With all the Extinction rebellion protests, the school strikes and David Attenborough’s Climate change documentary - I just wanted to highlight how running can be more eco friendly. Buying less stuff, making the most of the garments you have and buying second hand is one way. I know of a site called Rerun where you can buy pre loved garments. Worth checking out. Or charity shops are good too.
Brighton marathon used paper cups this year which was great.
Happy earth day all and let me know any eco ideas you have too. 😊 🌍🌳💚💛💙
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Are the paper cups not as hard to recycle as the coffee cups that we should be getting rid of?
Ok... I’m a little bit of an addict when it comes to buying stuff in the running store... oops... but I promise to wear every item until it’s falling apart!
My biggest idea for ecology is for the people discussing it not to all fly in private jets to a specific location, causing the media to follow suit... have these guys not heard of the internet... allegedly 4500+ planes arrived for a recent climate change summit.
I now walk or run to anywhere local... and I’m trying to eat seasonal food as much as I can... if my strawberries have travelled 1000 miles, me not driving a mile to buy them isn’t really helping. Sadly, we are now too demanding, and the supermarkets supply to the demand. All the meat in this house comes from within 20 miles of my butcher... and it’s slaughtered on site, fruit and veg is a little more challenging, but I’m refusing to buy any that isn’t at least British.
When I was in Italy a few years ago I stayed about 15 miles outside of Rome... for 1 Euro I could get the train into the city and the same ticket would get me on the bus to where I wanted to get in the city. Much as I fear trains I did it... here that 1 Euro wouldn’t get me 3 miles on the train... if we are to use mass transportation it needs to be cheap to do so.
Sounds like you do your bit Unfitnomore. The cups are compostable ones . Just heard on Radio 5 this morning they are using those in the London Marathon this weekend too, as well as capes that they are giving the runners at the start and end which the runners will wash and post back. (Good luck with that ?) But sounds like they are making a big eco effort!
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