How to work out your sports eco-backpack?

We’ve learned how important regular exercise is for us. While running through the green parks and forests we appreciate the natural environment around us. But do we ever think if your sport routines have any impact on the environment somehow. The impacts are obvious if we have a large motor boat to cruise around. If boating is not the thing for you, there are still few rules of thumb to keep in mind to avoid adding too many kilograms to your eco-backpack while taking your regular exercise.

Transport, how to get there?
Use your muscle power to get to the sports facility. Public transport is almost as good but doesn’t make a good warm up exercise. If connections are poor maybe you can take turns with your friends and share a ride.

Transport, don't go far
Take advantage of sports facilities near by our home or place of work to cut down extra kilometres.

Sports facilities
The less constructed, heated or cooled space is needed, the better. Building of sports facilities require natural resources and heating and cooling consume energy. Basically if you go jogging or play football outdoors it probably it adds fewer kilograms to your eco-backpack than swimming in swim hall or playing ice hockey indoors. Remember still that usually if you swap a car ride to the site to bus or bicycle ride you probably save more than by giving up your favourite indoor sport for jogging.

Shoes, bats, and other equipment
Equipment does not usually cause so much pressure on the environment compared to sports related mobility and sport facilities. Same rules apply for sports equipment like for other stuff. Use the things you already have as long as possible, share goods, go for second hand items when you need to buy something.

Add exercise to your everyday routine
If can cycle to work or grocery store it helps you to keep fit but it also saves time since you don’t need to dedicate so much time for “doing sports”. The new routine might drop off few kilos from your waist and eco-backpack too.

We provide some sports related eco-actions to help you lighten your sports eco-backpack. Summer is good time for all the sports with light eco-backpack. Enjoy!