Learn to hold sustainable sports events with the Green Team “Organising Sustainable & Inclusive Sports Events” online course!
Sports events play a significant role in our society, from small, local-level activities to large-scale international competitions. However, their environmental impact is seldom considered, which is a change we must implement in our fight against climate change. This is why Green Team partners have worked with numerous stakeholders to elaborate this course, available in Catalan, English, […]
Green Team: a sustainable and inclusive sports event in Gondomar
On December 4, 2024, the União de Freguesias de Gondomar, in partnership with Ala Nun’Álvares sports club, organized the first sustainable and inclusive sports event of the Green Team project in Portugal. This sports event for children featured activities as volleyball, table tennis, boccia, and walking football, all designed to promote sustainability and inclusivity for […]
UFEC and its environmental commitment
UFEC (Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia), coordinator of the Green Team project, presented online course to promote green and inclusive sporting events. The UFEC has presented the Green Team project, a European initiative that it proudly leads and that is co-financed by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission. This project becomes a key […]
Addressing the challenges of sustainable development with the Green Team project
To foster sustainable and inclusive sporting events In the world where sporting events are a norm, given high appeal for the competitions, attracting interest in the athletes and audiences, there is also a rising concern of their environmental impact voiced not only by organizers, but also spectators and residents of affected areas, as well politicians […]
Next events – 2024
Discover all the events linking sport and sustainable development in which Green Team’s partners will take part in September and October 2024. September 27th – Open Doors at the National Footbal Federation – Workshop on the Management of sustainable Sport Events– Location: Bucharest– Organizers: ANS, National Footbal Federation, Corporate Games Sports Association– Who is this […]
How to reduce the environmental impact of sport events?
TOWARDS GREENER AND MORE INCLUSIVE SPORT EVENTS More than ever, preserving the environment is a crucial challenge. As a unifying force, the sport sector has an important role to play in raising environmental awareness and promoting the adoption of sustainable practices in our daily lives and beyond. Focus on the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, […]
The ‘Green Team’ project, presented at CUFADE’s National Congress of Autonomic Sport
On Saturday, November 11, the II National Congress of Autonomous Sports was held at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao, organized by CUFADE (Confederation of Unions of Spanish Autonomous Sports Federations). It was attended by a delegation of the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia with presidents, presidents and representatives of different federations. Throughout the day, […]
Petit Pas aps presented the Green Team project to some students of the College of physical education
Fabiola Porcelli, member of the Green Team and project manager of petit pas, presented the project on July 3th at an event organized to promote responsible and aware behavior towards the environment. “The binomial sport and environment has acquired an increasingly important importance over the years, so much so as to be able to modify […]
UFEC presents the Green Team project at the La Ballena Alegre campsite
The UFEC traveled this week to Sant Pere Pescador to carry out an informative session on the Green Team project, which it leads, at the La Ballena Alegre campsite, considered the most sustainable according to the ADAC association, a reference in Germany and which organizes awards popularly known as the “Camping Oscars”. Gisela Ibáñez, member […]
UFEC hosts the kick off meeting of the Green Team project
The aim of the programme is to reduce the negative impact and ecological impact on the planet of sporting events. On 6 and 7 February 2023, the kick-off meeting of the Green Team project was held at the headquarters of the Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya (UFEC). The UFEC, as leader of the project, […]
