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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Playing for the Planet Episode 5 - Dale Vince: “Our fans have changed how they live – veggie, vegan, electric cars, solar panels…”

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports News, Sports, News, Soccer

4.0760 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Time to be inspired. No doubt, Forest Green Rovers are THE greenest football club in the world. Endorsed as such by both FIFA and the United Nations, they are a true beacon for climate action. Sky Sports presenter David Garrido learns from chairman Dale Vince just how they got there, including only-vegan fare, electric charging points, solar panels, an organic pitch…and we find out what their latest 100% sustainable shirt is made out of. Vince also called out governing bodies to make a big impact, while head coach Rob Edwards tells us about his journey, how it’s changed his mindset, what new attitudes he and his team are adopting and how it’s benefitting their push for promotion to League 1.

By David Garrido

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Sky Sports Football Podcast brought to you by Bet365, where every now biting nil-nil, every bizarre VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap-in, full-start, dead heat, and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.

0:17.3

From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsport whatever the moment it's never

0:22.8

ordinary at bet three six five

0:26.9

no much time you can't waste no more there's not much time what you're waiting for. Waiting for.

0:38.0

Waiting for.

0:40.0

There's what you're waiting for.

0:43.5

Hi everyone.

0:44.5

I'm Sky Sports presenter and sustainability champion David Garrido.

0:47.7

And welcome along once again to Playing for the Planet,

0:50.6

where we look at football, a sport followed by 3.5 billion people worldwide and how it

0:55.5

can help tackle the climate crisis.

0:57.5

Now, we're focused on fantastic individuals on this pod, and rightly so, but let's switch to a

1:02.0

club now, and not just any old club, the greenest football club in the world.

1:07.0

Forest Green Rover's very reason for being is climate action.

1:10.4

Everything they do minimizes their own carbon footprint

1:13.1

and they harness the power of football and fandom

1:15.7

to empower their audience to follow suit.

1:17.9

And not only that, they love to share their successes

1:20.6

and innovations to help others get on their own sustainability journey.

1:24.1

So there's a lot of learnings to take here

1:26.0

because in this domain they are quite simply top of the league. Now we recorded this chat with Forest Green Chairman Dale

1:31.9

Vince and head coach Rob Edwards in the summer after we just finished the takeover day on SkySports

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