Athletes Make a Difference on Social Issues, Including Environment

Richard Vevers, Founder of The Ocean Agency 11.01.2021 32:17

Using Sports to Build Support For Ocean Protection

Elizabeth Beisel Olympic Medal-Winning Swimmer, Sportscaster, Environmentalist 10.11.2020 24:02

Uses her platform to advocate for clean, healthy oceans and climate action

Dave Kaval, President of the Oakland A’s 20.10.2020 24:05

How Their New Ballpark Can Improve Environment, Enhance Racial & Climate Justice

Kunal Merchant on Sports & Climate Justice 10.09.2020 33:52

Sustainability consultant on how sports teams and athletes can make a difference

Maggie Badore, producer of climate-focused video series “The Years Project" & Kevin Wilhelm, author of “How To Talk to The Other Side” 02.09.2020 33:54

Maggie discusses sports’ role in climate fight; Kevin talks about how to bridge partisan divide

Mario Molina, CEO of Protect Our Winters 03.08.2020 32:36

Mario Molina talks about how and how The Outdoor State, 50 million snowboarders, skiers, trail runners and climbers can impact the 2020 election

Garry Gilliam: NFL Offensive Lineman Quarterbacks The Bridge Eco-Village 29.06.2020 36:14

Looks to Tackle Systemic Oppression with Innovative Mixed-Use Development in Hometown of Harrisburg, PA

Lily Brazel, Field Hockey Star, “The State of Us” Podcast Host and Lew Blaustein Interview Each Other 22.06.2020 58:16

Brazel talks  Stature Clothing , her sustainable performance apparel startup; Blaustein shares his “Green Journey”

Milos Ribic, Director of Adidas Ventures, investing in sustainable materials and sports media startups 20.05.2020 23:49

Milos Ribic helps helps  Adidas  identify and invest in companies that will appeal to GenZ and beyond. Like us on  Facebook And feel free to email us at  lew@greensportsblog.com  with any feedback, questions, recommendations and/or ideas for future GreenSportsPod topics.

Melissa Kalicin- Green-Sports Startup Oceanum Vela, Rescues Sailboat Sails from Landfill, Turns Them Into Handbags 23.04.2020 19:53

Melissa Kalicin combined two lifelong passions — for sailing and the environment — with an adventurous entrepreneurial spirit to launch Oceanum Vela. The startup, which Kalicin runs from her houseboat in Kittery, ME, takes used sails from iconic racing boats that were destined for the landfill and repurposes them into handbags and other products. 

Dr. Maddy Orr, founder of Sport Ecology Group, on what if sports treats climate change as it’s treating coronavirus 02.04.2020 37:50

Dr. Maddy Orr is the founder and co-director of The Sport Ecology Group, an innovative nonprofit that makes the growing amount of sport-sustainability academic research digestible by sport-sustainability professionals. She is also a professor of sport management at SUNY Cortland. Maddy specializes in climate vulnerability research and has authored over a dozen studies on climate vulnerability...

Allen Hershkowitz, Godfather of Green-Sports 11.03.2020 26:11

Dr. Allen Hershkowitz is the Godfather of the Green-Sports movement. Over the past 15+ years, Hershkowitz has helped sports teams, leagues and governing bodies make real reductions in their environmental impacts. In the inaugural GreenSportsPod episode, Hershkowitz shares the history of the Green-Sports movement and his part in it, from his work with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004 to his current...