The idea of the “Sport for All and the Environment” (SforAE) project is raising an awareness about the benefits of implementing ecological behavior in sport for all. Its aim is an environmental education through sport and sport promotion in safe and clean environment. The idea is to share the message that physical activity keeps mankind in a good and healthy shape and extends the individuals lives.
Objectives:
- Improve public education in the field of environmentally friendly sport events in conjunction with sustainable development
- Developing cooperation between sport organizations promoting environmental education using sport, sport events and sport activities
- Increasing awareness of the social benefits of physical activity undertaken in a clean and safe environment
- Preparing recommendations for sport organizations and clubs regarding “green” guidelines
- Collecting a list of examples of best practices in the field of environmental education using sport and the exchange of volunteers involved in the dissemination of project objectives.
Description:
„Sport for All and the Environment” is an EU project which aims at the promotion of environmentally friendly sport events with a range of activities. It involved organizations from Poland, Latvia, Czech Republic, United Kingdom and Slovakia.
The project promoted the exchange of experiences and the development of the second edition of guidelines for ecologically sustainable sports events. It also included organization of 4 flagship events and support with promotional materials in a form of free of charge canned drinks for about 120 different sport events, organized in a sustainable way for environment, including collection and recycling of empty cans.
The project collected good practices for the implementation of environmentally sustainable sport events providing suggestions for the future organizers.
Impact and Results:
The project acted directly on many sport events (120) throughout all the countries of the partners of the project involving a large amount of people.
Moreover, another part of the SforAE Project was to collect best practices in sport events to be published in a brochure. The best practices promoting active lifestyles and compliant with green events also included recommendations for sport events’ organizers. There were several examples of sport events to show possible actions, not only in the organization of recycling, but also on reducing the environmental impact of organized sport events.
Conclusions and Suggestions for Youth Workers:
The activity is very useful and provides good ideas on the organization of sport events but also other kind of events for youth workers. It gives a lot of good ideas for a better environmental sustainability in organized events and how international cooperation can contribute to the collection and development of good practices.
Link for reference: https://www.sforae.eu/en/#g-dzialania
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