Sports for Nature
Sports For Nature is an initiative that started in 2007 that benefits environmental non-profit organizations through participatory sporting events. This unique concept harnesses the immense power of sports to benefit the environment and brings thousands of people together every year to play sports for nature in events around the world.
These events directly benefit environmental organizations with funds and publicity. Sports for Nature maintains the idea that "sports + nature = healthier people in a healthier world."
History
The Sports for Nature concept was created by Jorge Morera in 2007 because of his deep passion for both sports and the environment. The idea was to capture the titanic power of sports and use that power to directly benefit species of animals and plants around the world, thus, benefiting human life.
Sports for Nature obtains funds from private companies and participant registration fees in each event, a portion of which is donated to environmental non-profits, along with publicity the organizations receive prior to and throughout the events. In this way, through these organizations' on the ground work, vital conservation work is directly achieved.
The founder created Sports for Nature so that every sporting event produced fulfills a vision of interconnectedness and is a win-win situation â participants play their favorite sport, private companies gain publicity and non-profit organizations win with funds, which in turn makes nature win.
Sports for Nature events accomplishments:
- Over $248,000 in contributions
- 11,200 direct participants and thousands of spectators
- Over 50 sponsor companies
Sports for Nature events are certified by Virginia Green.
Sports for Nature's headquarters are currently located in Reston, Virginia.
Events
Sports for Nature produces sporting events as well as parties and sporting trips around the world to raise funds for the planet.
Some of the events include:
- Tennis for Nature
- Soccer for Nature
- Golf for Nature
- Trips for Nature - Sports for Nature harnesses the power of sports to protect nature through Sports for Nature Trips, since a good portion of the funds from every trip go directly towards protecting a local environmental organization in Costa Rica.
- Party for Nature - Sports for Nature produces Party for Nature where they take over a hot nightlife spot in any city in the world and raise funds for a local environmental organization.
- Tennis Clinics for Nature
Partners
Sports for Nature has a growing list of environmental non-profit organizations that it is proud to call partners including:
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Alaska Wilderness League
- Amigos of Costa Rica
- MarViva
See also
- Sustainability
- Biodiversity
- Global warming
- Ecology
- Earth Science
- Natural environment
- Recycling