The week's good news: April 22, 2021
Catherine Garcia
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With uniforms made of bamboo and all players turning down meat, the Forest Green Rovers aren't your average soccer team. In fact, the Rovers, a minor league club in England, are the world's first vegan, carbon-neutral professional sports team. Owner Dale Vince told CBS News when he bought the team, it wasn't to make it green — he stepped in because the club was losing money and games and about to fold. Vince is vegan, and after the players stopped eating meat, too, they found that their games improved and they started winning. The team didn't stop there — its stadium is now powered by solar panels and wind turbines; its field is organic, with seaweed used instead of chemical fertilizers; and sprinkler water is collected and reused. The bamboo uniforms are working for now, but next year's kits will be made out of used coffee grounds. [