| Hector Bellerin - model footballer ? 09:33 - Feb 18 with 736 views | WeWereZombies |
Interesting mid-length read on the BBC website yesterday:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68286028
'Now he takes a keen interest in Betis' Forever Green initiative, a project that over the past three years has helped them become La Liga's greenest club - among its many measures has been introducing electric bikes and scooters for employees.
"For me, sustainability has always been a big thing," explains Bellerin, who is also a shareholder at Forest Green Rovers.'
'On a personal level, Bellerin bikes to work from his home in central Seville, recycles, follows a vegan diet, uses public transport and carefully researches any purchases. One of the "greener" things he encourages most, however, is to vote.'
'Bellerin is challenging football's governing bodies to think smarter - fewer flights, not using new shirts every game and producing less waste, for example
"In almost every country in Europe we could travel on the train," he explains.
"With Arsene Wenger [at Arsenal], every time we had to go to Manchester or Liverpool we used to travel on the train and those are very simple and cleaner options."
He says change needs to be organic, but is also critical of expanding tournaments and hosting World Cups across multiple countries and continents. Not just because of the environmental impact, but also the strain it puts on fans.' |  |
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| Hector Bellerin - model footballer ? on 10:19 - Feb 18 with 633 views | NthQldITFC |
In our sport- and celebrity-obsessed culture there's a horrible pressure (mostly but not exclusively felt by the young) towards really excessive consumption and the superficial falseness of hanging your ego with trinkets to try to make everyone believe you so very happy and successful. Below that there's the desperation that the young feel about the future.
So to see sportspeople and celebs doing and talking in this way is so, so important and could be the crucial trigger that incites a meaningful, powerful, youthful political impact on our whole way of life, and gives those kids a chance for the future. I'd like to see some kind of politically active loose coalition of green 'celebrities' under a banner that people can get behind. It's one of our best hopes for emergency change, in my opinion.
Good on Hector Bellerin. |  |
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