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What
you can do for the environment?
Environmental
pollution affects your health,
your training and your performance.
Whether it's air pollution, water
pollution, global warming or ozone
depletion - all these factors
can affect the health of athletes.
What can we do about it?
Although these phenomena occur
on a global level, direct action
by the individual can have an
effect. In essence we are all
team members, and our combined
actions can deliver positive results
on a global level.
To one degree or another we have
all had some experience with sports.
Whether it's football, tennis
or golf, or simply joining millions
of people around the world in
watching the Olympics, sports
touches our lives. If those millions
of people were fully aware of
the global environmental problems
that affect us all, the potential
for action is immeasurable. Furthermore,
the world's top class athletes
win the admiration and respect
of a whole new generation of young
athletes that look up to them
and aspire to follow in their
footsteps. Through these athletes
we have a unique opportunity to
teach about environmental problems
and instigate action.
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