Green is The Word, Act XXI

Play ball!

Arguably this country's oldest and most influential
national pastime, baseball's Opening Day for the
upcoming season was recently held, in of all places-
Tokyo, Japan. Interesting, because it used to ALWAYS be
held in Cincinnati, Ohio as a tribute to the oldest
team in the sport. Anyways, enough on globalization....

It turns out that Major League Baseball, in
collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC), is implementing a program called the
Team Greening Program. More than two years in
development, some of the advice being offered concerns
such topics as energy use, purchasing, concession
operations, water use, recycling, and transportation.
An advisor with the NRDC will be working with each
individual club in adopting an official environmental
policy.

And it seems as though some teams have already started.
San Francisco and Oakland were cited as having already
engaged in environmental programs for quite some time.
Seattle, Cleveland, and Cincinnati (yea!) are also
deeply involved.

Topping the list, however, belongs to the Washington
Nationals- whose new ballpark is LEED-certified- as
will be the new ballpark in Minnesota. Miami will also
be obtaining some LEED certification.

And last but not least, Major League Baseball and the
NRDC will be providing materials throughout the
league's ballparks, encouraging fans to make
environmental changes in their homes and businesses.
Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about.

Too bad they don't play on hardwood flooring....


GO "BIG RED MACHINE" OF CINCINNATI!

Curtis
High Priest of Green/ Big Fan of the Reds