The Last Game – Italy (Part 2)
A Documentary to Save Hockey and the Planet (Approximately 8 minute read) In my last post, I wrote about meeting world-renown glaciologist Georg Kaser and the challenges of fighting the gloom of imperfection on climate action. With Jon Alpert and the Last Game documentary team we met with several other local experts to discuss how…
The Last Game – Italy (Part 1)
A Documentary to Save Hockey and the Planet (Approximately 5-minute read) Pitching the intersection between sport and climate can be a tough sell. Sport is either of religious importance to people or an example of luxury and excess. Last year, while presenting the EcoAthletes Climate Manifesto at COP26 in Scotland, I met director Jon Alpert…
A Look Back: No Meat Athlete Podcast
Plant-Based is good for the planet & athletic performance (Approximately 6 min. read) A year ago, I had the opportunity to speak on a podcast about being vegan. The real reason I went on the show was to raise awareness of EcoAthletes’ involvement at COP26 (which I wrote about, here). I was interviewed by Matt…
EWHL WK 2: 6 Points and Our First Setback
2022-2023 Games 3 and 4 – EV Bolzano Eagles vs Aisulu Almaty; Game 5 – vs Salzburg Eagles (Approximately 5 min. read). The Eagles’ early success in the European Women’s Hockey League (EWHL) has extended into our second week of play. In our second series, we faced Aisulu Almaty, from Kazakstan, followed by a game…
EWHL WK 1: 5 Points
2022-2023 Games 1 and 2 – EV Bolzano Eagles vs Silesian Katowice (Approximately 3 min. read). The Eagles got off to a successful start in the new season of the European Women’s Hockey League (EWHL). Last weekend, we celebrated two wins and five points against Silesian Katowice, the league’s Polish opponent. The local paper hilariously…
SPORTS@COP: Athlete Advocacy for Climate Action
(Approximately 9 minute read) In an earlier post, I wrote about The Last Game documentary and its filming in Scotland during the COP26 global climate conference last November. That was only one reason for the trip. Athletes Assembly Last summer, I joined EcoAthletes, a climate advocacy nonprofit that seeks to leverage the platform and social…
The Last Game
A Documentary to Save Hockey and the Planet (Approximately 11-minute read) “When you find out what people care about, and connect climate impacts directly to the values people have, they can see that caring about climate change is already integral to who they are.”Katharine Hayhoe in Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and…
EWHL Weeks 5 & 6
2021-22 Games 8 and 9 – EV Bolzano Eagles vs HC SKP Bratislava and KEHV Lakers (Approximately 4 minute read) [This posted was drafted in December and forgotten about. Better late than never.] After a break for Team Italy’s qualification bid to the Beijing Olympics (which I wrote about for the Ice Garden, here), we…
EWHL Week 4: Know Your Role
2021-22 Games 6 and 7 – EV Bolzano Eagles vs EHV Sabres Vienna (Approximately 4 minute read) After the long road-trip last weekend, we had two practices. As is often the case with players traveling from far away and work conflicts, we were short on players. I felt apprehensive going into the weekend, particularly because…
EWHL Week 3: Sleep Challenges and A Long Bus Trip
2021-22 Games 4 and 5 – EV Bolzano Eagles vs SKP Bratislava and KSV Neuberg Highlanders (Approximately 6 min read) Travel After looking forward to three practices as a team this week, I was disappointed when my throat started scratching and nose running after the game last Saturday. I missed the second half of our…
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