14 DAY TRIAL // Just yesterday, the White House housed a conference intended to analyze the ways in which America's sports industry might help bring down this country's ecological footprint.
Since massive amounts of money revolve around football, baseball, basketball and the like in most of this country's states, it is no wonder that efforts are now made to see how sustainable development can also be made to function within the context of sports and everything having to do with them.
To be more precise: major sporting events mean that quite a lot of people gather round and spend time together, which in turn leads to considerable amounts of food and water being eaten and drunk, respectively.
It is now argued that this puts significant strain on the country's food resources, and that more often than not, once the game is over, too much organic waste is left behind and too many plastic bottles go unrecycled.
Moreover, stadiums and arenas require that a lot of energy goes into powering them, and this is also bound to take its toll on the environment.
However, it now seems that America's high officials have agreed that the time has come for the country's major leagues (together with other sporting activities) to go green.
Rumor has it that this conference brought together team managers, athletes and environmentalists, and that energy efficiency and proper food and water management were at the center of discussions.
Inhabitat reports that some of US's stadiums are already well on the way of putting a leash on how major sporting events impact on the environment.
For example, Safeco Field in Seattle decided to invest in a composting program that mainly targets the food left behind by people once the game is over.
It is our opinion that this conference is more than welcomed, and that – should things go as planned – outdoor activities might soon allow people to spend time in nature without harming it.