Meet the shortlist - Sport for Environment Award
Selected from over 350 entries reaching 60 different countries, the Beyond Sport Awards, supported by Comic Relief shortlist represents the standout and unique work being done by organisations across the globe, from figure skating in Harlem to get young girls interested in STEM education, capoeira as a way to rehabilitate displaced young people in the Middle East to socially conscious gym classes as a way to support isolated older people in the disadvantaged communities across the UK.
The 36 nominated initiatives will be invited to the Beyond Sport Summit 2015, with their travel and accommodation provided, where the winners will be announced at the prestigious Awards Ceremony on the second day of the event.
Sport for Environment Award
The Sport for Environment Award is for organisations that are addressing environmental issues through sport.
Green Sports Alliance (USA)
The Green Sports Alliance is the first-ever organisation to bring together dozens of America’s major sports leagues, brands, and teams under a commitment to embrace renewable energy, healthy food, recycling, water efficiency, species preservation, safer chemicals and other environmentally preferable practices. With its members representing more than 300 teams and venues from 20 different sports, GSA leverages the influence of sports to promote healthy, sustainable communities where we live and play.
Miami HEAT (USA)
By inspiring and educating the local community to implement environmentally preferable practices, the Miami HEAT are dedicated to preserving and investing in the sustainability of the environment where the community live, work, and – quite literally – play. The HEAT have recently launched “Re-HEAT”, donating thousands of pounds of unused food to local homeless shelters; started an annual HEAT Beach Sweep; and launched “How Low Can You Go?” challenging local schools to reduce their energy consumption.
Ohio State University (USA)
Ohio State launched its “zero waste” programme at Ohio Stadium in 2011. A Zero Waste Stadium works to reduce its environmental impact as part of the Ohio State University’s campus-wide commitment to divert 40 percent of waste from the landfill. Ohio State is advancing recycling and composting efforts at Ohio Stadium, making Ohio Stadium the largest stadium in the country to attempt to move towards Zero Waste. Ohio State has set a new standard for collegiate stadium recycling.