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We are Pledgeball. Your voice on sports × sustainability. Standing with fans to protect the game we love & the world we play it in. #ProtectWhereWePlay 🏆 BBC Green Sports Grassroots Org of the Year 2024 🤝 Proudly supported by our lead partner @rskgroup.com

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Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Arsenal vs PSG tomorrow is a massive European final. But the biggest story in Europe this week is not on the pitch. It is the weather. While the players run out in a mild Budapest, the cities they left behind just experienced a "mind-boggling" climate anomaly. 🧵

The Champions League trophy on the pitch in the Budapest sunshine
Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy 100th Birthday, Sir David Attenborough. For a century, he has inspired us to protect our planet. Sport has the power to unite us and drive real change. Honour his legacy today: make a nature-friendly pledge and protect where we play. pledgeball.org

A celebratory graphic featuring a close-up portrait of a smiling Sir David Attenborough against a blurred background of green foliage. The Pledgeball logo is visible in the top left corner. Large, bold white text across the lower half reads 'HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'. Beneath this, smaller text says 'A century spent inspiring us to love the natural world. Today, we take action to save it.' The text is set against a dark blue gradient overlay.
Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Who better to check Ashton Gate's green credentials than the next generation? 🕵️‍♀️ Ahead of the Subway League Cup Final, we sent our crack team in to see how the stadium is 'Defending where football lives' for Green Football.

Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Last week we visited Bristol City Women FC to present them with their 24/25 Pledgeball League award - and we got to sit down with captain Vicky Losada to talk about her career and the issues that climate can present to sport.

Briony Latter@brionylatter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I mentioned in my seminar that the research with @pledgeball.bsky.social would be out soon - exploring how athletes and those who work with athletes envisage the future of sports and athletes in the context of climate change. Pleased to share this has just been published! bsky.app/profile/cast...

The Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST)@cast-centre.bsky.social · 6mo ago

How do athletes envisage the future of sport? 🥇 In this CAST briefing with Pledgeball, Dr Briony Latter (@brionylatter.bsky.social) explores how athletes feel about the future of their sports in the context of a changing climate. Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u... Key messages thread 🧵

Cover page of CAST Briefing 45, dated February 2026, titled: "Climate change in 2050: How athletes envisage the future of sport." The top half shows an image of a panel of two people, including an athlete, seated at a press‑conference style table with microphones. Below it are key messages about athletes’ views on climate impacts on sport, including structural barriers to climate action, anticipated changes to travel and events, expected social changes, and the importance of athlete influence and organisational action. Logos for the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations and Pledgeball appear at the bottom.
Climate Outreach@climateoutreach.bsky.social · 7mo ago

📢 We're recruiting! Could you be our Monitoring & Evaluation Partner for an exciting project, teaming up with grassroots sports clubs to strengthen communities & take action on climate change? 👉 Find out more and apply by 30th Jan: climateoutreach.org/gamechanging-futures/

Gamechanging Futures

Gamechanging Futures works with five grassroots sports clubs across England — including football and tennis clubs — to test how sport can bring people together to strengthen communities and take actio...

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Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 7mo ago

"We want to make the planet a better place." 🦅❤️💙 We caught up with Julie Brown, Chief People Officer at Crystal Palace, to hear why the club is backing student innovation. The winning idea is going straight to the Palace leadership team. Hear Julie’s thoughts! 🎥

Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 7mo ago

951 football shirts go to landfill every single minute. ⏱️👕 At our Collective Thread workshop, students confronted the hard stats behind the game we love. The next generation of leaders are waking up to the problem. Listen to what they learned on the day. 🗣️🌍

Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Liverpool’s The Red Way is a club-wide plan to cut emissions, reduce waste and put community impact at the heart of the club. Work that’s helped them become the first Premier League side to earn ISO 20121 certification 👏 You too can make a difference with a pledge.

IMAGE - Liverpool branded corner flag at Anfield TEXT ON IMAGE - Liverpool FC are the first Premier League club to attain ISO 20121 certification
Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Lower-league clubs across the country are switching to LED floodlights thanks to the Football Foundation - a simple upgrade that reduces energy use and keeps pitches bright. You can join the movement and help Protect Where We Play with a pledge: pledgeball.org

An image of a floodlit pitch - with a text overlay: LED FLOODLIGHTS ARE HELPING GRASSROOTS CLUBS CUT EMISSIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY The Pledgeball charity logo and sign off 'protect where we play' are also on the image
Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 9mo ago

In the UK, 100,000 tonnes of sportswear end up in landfill every year, that's around 951 football shirts every minute‼️ Holding onto your kit for just one more season would cut its footprint by up to 30%. Small actions add up. 👉 Make your pledge: pledgeball.org

An image that shows a laydown of old football kits alongside the shot of a landfill. There is a text overlay: Every minute in the UK 951 football shirts are dumped in landfill. Loyalty shouldn't be disposable.
Pledgeball@pledgeball.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Here’s how the Pledgeball League looks right now 👇 Every time fans make a sustainability pledge, their club earns points. Together, we’re showing the difference football fans can make. Join the movement and make your pledge 👉 pledgeball.org

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