Green Sports Success Stories
Find out what stadiums, teams and colleges are doing to green sports. Clicking on a topic in the top row will bring related articles to the top of the list of titles.
| Title | Stadiums, Venues, Events | Professional Leagues | Collegiate | Type of Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASCAR Green – An Industry Effort. Examples of what NASCAR teams, drivers and tracks are doing to be as environmentally responsible as possible. January 26, 2017. | * | n | n | Motorsport |
| How Sports Stadiums are Changing the Waste Game. PPRC Executive Director, Paula Del Giudice, delivered a TEDx talk on how sports stadiums are leading the way toward Zero Waste. December 7, 2016. | * | n | n | General |
| Bring in the fans – reflections from the 2016 Green Sports Alliance Summit [Article]. July 12, 2016. | * | |||
| Tackling Climate Through Sports [Whitehouse Announcement]. July 11, 2016. | * | * | * | General |
| Green movement must tap into power of athletes [Article]. July 11, 2016. | n | * | n | General |
| The Highest-Tech Stadium in Sports Is Pretty Much a Giant Tesla [Article]. June 16, 2016. | * | Basketball | ||
| "Green" survey results [Article]. June 6, 2016. | * | |||
| NHL, prospects join Sabres alumni to improve Buffalo. [Press Release]. June 3, 2016. | n | * | n | Hockey |
| GreenDrop Recycling Stations Join the Pittsburgh Pirates in their "Let's Go Bucs. Let's Go Green." Campaign [Press Release]. June 1, 2016 | * | n | n | Baseball |
| Baltimore Ravens, Constellation “flip the switch” on solar power facility at team’s HQ [Article]. May 27, 2016 | * | n | n | Football |
| Padres earn kudos for sustainability upgrades at Petco Park [Article]. May 17, 2016 | * | n | n | Football |
| Virtue Field House Receives LEED Gold Certification [Article]. May 11, 2016 | n | n | * | General |
| Taking Green Action On The Mountain [Article]. April 27, 2016 | * | n | n | Skiing |
| The Greening Of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game [Article]. April 23, 2016 | n | * | n | Baseball |
| Surrounded by green, Pocono Raceway utilizing the sun to power the racetrack [Article]. April 19, 2016 | * | n | n | Motorsport |
| EPA administrator 'incredibly proud' of NHL Green [Article]. March 16, 2016 | n | * | n | Hockey |
| Greening the Playing Fields [Article]. March 14, 2016 | * | * | n | Baseball |
| Duke Football Goes Zero Waste [Article]. December 8, 2015. | * | n | * | Football |
| Ben Gordon, Magic Help Celebrate NBA Green Week 2015 [Article]. March 23, 2015. | n | * | n | Basketball |
| Super Bowl Helping Arizona Stay Green (PDF)(3 pp, 165 K, About PDF) [Press Release]. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 | * | * | n | Football |
| NBA Green - Things Teams Are Doing to "Go Green" [Web page]. 2015. | n | * | n | Basketball |
| The Green Sports Blog Interview: Neill Duffy, Sustainability Advisor, Super Bowl 50 Host Committee [Blog entry]. December 19, 2014 | * | * | n | Football |
| Waste Management Phoenix Open 2014 Sustainability Report (PDF) (59 pp, 3.1M) [Report]. December 2014 | * | * | n | Golf |
| Meet Justin Zeulner and the group making sports sustainable [Article]. December 19, 2014 | * | * | * | General |
| Can sports make sustainability mainstream? [Article]. November 7, 2014 | * | * | n | General |
| How collegiate sports can score with sustainability [Article]. June 30, 2014 | * | n | * | General |
| What NASCAR Nation thinks about 'green' [Article]. May 19, 2014. | * | n | n | Motorsport |
| 2014 NHL Sustainability Report [Report]. 2014. | * | * | n | Hockey |
| The Canuck's Greening Story: Motivations, Challenges and Lessons from the Field (PDF)(4 pp, 230 K, About PDF) [Case Study]. November 2013 |
* | * | n | Hockey |
| London's 2012 legacy lives on [Press release]. July 31, 2013. | * | n | n | General |
| Philly sports aim to hit waste out of the park [Article]. July 9, 2013. | * | n | n | General |
| NASCAR charged up about latest addition to green partner roster [Article]. July 1, 2013. | n | * | n | Motorsport |
| NASCAR has completed nearly 4 million miles of racing on 15% American Ethanol [Infographic]. July 2013. | * | * | n | Motorsport |
| 2013 NCAA® Men’s Final Four Sustainability Impact Report: The Road to Atlanta is Paved Green (PDF) (27 pp, 8.3 M, About PDF) [Report]. May 2013. | * | n | * | Basketball |
| Philadelphia Eagles Continue to Lead the Way in Energy Efficiency [Article]. April 23, 2013. | * | * | n | Football |
| Pocono Raceway: Go Green, It's Not that Tricky [Press release]. April 7, 2013. | * | n | n | Motorsport |
| Sporting a greener shade. Brooklyn's Barclays Center [Article]. March 7, 2013. | * | n | n | General |
| ‘Greenest’ Super Bowl Offsets 3.8m Pounds CO2 [Article]. February 6, 2013. | * | n | n | Football |
| 5 Reasons Super Bowl XLVII Will Be The Greenest Yet [Article]. January 27, 2013 | * | n | n | Football |
| Seattle Mariners Sustainability [Web page]. 2013. | * | * | n | Baseball |
| Olympism in Action - Sport and Environment [Web page]. 2013. | * | n | n | General |
| National Ski Areas Association - The Environment [Web page]. 2013. | * | n | n | Skiing |
| For a Greener Game -- St. Louis Cardinals. [Web page]. 2013. | n | * | n | Baseball |
| Let's Go Bucs. Let's Go Green [Web page]. The Philadelphia Pirates. 2013. | n | * | n | Baseball |
| Philadelphia Eagles Go Green! [Web page]. 2013. | * | * | n | Football |
| Sustainable Stadium - MetLife Stadium [Web page]. 2013. | * | n | n | Football |
| NRDC Game Changer Report: How the Sports Industry Is Saving the Environment [Report]. September 2012. | * | * | * | General |
| Philips Arena, Home of the Atlanta Hawks [Case study]. September 2012. | * | * | n | Basketball |
| Progressive Field, Home of the Cleveland Indians [Case study]. September 2012. | * | * | n | Baseball |
| NFL Green News [Web page]. July 26, 2012. | n | * | n | Football |
| One Team, One Campus, One Planet: Connecting Athletics and Sustainability [Blog entry]. June 11, 2012. | n | n | * | General |
| U.S. Open -- Green Initiatives [Web page]. 2012. | * | n | n | Tennis |
| Sustainable Slopes: Environmental Charter for Ski Areas. Reports on results are issued annually. [Case study]. 2012. | * | n | n | Skiing |
| American Airlines Arena Awarded Prestigious Leed® Green Building Certification [Web page]. 2012. | * | n | n | Basketball |
| NHL Green Winner of Sport for the Environment Award [Press Release]. December 8, 2011. | * | * | n | Hockey |
| Yingli Green Energy Becomes the First Official Renewable Energy Partner of U.S. Soccer [Press Release]. Aug. 10, 2011. | n | * | n | Soccer |
| NASCAR Expands Tree Planting Program [Press release]. July 2, 2011. | n | * | n | Motorsport |
| NHL Tries to Give Back the Water [Blog entry]. Green: A Blog About Energy and the Environment, New York Times. June 22, 2011. | * | * | n | Hockey |
| Greening the NHL Playoffs [Blog entry]. SustainableWritings. April 25, 2011. | * | * | n | Hockey |
| Amway Center - LEED Gold Certification [Web page]. April 7, 2011 | * | n | n | General |
| Red Sox - Fenway Greening [Web page]. 2011. | * | * | n | Baseball |
| Sustainability in athletics began at Middlebury with a 2005 student classroom project [Web page]. August 25, 2010. | n | n | * | General |
| Packers Green Team Announces 'First Downs For Trees' [Press Release]. June 30, 2010. | n | * | n | Football |
| Spectrum Center making changes [Web page]. 2019. | * | n | n | General |
| Mariners going green for Earth Day - Seattle to play host to first carbon-neutral game Tuesday [Press release]. April 18, 2008. | * | * | n | Baseball |
| Baseball makes pitch to go green - MLB, NRDC team up to create Team Greening Program [Web page]. March 11, 2008. | * | * | n | Baseball |
| Sustainable Soccer: How Green Projects at International Sporting Events Benefit the Fans, the Global Climate, and Local Populations (PDF) [Article]. James Mitchell in Sustainable Development Law & Policy. Winter 2007. | * | * | n | Soccer |
| New Soccer Stadium Sets Goals in Sustainable Waste Management [Article]. BioCycle. February 2005, Vol. 46, No. 2, p. 58. | * | n | n | Soccer |
| Greening Your Ski Area -- Pollution Prevention Handbook [Case study]. January 2002. | * | n | n | Skiing |
| How Sports Stadiums are Changing the Waste Game. PPRC Executive Director, Paula Del Giudice, delivered a TEDx talk on how sports stadiums are leading the way toward Zero Waste. December 7, 2016. | * | n | n | General |