http://playitgreen.com The green sports blog Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:29:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Racecar driver and environmental advocate Leilani Munter delivers a first-hand report from the front lines of the Gulf spill--interviewing shell-shocked fishermen who talk about having to find other careers now, discussing how oil execs shortchanged those who lost their livelihood and talking up the importance of moving to renewable energy. ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=201 We all have those moments when we wish life came with an escape hatch...when we could ditch it all, head out on the road and never look back. Some, with little in the way of personal ties, manage to fit adventure and spontaneity into their lives, but most of us ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=198 Sometimes, it's the little things. Like the fact that Earth Day (April 22) is in the same month as major league baseball's opening day--just a couple weeks apart! (MLB opening day is April 4). Lots of clubs are touting their greenness now, some (much) more impressively than others. Let's examine ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=196 Like many people, I’ve been tuning in to coverage of the Olympic Games—from luge, to moguls, to figure skating—captivated by what feats of strength and grace the human body is capable of. With such worldwide attention and grand-scale showmanship, it seems almost inappropriate to calculate the emissions and “sustainability” of ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=190 Here's something to cheer about on Superbowl Sunday, other than the touching ascendancy of the New Orleans' Saints. That is, if you can keep these facts straight. Here goes. NFL Films Studio, which produces a lot of football content and programming in lovely Mount Laurel, NJ, including superbowl content, will ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=188 He's got a heart of green. Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli has a foundation with the  motto "Our future is green." Despite pictures of the larger-than-life NFLer on his (frankly, very well-executed) site clubbing with tight-dressed ladies and holding some sort of liquor named "bling," the guy manages to come ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=182 Amid the clamor of health care debating and balloon boy (remember him?) speculating and Yankees-beating that's been going on, there hasn't been much room for talk of climate change legislation. To really make an impact, such legislation--be it cap-and-trade, in which companies buy and sell credits based on their polluting ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=174 Even when I was in high school, I didn't invest much time or effort into the high school football games. And that includes one sad season of cheering at said games (I was the unsmiling cheerleader, which was not all that rebellious in hindsight). It didn't help that I attended ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=171 Do you know what you’re wiping your butt with when you use the bathroom at Lincoln Financial Field--home of the Philadelphia Eagles? I do. It’s SCA Tissue! Last May, 3 former Eagles even helped the tissue company plant 15 trees—linebacker Gary Cobb, wide receiver Fred Barnett and wide receiver Mike Quick—in their ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=166 Race cars push technology forward across the industry--and they are the cars people want to drive--so it makes sense that the race for greener cars should get tested on the racetrack. Green racing measures not only speed but energy use, emissions and use of alternative fuels—it’s a complex, 30-plus part ... http://playitgreen.com/?p=159