Going Green
The VC Green Program was brought about through discussions with our friends at the Ultimate Players Association about how the events that we sponsor could be more green. The program launched at the 2007 UPA Club Championships by bringing recycling to the beautiful polo club fields for the first time. We also introduced the VC Green Cup, a reusable plastic cup that was given to players and required to get free beer throughout the event. It was a hit. The cup alone helped to reduce the amount of waste and clean up time considerably.
VC Green Program
VC's recyling efforts and the 2007 & 2008 UFA Club Championships. Recyclable containers were built to collect cans and bottles around the site.
We are excited to work on new green initiatives with our community. If you have an idea that you think that VC can help with, please let us know.
VC's New Website
Like VC's new black website? So does the environment. Inspired by Blackle, a website created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search and saves energy because the screen is predominantly black.
"Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002
Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.
We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.
Files & Downloads
- 2008 UPA Club Champtionships - Recycling Program
VC's green program is bring recycling to the Sarasota Polo fields for the second year in a row.
- VC Green Cup
has been a success at both the UPA Club Championships and the Canadian Ultimate Championships.
- CUPA
VC Green Program to be highlighted in CUPA's next newsletter.
- Keep it simple and use your local resources.
Tie a clear recycling bag to the handle of your garbage cans. This will stop people from throwing garbage into an open recycling container either by accident or ignorance, while providing an obvious place for conscientious people to put their cans and bottles. You’ll probably get a bag worth of recycling per team attending the event… have every player on the hosting team take one home and you’re done!
- Make sure that there is water available at every field.
If players have easy access to water, they won’t bring as many of their own smaller water bottles to the event.
- Water bottles – the Green players pack item.
Invest $2-5 from your player fee income in a reusable water bottle. Brand it with your event’s logo and it also serves as an appreciated keepsake and a powerful branding tool.
- Cooming Soon
Please send us your ideas to info [@] vcultimate.com