Slippery Slopes Report

How climate change is threatening the Winter Olympics

Produced in partnership with Loughborough University London

and Protect Our Winters UK.

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Sports for Nature: Setting a Baseline

A UNEP report, authored by many SEG members:

Madeleine Orr, Jack Pippard, Ugo Arbieu, Jonathan Casper, Tim Kellison, Jordan Howell, Walker Ross, Jessica Murfree, Brian McCullough, and Sylvia Trendafilova.

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Research

Here, we cover all research related to sport and the natural environment: the recent, the relevant, the revolutionary.

Our goal is to synthesize sport ecology research in one place, so researchers and practitioners have access to the latest information.

If you would like more information about any of the studies included here, please contact our team!

For students: We will help you find the original work (full length texts). Get in touch.

For academics: if you've published something about - or related to - sport ecology and we've missed it, get in touch.

Note: The SEG does not own the intellectual rights nor copyright to the texts discussed herein. We share summaries of relevant research, and cite the original work, to make academic articles more accessible to people outside the academic community.

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Is Going Green Worth It? Assessing Fan Engagement (2017)

An online survey was administered to 557 sport fans. Items measured fan connection to the organization, environmental values, expectations, behaviors (at the event, at home), and recall of environmental sponsors. Fans want and expect sport organizations to engage in environmental action. Initiatives taken by sport organizations have a positive influence on fan behaviors at the event and these translate to favorable behaviors at home. Two distinct groups were identified: the h

Sport teams as promoters of pro-environmental behaviors (2012)

A survey of 197 undergraduate and graduate students at a northeastern university found that positive environmental practices by a team increased fans' internalization of the team’s values. In other words- when teams demonstrate that they value the environment, and practice environmental stewardship, fans internalize those values. When fans internalize the environmental values of their favorite teams, they have greater intentions of supporting the team's initiative, and greate

NEW! Research Round Ups.

Each time our team members attend an academic conference to present our work, we will aim to share a Round-Up of the relevant new research here.

First installment:

NASSM 2020 Research Round-Up