Climate Change, Illustrated
April 17th, 2007
For tangible, illustrative examples of how we have already begun (and will continue to need) to adapt to climate change, pick up the latest issue of Sports Illustrated.
ClimateProgress has touched on the issue before, noting the effect of weather and changing climate on golf greens and the example that sports figures and teams can set. But there is a world of sports out there as Sports Illustrated makes clear in its recent article, “Going, Going Green.”
The feature article both localizes and grandly outlines the consequences of climate change. It voices concern in niches we take for granted: catch in the backyard, the number of evening football games, spring training in Florida, the potentially sensitive issue of naming a team the Hurricanes, or the growing inaccuracy of the name “Baltimore Orioles“.
Starting now, there’s no more bench warmers.
July 14th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
This is a good article. The problem with the sports industry is that it distracts us from climate change and peak oil — impending crises that will spell the end of things as we know it. Humanity will continue but we face a major economic collapse that could last hundreds of years. The great wealth based on cheap oil will dissapear in our lifetimes. Flying from city to city to play sports will be a thing of the past in a few decades when the oil runs out. The world’s leaders are doing little more than talk at this point — carbon offsets are just delaying the inevitable. Everywhere we see “greenwash” — a pretense — and very little action to actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions by corporations or governments. The morally responsible thing to do is to do away with frivolous entertainment such as sports and focus all of our energies on trying to become truly carbon neutral — this requires a major restructuring of society.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
This is a good article. The problem with the sports industry is that it distracts us from climate change and peak oil — impending crises that will spell the end of things as we know it. Humanity will continue but we face a major economic