The greatest change will come when every member of the sporting community - athletes, event directors, sponsors, volunteers, spectators, media - becomes involved in the process toward sustainability. How can you be part of a fundamental shift toward responsible event production? Here are some suggestions.

Athletes

• Attend responsibly-produced events as a participant or volunteer.
• Participate in events closer to home, and use mass transit, a bike, or carpools to reach them.
• Donate time or money to the Council for Responsible Sport.
• If given the choice, opt-out of items (t-shirts, finisher medals, etc) that you don't want or need.
• Sign the athlete petition.
• Bring your own water bottle and reuse it.
• Avoid printing maps, directions, instructions, or entry forms, if possible.

Event directors

• Produce your event responsibly and certify it.
• Sign the event director petition.
• Allow participants to opt-out of non-essential race items.
• Share your equipment (or borrow from others).
• Help organize carpools to the event.
• Create a looped course: start and finish at the same place.
• Allow packet pick-up on the same day, and at the same place, as the race itself.
• Make all planning decisions with environmental impact in mind.

Sponsors

• Support local and/or ReSport certified events.
• If providing product, allow the event to return unused items.
• Develop marketing strategies that avoid excessive printing.
• Promote the event's sustainability initiatives.
• Use bulk, recyclable packaging.