In case you missed it, we’re striving to be Canada’s first event to receive a Gold level certification in Sustainability from the Council for Responsible Sport!
How you can help us:
- Bring your own water bottle – refill at one of our refill stations (last table at Aid Stations) to help reduce cups used and to minimize water waste
- Bring hard-to-recycle-items (batteries, lightbulbs, old running shoes, cookie/cracker wrappers) to our Expo and Green Chair will recycling them for you
- Bring your old iPod or MP3 players to the Music Heals booth at the Expo and they’ll be use in the Music Heals iPod Pharmacy program
- Choose a sustainable method of getting to the race
- transit – additional service has been added to the 99 Route, leaving Broadway Station at 6:30am & 6:45am on Race Day Sunday! There will also be an additional bus (modified 25 Route) leaving King Edward & Cambie St at 6:24am heading to UBC.
- bike to the 5k – bike valet added to Stanley Park
- walk/run – get your warmup in!
- carpool to UBC then take our free shuttle from the Finish Line back to UBC
Other initiatives:
- Almost all event waste is sorted for composting and recycling, with 98% being diverted from the landfill in 2014.
- 100% of finisher food purchased for the event is either locally produced or organic
- Reduced carbon footprint by powering sound system and stage with solar and bike power – get ready to spin out your legs on a bike after the race!
- Expo is bullfrogpowered with 100% green electricity! This means that Bullfrog Power will ensure that the equivalent amount of renewable electricity is put onto the energy system to match the amount consumed by the event.
- Carbon credits from Offsetters.ca will be purchased to offset the carbon footprint from event operations (trucks, generators, supply deliveries) and participants’ travel to the event.
- Brita Water Filters will be on site at the finish area providing fresh, filtered tap water to runners, reducing the amount of water that has to be brought into the event and cutting out single-use plastic bottles.
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