The “greenest team in the world” will build the UK’s first all-timber stadium after Forest Green Rovers FC – currently competing in the fifth division of English Football – was given the green light to construct the world’s first “climate-positive” football pitch. Described by FIFA as the “greenest football club on earth,” after players started wearing kits made of recycled plastic and coffee grounds and the club introduced a vegan-only menu at games, the football club—which will build a 5,000-seater stadium out of mass timber—has already been recognised by the UN as the world’s first carbon-neutral sporting club. [link] [comments] |