We had mentioned in an earlier blog entry this spring that Vineman is stepping up our efforts to go green. We got lots of things in the works right now and hopefully come race weekend you'll see some noticeable changes around our race sites. Vineman has brought on board a group of students in the Green MBA program at Dominican College to help us become more green. They have taken our events on as a group project. I think they'll have their work cut out for them!
Vineman will also be teaming up with pro triathlete Chris Lieto in trying to get the word out to people about going green, caring about our planet's future, and what each of us can do to reduce, reuse and recycle. Chris started a program called The Green Athlete, http://thegreenathlete.typepad.com/. The Green Athlete is an international campaign that provides resources and ideas that support athletes in their effort to live green. The Green Athlete campaign encourages athletes of all levels and abilities who lead busy lives and want to make small changes that add up to big results. Take a minute and look at the website to find out tips on what you can do to help make a change and see what endeavors Chris has embarked on. If you have already been racing this spring you may have seen Chris, along with his bio-diesel and solar powered van at places like Wildflower Triathlon. He is traveling to races this year in the van and will be at the Vineman expo so be sure to stop by and see what it's all about....I hear that it's pretty tricked out!
It seems that Chris is about as passionate about living a green life as he is about triathlon and if he is as successful with the Green Athlete as he has been in his early season races then we just may be able to turn the planet's fate around! Way to go Chris...and keep up the good work! We will be sitting down with Chris for an interview sometime in the near future....when we can pin him down....so keep an eye out for the interview here on our blog. We will also post a link from the front page of our website.
One other quick note on a project that Chris is involved with is called Soles for Souls. People donate their old sneakers which then get sent to areas around the world that are in need.....places like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit or right now in Myanmar and China, two areas that have been completely devastated. http://www.soles4souls.org/index.html Vineman will be teaming up with Chris on this front as well and we will be collecting old running shoes at our races this summer. More on this is a future blog.....
That's all for now folks. We'll be posting some more green news soon, including a list of simple things that you can do to make a change and live more green.
2 comments:
I love that you're going green!
However, I'm having some difficulty with your main web site for Vineman 70.3. Where do I find out what time the race starts and what time does packet pickup open and close on Saturday?
Thanks :)
Look under the "race schedule" on the Vineman 70.3 page.....
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