Athletes 'Play It Cool' to Stop Global Warming

‘Play It Cool’ is an innovative environmental program that teams elite summer and winter athletes concerned about global warming with the David Suzuki Foundation.

These athletes are committed to making changes in their lives to reduce their climate impact, and to inspiring others to do the same. When launched in 2006, members from the national alpine and cross-country ski teams went carbon neutral, led by Olympic skiers Thomas Grandi and Sara Renner. In 2007, 500 NHL players committed to going 'carbon neutral'. All of these athletes are offsetting their emissions using Gold Standard offsets, the highest quality offsets in the world.

Participating athletes have not only found the program rewarding, they’ve found it quick and easy because the David Suzuki Foundation calculates each athlete’s carbon footprint prior to their purchase of high quality carbon offsets. 


Recently, over 70 of Canada's top Olympic and national team athletes called on the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) to make the 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral.

By joining Play It Cool you’ll help inspire your team members, sports federations, and fans about solutions to global warming.  With the Canadian media and public taking strong interest in the campaign, Play It Cool is proving to be an effective way to reach out to Canadians and demonstrate how everyone can take action on global warming.


David Suzuki challenges elite athletes to go Carbon Neutral

"The problem of climate change requires our urgent attention. My family and I personally offset all of our air travel, and my Foundation has a comprehensive carbon neutral program as well. By going carbon neutral, people and businesses can demonstrate to our government that they are ready to address climate change, and that they expect the same kind of commitment and decisive action from their political leaders.

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