Never before has a World Cup started amidst so much controversy.
Banning water bottles, blocking a referee from entering the country, huge direct emissions, extreme heat AND being sponsored by the world's most polluting oil company. 🫨 1/2
Full story. 👇
The Gathering - The Green Runners do parkrun. Woo hoo!
1/2 The Gathering - Friday night fireside chats
@ultradamo.bsky.social inspiring us to use our voices to speak out against the organisations driving the climate emergency, why endurance skills matter when change doesn’t happen quickly & the importance of calling out sportswashing.
A gathering at The Gathering. Exchanging views & approaches with like minded organisations is a great way to grow.
🙏🏻 to Mount Cook Adventure Centre, Trails for Good & Hope Valley Climate Group for joining us this today. Lots of food for thought & ideas for possible collaborations.
@mountcookadventure.bsky.social
The Gathering - tonight’s fireside chat focused on mindful running, finding your intrinsic why, how to keep going when the going gets tough, a crazy “sprint” at the Barkleys and the power of having a good chat with yourself.
Jasmin Paris, Elis Parry and Jeev Singh kept the conversation flowing.
2/2 The Gathering - Friday night fireside chats
@melcoate.bsky.social encouraging us to take #LowCarbonAdventures by finding new ways to look at the world on our doorstep. Tales of running around a 20km x 20km map finding new trails, Firecrests and hidden corners.
The Gathering - our group enjoyed a woodland run at Black Rocks parkrun followed by a @ultradamo.bsky.social downhill skillz session & spot of plogging. Top morning.
The Gathering - Darren Evans bringing the sustainable running tips. Brilliant session this afternoon demonstrating how to make homemade electrolytes & energy gels & then how to make running repairs to our daps.
Sweet & salty; stitches & glue
Tackling two pillars in one session #HowWeFuel #HowWeKit
The Gathering has well and truly started. The inaugural Green Runners meet up is taking place in the Peak District this weekend.
Pods have been allocated, runs planned, inspiring speakers ready to go.
The FIFA 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Mexico and Canada has highest climate emissions ever. Here's why - and positive examples on how football and soccer can be greener.
