Sport and Sustainability




The Good Sports Podcast show

Summary: <p>In this month's episode, we discuss the challenges and opportunities for sport to contribute towards tackling climate change.</p> <p>We kick off with Sara giving us the run down of the latest news stories in the world of Sport for Development.</p> <p>The main part of the pod is an interview with <a href="https://twitter.com/greensportsblog?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/greensportsblog?lang%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1564235925134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEW3T85FoacxhcmXTO7SDitLzyMHQ">Lew Blaustein</a>, creator of the <a href="https://greensportsblog.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://greensportsblog.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1564235925134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHMQrmlqGRnuSIDJF2zDP-ifa7jTQ">Green Sports Blog.</a> Dave chatted to Lew about his journey in sport for development, where sport is making a difference in environmental matters, the challenges of sport and what the future holds.</p> <p>The pod then discuss their views on opportunities and challenges, for instance how does the globalisation of sport and sport for development align with climate change messaging?</p> <p>Finally we return to the quiz, where Lee is 11-6 down to Sara, with a tough quiz on sport and sustainability. The links supporting the questions are below:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/55/63/72/2556372_DOWNLOAD.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/55/63/72/2556372_DOWNLOAD.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1564235925134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFh6l-4wwoE-OBLFJeF5sxp4Uoj9w">https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefaorg/General/02/55/63/72/2556372_DOWNLOAD.pdf</a></li> <li><a href="https://environmentism.com/6-worst-sports-for-the-environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://environmentism.com/6-worst-sports-for-the-environment/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1564235925134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGLILvSKURPCquBF3Pp9S_UEuVxmw">https://environmentism.com/6-worst-sports-for-the-environment/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.connectsport.co.uk/directory?keys=&amp;field_region_tid=All&amp;sort_by=created&amp;sort_order=DESC&amp;keys=&amp;field_region_tid=All&amp;field_area_of_interest_tid%5B%5D=55" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.connectsport.co.uk/directory?keys%3D%26field_region_tid%3DAll%26sort_by%3Dcreated%26sort_order%3DDESC%26keys%3D%26field_region_tid%3DAll%26field_area_of_interest_tid%255B%255D%3D55&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1564235925134000&amp;usg=AFQjCNECXdMYbLKBO1-KrCeJFTVkjO9G4g">https://www.connectsport.co.uk/directory?keys=&amp;field_region_tid=All&amp;sort_by=created&amp;sort_order=DESC&amp;keys=&amp;field_region_tid=All&amp;field_area_of_interest_tid%5B%5D=55</a></li> </ul> <p>As always a massive thanks for listening, please hit the subscribe button and share on social media. All reviews and subscriptions make a massive difference.</p> <p>Please do get in touch with us with your thoughts and questions. Also if there are any topics you think we should be focussing on, please get in touch via the methods below.</p> <p>Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/goodsportscast" target="_blank">@goodsportscast</a><br> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/goodsportscast/" target="_blank">@goodsportscast</a><br> Email - <a href="mailto:info@goodsportscast.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">info@goodsportscast.co.uk</a></p> <p>Thanks and see you next month!</p>