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jimmymelrose
jimmymelrose Posts: 9,740
in Other Football and Sports
Why don't Charlton get more involved in this?

Many clubs are taking part in Green Football’s Great Save by offering donation points, making it simple for fans to donate old kits and stop them ending up in landfill. Charlton don't do this. Why not?

Charlton Athletic Women are 59th on the overall green football league table. The men's team have zero points. Here's the League One top of the table:

POSITIONCLUBLEAGUEPOINTS
1Northampton TownLeague One836
2BarnsleyLeague One30
3Birmingham CityLeague One21
4Exeter CityLeague One17
5Bolton WanderersLeague One11
6WrexhamLeague One11
7Huddersfield TownLeague One6

I just got us up to 8th place on 4 points by ticking the things I do: League One table

Some ideas are going veggy or vegan, car sharing, ridng a bike or walking for short distances. Go to the make a pledge section to get us up the table, but be honest.

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  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,982
    Northampton do seem to make an admirable effort. I kept seeing their name come up in the Hedgehog Cup then Wolves eventually beat them to be the land's most hedgehog friendly club
    https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/hobsons-hedgehog-cup/

    Gestures and advice like in there are so small and easy to transmit (the big screen for those not clicking), then so impactful.


  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,255
    jimmymelrose said:
    Why don't Charlton get more involved in this?

    Many clubs are taking part in Green Football’s Great Save by offering donation points, making it simple for fans to donate old kits and stop them ending up in landfill. Charlton don't do this. Why not?

    Charlton Athletic Women are 59th on the overall green football league table. The men's team have zero points. Here's the League One top of the table:

    POSITIONCLUBLEAGUEPOINTS
    1Northampton TownLeague One836
    2BarnsleyLeague One30
    3Birmingham CityLeague One21
    4Exeter CityLeague One17
    5Bolton WanderersLeague One11
    6WrexhamLeague One11
    7Huddersfield TownLeague One6

    I just got us up to 8th place on 4 points by ticking the things I do: League One table

    Some ideas are going veggy or vegan, car sharing, ridng a bike or walking for short distances. Go to the make a pledge section to get us up the table, but be honest.
    That's a pretty poor survey/ marketing gimmick overall in my opinion. I'm all in favour of green initiatives, and would expect cafc to have a plan for net zero too. But this feels poorly put together. I already do most of the stuff they list so why am I 'making pledges'?
    Then it wouldnt let me submit what i was claiming to already do (by clicking 'take shot' (??!) unless i gave consent to use my email for their marketing purposes.

    Would have hoped for better by whoever is behind this. Bristol City have earned credit in 'going green', but this seems unrelated. If I'm mistaken I apologise but this does not seem well to have been thought through.
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,255
    Found the 'about' section on the website.
    https://greenfootball.org/about/

     Focus is on kit usage it seems, among other greening concerns. That's great but I don't own a football shirt as I'm already conscious about not buying an excess of products, especially over priced ones. Maybe I'm just not the target audience.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,441
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEVa9OvY75M
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 4,876
    edited March 23
    Aren’t we already the  ‘most cohesive, sustainable community-driven club competing at elite level’  ? 😉😆
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,832

  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    edited March 24
    swords_alive said:
    Found the 'about' section on the website.
    https://greenfootball.org/about/

     Focus is on kit usage it seems, among other greening concerns. That's great but I don't own a football shirt as I'm already conscious about not buying an excess of products, especially over priced ones. Maybe I'm just not the target audience.
    Not changing 3 shirts every season would make a huge difference just on its own.
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,255
    This ought to be outlawed, at least by the league authorities if not the government- Wrexham to High Wycombe by private jet a couple of weeks ago;

    Wrexham criticised for flying to away match


    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7v1z45d8o
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    Maybe Charlton should just go out of business to save the planet?
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    cafcnick1992 said:
    Maybe Charlton should just go out of business to save the planet?
    How does that have anything to do with Wrexham flying to games ?
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  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    Why should flying to a game be outlawed?

    It's not the responsibility of the government to micromanage how people or businesses move around.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    cafcnick1992 said:
    Why should flying to a game be outlawed?

    It's not the responsibility of the government to micromanage how people or businesses move around.
    Nobody said it should be outlawed, just a huge hypocritical move to be using a plane for such short trips no ?

    Back to my question though, how does questioning such choices, lead to CAFC going out of buisness ?
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,216
    shine166 said:
    cafcnick1992 said:
    Why should flying to a game be outlawed?

    It's not the responsibility of the government to micromanage how people or businesses move around.
    Nobody said it should be outlawed, just a huge hypocritical move to be using a plane for such short trips no ?

    Back to my question though, how does questioning such choices, lead to CAFC going out of buisness ?
    If a club was bigging itself up about it's green credentials and then used a plane for a short trip then that's hypocritical.

    Do Charlton use the train for away games? Do they use electric coaches? Do fans not use petrol/diesel to get to games?
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,914
    'In the same month, the club's co-owner, actor Ryan Reynolds, pledged to the United Nations to "engage with and advocate" for sustainable goals aimed at making the sport more environmentally friendly.'


    Just incase you didn't read the article. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,216
    No I didn't but that explains a lot, thanks.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,832
    shine166 said:
    cafcnick1992 said:
    Why should flying to a game be outlawed?

    It's not the responsibility of the government to micromanage how people or businesses move around.
    Nobody said it should be outlawed, just a huge hypocritical move to be using a plane for such short trips no ?

    Back to my question though, how does questioning such choices, lead to CAFC going out of buisness ?
    Hmmmm, apart from the post a couple above yours!

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