simple + green

Regular readers will know that I’m a huge baseball fan. Like every public event, baseball games consume a lot of resources, which makes it slightly less easy to enjoy.

Oil/energy consumption in the form of transportation and facility management is very costly for the environment.

So, the 2 Florida pro baseball teams put their money where their carbon footprint would be.

By the Marlins’ calculations, more than 440 metric tons of carbon dioxide would be emitted during the game, from people traveling to the ballpark, stadium operations and other means. The Marlins, the state and the nonprofit group carbonfund.org said the carbon footprint of the game would be offset through investments in reforestation projects across the Southeast.

Carbonfund.org says reforestation—planting trees—can absorb existing CO2 emissions and reduce the excess greenhouse gases that humans have added to the atmosphere.

How cool is this?

So far, Florida is the leader in carbon neutral sporting events: last November, Florida was home to the first carbon-neutral college football game, when Florida State visited Florida.

What to do? Lobby your local sports franchises to consider the same! Here in California, I’ll be sure to hit up those closest to us.