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๐๏ธ To Edgbaston Stadium for #ENGvIND! ๐ ๐ Did you know... Edgbaston are sustainability leaders! They have the ambition to be the most sustainable cricket stadium in the UK ๐ ๐ฑ Read about the success of their Go Green Game in this blog from Tanya Aldred: bit.ly/4nukNum


โ "Look at the history of all social and economic movements. It wasn't like it was easy for them. They didn't win the fight with no opposition. They won the fight with massive fucking opposition." ๐ Cricket lover + Climate Change Sec., Ed Miliband ๐ espncricinfo.com/photo/ed-milibโฆ



๐โณ When Betty Snowball scored 189 against NZ in Christchurch in 1935 (highest EVER test score by an ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ keeper - sorry Jamie!) atmospheric CO2 was at 309.7ppm. For the previous 800,000 years, it never breached 300ppm. Today, we're hitting 428.72 ๐คฏ ๐ End. Fossil. Fuels. Now.



๐ It's Women's #CountyCricketDay! ๐ ๐ Surrey Cricket are hosting their annual 'Sustainabili-T20' double header vs. Essex ๐ โป๏ธ Bring your own reusable containers and bottles/cups! ๐ป Cheers!



๐๐ This lovely clip features The Cricketer Greenest Ground winners, Filongley CC planting trees in their community orchard/wildflower meadow ๐ณ๐ชป๐ โฝ From the @TNTSports documentary, Playing for our Future ๐ฅ vimeo.com/1098091996?p=0s


๐ Off to Lord's for ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #ENGvsIND ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ก Did you know... When Thomas Lord established the original Lord's back in 1787, we were still in the Holocene and CO2 was around 280ppm. ๐ฅ Today, here in the Anthropocene, we're hitting 428.29ppm ๐คฏ โ๏ธ Clean energy now please โก


๐ฅต Hopefully should be a tad cooler at Lord's for the finale of #ENGvsIND ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ London isn't the only place sweltering... Yesterday was a day of record extreme temperatures all over the globe๐ฅ โ ๏ธ The Met Office have also warned that this is the new normal for the UK



๐๐ Cricket, climate change & sustainability? Seriously? Fab blog from Desert Vipers setting out: ๐ How vulnerable cricket is ๐ฑ How it can be more sustainable ๐ช The great stuff already happening thedesertvipers.com/sustainabilityโฆ

โ๏ธโก Here comes the sun! โ๏ธโก ๐ฑ Renewables are kicking ASS ๐ฅ ๐ Many top cricket grounds are making the switch, including: ๐ Lord's - 100% renewablesโก ๐ MCG - 100% renewables โก ๐ Rosebowl - 1000 solar panels โ๏ธ Read about the revolution ๐ newyorker.com/news/annals-ofโฆ

๐๐ Great to see The Next Test co-founder Xeena Cooper featured in the latest Wisden Cricket Monthly ๐ ๐ This month's Greener Futures column features our Cricket Climate Action Plan, with Gloucestershire Cricket ๐ & Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership ๐ Learn more about the plan: bit.ly/3GjiXMs
