The Green Athlete

Holiday Season

During the Holiday Season there are some things you can do to help the environment.
1. Choose LED lights for your tree and for decorating around your home or office. LED uses 10x's less energy than standard lights.
2. When buying batterries buy batterries that can be recharged. By reusing batterries that can be recharged you will save the landfills from being overwhelmed with all those used up toy and electronic batterries.
3. Buy a real tree instead of a fake tree. A real tree can be used as mulch and biodegrates where a fake tree is made of sinthetic materials and will sit in a landfill for YEARS. Visit www.earth911.org or call 1-800-CLEANUP when it's time to recycle your Christmas tree.

Just a couple simple things to think about during your Holiday Season. Enjoy the Season and always Reuse.

What is "The Green Athlete?"

The Green Athlete, an International campaign led by Pro Triathlete Chris Lieto, provides resources and ideas that support athletes in their effort to live green. The Green Athlete campaign encourages athletes of all levels and abilities who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results. A core component of the campaign, The Green Athlete Blog, provides weekly tips that cover everything from where to recycle your running shoes to what food choices will help make a difference. Join us with our International crusade as we bring together athletes of all levels and abilities to make proactive environmentally friendly choices and changes a part of their athletic lifestyle!

Take a shorter shower!

As an athlete, chances are you take more than one shower a day.  So we are twice as guilty when it comes to the overuse of water. Simple solution - take a shorter shower. And definitely turn the water off whie shaving your legs. In doing so you will save water and the energy it takes to heat it which in turn reduces carbon dioxide emissions.