Oh say, can you see. . .any trash? Not at this race! Sustainability Report: Liberty Festival Races 2017 Date: June 17, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Heritage Park, Canton MI # Attendees: 1,200 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 2 Race Overview The races are part of a weekend-long Liberty Festival heldContinue reading “Freedom from Waste: Liberty Festival achieves 97% Diversion”
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Flirting with Zero! Flirt with Dirt achieves 99% Diversion
ONE BROKEN PINT GLASS. One discarded race bib. A few strands of masking tape. A few odds and ends. That was it for trash. Sustainability Report: Flirt with Dirt 2017 Date: June 3, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Lakeshore Park, Novi MI # Attendees: 500 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 3Continue reading “Flirting with Zero! Flirt with Dirt achieves 99% Diversion”
Hightail to Ale: Zero Waste in the Rain
Sustainability Report: Hightail to Ale 5K Date: May 5, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Atwater Brewery, Detroit MI # Attendees: 2,900 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 4, plus basketball team members Hightail to Ale is one of the “Thirsty 3” series that celebrates great beer, wine, and cider in southern Michigan.Continue reading “Hightail to Ale: Zero Waste in the Rain”
Mars Shows Earth How to Go Green!
GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS. Now that we have successfully invaded and occupied Earth, we will show you that we love it more than you do. Case in point: we came to Dearborn last Saturday – Earth Day – and ran one of the “greenest” marathons on the planet.
2017 Ann Arbor Marathon Achieves 96% Landfill Diversion
Date: March 26, 2017 Event company: Epic Races, Ann Arbor MI Location: Downtown Ann Arbor, MI # Attendees: 2,500 runners + staff + spectators Zero Waste Team volunteers: 4 Race Overview The Ann Arbor Marathon is a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and full marathon that takes place in downtown Ann Arbor and surrounding neighborhoods. DespiteContinue reading “2017 Ann Arbor Marathon Achieves 96% Landfill Diversion”
Sustainability Report: Pi Day 5K 2017
Date: March 14, 2017 Event company: Epic Races, Ann Arbor MI Location: Hudson Mills Metropark, Dexter, MI # Attendees: 300 runners + staff + spectators Zero Waste Team volunteers: 4 Race Overview The Pi Run is an annual event held on 3/14. Its name celebrates both pi, the number, and pie, the food. About 250Continue reading “Sustainability Report: Pi Day 5K 2017”
Sustainability Report: RF Events Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5K 2017
Date: March 12, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Downtown Ann Arbor, MI # Attendees: 1,500 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 6 Race Overview Shamrocks & Shenanigans is one of a myriad of St. Patrick’s Day races (but of course the RF Events one is the best). Some people run it seriously;Continue reading “Sustainability Report: RF Events Shamrocks & Shenanigans 5K 2017”
Sustainability Report: RF Events Super 5K 2017
Date: February 5, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Novi High School, Novi MI # Attendees: 2,000 runners Zero Waste Team volunteers: 5 (plus 3 more at takedown/cleanup) Race Overview The Super 5K is held every year on the morning of Super Bowl Sunday. As it’s usually cold, runners gather inside NoviContinue reading “Sustainability Report: RF Events Super 5K 2017”
Sustainability Report: Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K 2017
Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Timber Ridge Resort, Traverse City MI # Attendees: 480 runners, about 100 spectators Zero Waste Team volunteers: 4 Race Overview The Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K is one of two RF Events races held in the Traverse City area. It’s a popular race, inContinue reading “Sustainability Report: Bigfoot Snowshoe 5K/10K 2017”
Sustainability Report: Run Woodstock 2016
Date: Sept. 9-11, 2016 Event company: RF Events, Ann Arbor MI Location: Hell Creek Ranch, Pinckney MI # Attendees: approx. 2,000 Zero Waste Team volunteers: Varied Race Overview Run Woodstock is the largest RF Events race of the year, with distances from 5 miles to 100 miles and everything in between. It’s also a weekendContinue reading “Sustainability Report: Run Woodstock 2016”
Happy Planet Running 