Green Sports
This major U.S. sports league launched a Green Sports Alliance to promote sustainability in venues
What is the NFL?
Carrying one of these to practice instead of buying single-use drinks
What is a refillable water bottle?
This gas is the main contributor to global warming
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Tossing bottles and cans into this colored bin helps recycle
What is the blue bin?
This day, celebrated on April 22, raises awareness for the environment
What is Earth Day?
The U.S. Open tennis tournament uses these types of water bottles to reduce plastic waste
What are reusable bottles?
Turning this off when leaving the locker room saves energy
What is the light?
These rainforests are often called the “lungs of the planet"
What is the Amazon Rainforest?
This practice turns food scraps into soil
What is composting?
This is the name for farming practices that protect soil and use less water
What is sustainable agriculture?
This Olympic city built venues using recycled materials for the 2020 Summer Games
What is Tokyo?
This type of transportation is eco-friendly and doubles as a warm-up
What is biking or walking?
This international agreement aims to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases
What is the Paris Agreement?
The "Three R's" of waste reduction
What are Reduce, Reuse, Recycle?
These polar animals are losing habitat due to melting sea ice
What are polar bears?
Some stadiums now have this on their roofs to generate clean energy
What are solar panels?
These athletic gear items can be made from recycled plastic bottles
What are jerseys or shoes?
This percentage of the Earth's water is drinkable freshwater
What is less than 1%?
This fast-growing material is used to make eco-friendly utensils and straws
What is bamboo?
"Leave No _____" is a phrase encouraging outdoor enthusiasts to respect nature
What is Trace?
This sport’s “carbon neutral” tour includes bike-powered scoreboards and compostable gear
What is Ultimate Frisbee?
This habit helps reduce waste when packing for a game or road trip
What is bringing snacks in reusable containers?
The term for when species disappear forever
What is extinction?
Electronic waste (phones, headphones, etc.) should be dropped off here
What is an e-waste recycling center?
The number of years it can take a plastic bottle to decompose
What is 450 years?