Britain's biggest Climate Action Football Campaign kicks off
The Planet League Cup brings together 76 professional football clubs, 15 County FAs, hundreds of grassroots football clubs and schools, to engage fans on climate action
Millwall Community Trust has joined over 75 professional club to tackle climate change The Planet League Cup is the unique five-week sustainability tournament where football fans score goals for their club by completing green activities like having a meat-free meal, using the car less and filling up reusable bottles with tap water.
The tournament kicks off on 10th October and runs for five weeks. Each week focuses on a particular theme, such as energy, food or travel, and the club whose fans take the most action will win the Planet League Cup. As well as taking the glory, the fan who scores the most goals will win a holiday in the UK.
Football fans taking part in the Planet League Cup will have dozens of environmentally friendly actions to choose from to score goals. They will include unplugging your appliances when they aren't in use, making the best of your food before it's too late with an ‘eat-me-first’ box, taking cooler and shorter showers and taking public transport.
The Planet League’s unique technology platform includes a virtual assistant referee (VAR)system, so actions taken by fans are proven through photographs that are uploaded to the website and checked. To date, over 77,000 verified actions have been taken by fans.
All participating clubs can be found here: https://planetleague.co.uk/article/clubs
To find out how you can help your club, click here: https://planetleague.co.uk/
