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The idea behind this blog is to help share best practices so please share what you have seen or done to help make sports/fitness greener.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Green guide to alcohol

The following link highlights a ranking of alcohol brewers based on their green practices. I do not know how they conducted the evaluation process or how accurate it is:
http://www.greenamericatoday.org/programs/responsibleshopper/industry/alcohol.cfm

Wal-Mart green steps

In 2005 Wal-Mart set a goal of being 100% reliant on renewable energy. Since then their efforts have been impressive. the new projects they have launched have been successful at least in one benchmark, having the renewable energy cost the same or less than traditional power. So far 90% of their efforts have met that requirement.

Since 2008, Wal-Mart's solar facilities at 31 stores in California and Hawaii have cut energy costs by $1 million. The solar panels produce up to 30% of the facilities' energy. Wal-mart has also opened new stores that are 25% more energy efficient than prior stores. Even its travel fleet, through better route planning, has become 60% more efficient.

Wal-Mart is second to Kimberly-Clark (177 million kilowatt hours through biomass) by producing 37 million kilowatt hours through biomass, solar, and wind power.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

San Diego Deals

The San Diego Padres (MLB) held Go Green Saturday at their September 4 game. As part of the environmentally friendly day, the team offered a ticket package that included four game tickets and four round-trip fares on the MTS trolley/bus system. The team also set up a free bike-parking pavilion near the ballpark. Plus, the transportation organization NCTD offered 2-for-1 fares for all Padres fans on the Coaster. The team also purchased carbon offsets for the game, held a cell-phone recycling collection program, and hosted a green expo.