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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Constraints on sustainability behaviors (2018)

Engaging sport participants (e.g., runners) in sustainable behaviors can significantly reduce the environmental impact of the...

The carbon footprint of active sport participants (2018)

Dr. Pamela Wicker explored the carbon footprint of adult active sport participants in Germany in 20 different sports and proposed several...

The environmental impact of golf (2006)

Drs. Wheeler and Nauright provide an overview of the history of golf and the intricacies of the coupled human-nature relationship on a...

Weather Conditions, Travel Distance, Rest, and Running Performance at FIFA 2014 (2017)

Inspired by the increasing public attention being paid to the risk factors of heat and travel effects on football (soccer) performance,...

A review of the Asia-Pacific sport industry’s environmental sustainability practices (2016)

This study aimed to provide a descriptive market picture of the Asia-Pacific region, specifically, the professional sport industry and...

Does green management matter for donation intentions? (2013)

This research examined whether a university’s environmental management initiatives can also influence donor behaviors. 309 non-student...

Carbon dioxide emissions of spectators’ transportation (2018)

The carbon footprint is a term used to refer to the total amount of CO2 emissions that are generated by a product, activity, or...

Carbon dioxide emissions research and sustainable transportation in the sports industry (2018)

This paper discusses the role and significance of CO2 emissions policies and how these ought to influence sport event and facility...

Sustainability scholarship and the efforts of the sport sector (2018)

The study aimed to evaluate the state of scholarship on environmental sustainability over an 11-year period (2007–2017) and to determine...

Environmental sustainability in sport: Current state and future trends (2014)

The study provides an overview of current environmental initiatives in the sport industry, providing specific examples from a variety of...

Environmental sustainability in sport facilities in East Tennessee (2014)

The study focused on small-scale sport facilities and the type of environmental practices they have in place. More specifically, the...

Corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability (2013)

The study focused on the institutional forces shaping environmental sustainability efforts in the major sport leagues in North America....

Sport subcultures and their potential for addressing environmental problems (2011)

The study incorporates interviews and field observations, attempting to understand the role sport subcultures could have as a tool to...

A content analysis of ski resort environmental communications (2012)

This study examined the environmental sustainability of ski resorts in the U.S. Specifically, this manuscript focused on the USA ski...

The environmental legacies of the Olympic Games

Though environmental sustainability has been considered a priority in the Olympic Movement since the 1990s, very little research has...

The environmental legacies of the Olympic Games (2013)

Though environmental sustainability has been considered a priority in the Olympic Movement since the 1990s, very little research has...

Behavioural adaptation of skiers to climate change in Ontario (2015)

Using an in-situ survey, this study examined how skiers in Ontario would change their skiing participation patterns if their preferred...

Sustainable surf tourism in a climate of increasing regulation (2015)

The Mentawai Islands in Indonesia are a popular surfing destination. The researchers used interviews and participant observation to...

Water management in sport (2014)

This case study of water management in sport clubs in Australia challenges students to discuss the use of water, the ethics of which...

Issues associated with the development of internal sustainability teams (2010)

Despite growing concern and rising awareness of environmental impacts of sport, many managers in the sport sector do not have...

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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