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Cityzens in Motion - Sport Meets Sustainability

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Cityzens in Motion - Sport Meets Sustainability

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As a Run Leader with UrbanBetter Nairobi Cityzens Hub, I’ve seen firsthand how movement can spark change.

This photo is from one of our pilot activation runs. We tracked air quality while walking through Nairobi’s diverse neighbourhoods, using sport and community action to advocate for cleaner air and healthier urban spaces.

Every step counts toward safer streets, stronger communities, and a healthier planet.

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Ministry Of Sports and Recreation, Accra, Ghana

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DUNK Grassroots, promoting social inclusion in Ghana through Sports and recreation

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The Recreation and Parks Department at the City of Cape Town offers free recreation programmes to communities to promote an active city

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Senior Professional Officer: Recreation Programmes and Partnerships, City of Cape Town

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Recreation & Parks Basket of Programme Services_Mar2025

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Jardí del Túria - a linear park on a riverbed

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Jardí del Túria - a linear park on a riverbed

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In the late 80s, the old Turia riverbed was transformed into a large linear park. Thanks to citizen advocacy, what could have been a network of motorways through the city centre was instead preserved as green space. Today, this 10-kilometer park extends across the entire city, providing access to green zones and recreational areas for many residents. It also features sports facilities, which serve as a significant catalyst for physical activity throughout the city. Dozens of runners use the running trail every day!

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Just an incredible combination of physical activity, sense of community, cleaner city and awareness on each of these together! Have you tried already?

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Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter (Swedish: plocka upp). It started as an organised activity in Sweden around 2016 and spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running, hiking, or walking.

Erik Ahlström started plogging in the Swedish capital city, Stockholm, when he moved there from the Åre ski resort. He created the website Plogga to organise the activity and encourage volunteers.

Author David Sedaris combines litter picking with exercise in the Parham, Coldwaltham and Storrington districts of West Sussex, taking up to 60,000 steps a day in pursuit of local rubbish. He was so effective in keeping his neighbourhood clean that the local authority named a waste vehicle in his honour. The Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper, said "The sign on this truck is a very fitting way to say a huge 'thank you' to David for his tireless efforts ... he is a real local hero."

The Keep America Beautiful organisation is now promoting plogging to its affiliates and has found that some already combined exercise with clean up, such as the Trashercize program in Tennessee. In New York, a Meetup group, Plogging NYC, had about 100 members in 2018, with events in four boroughs. In Indianapolis in 2018, a Summer of Plogging was organised by the November Project and the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.

National Cleanup Day advocates plogging as a way to cleanup and keep the outdoors clean.

There is also another group in Oakland, CA, called Fit4Good that aims to pick up trash around Lake Merritt each week.

The Indian PM, Narendra Modi, has plogged to lead by example for his Swachh Bharat Mission to clean up India.

Pune Ploggers is the largest community of ploggers in single city with more than 500 routine ploggers. They collected than 50 tonnes of Plastic in 20 weeks and were behind the largest plogging drive ever with more than 1,05,000[clarification needed ] citizens participated across Pune.

A non-profit initiative called Go Plog! has collected 16 Tonnes of dry waste in Kolar through plogging. They organise an event every month. Students to high-ranking officials of the local administration participate.

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Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter (Swedish: plocka upp). It started as an organised activity in Sweden around 2016 and spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running, hiking, or walking.

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2030hub facilitates a week of local to global SDG engagement and included Liverpool FC and their wider sustainability programme.

For our role as one of only four Local2030 Coalition Hub we are also looking to connect with as many cities, regions and places for 2025 if anybody wants to engage in their locations!

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LFC and The Red Way support UN’s Global Goals Week - Liverpool FC

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Liverpool FC and The Red Way are backing the United Nations’ Global Goals Week to highlight the urgent need to eradicate poverty and protect the planet from climate change.

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International Athletes' Forum ,world’s largest gathering of athlete representatives to life! & Volunteer roles

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International Athletes' Forum ,world’s largest gathering of athlete representatives to life! & Volunteer roles

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Supporting International Athletes' Forum ,world’s largest gathering of athlete representatives to life! & Volunteer roles -by #Athlete365 #AthleteForum #Volunteer as Completed historic #MPTParis2024 MPT Connecte & #TogetherLA 2025 for Olympic Movement sports.

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Completed historic connected #MPTParis2024 from Asian region INDIA for sports and health can serve as catalysts for SDG Localization, 

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Completed historic connected #MPTParis2024 from Asian region INDIA for sports and health can serve as catalysts for SDG Localization, 

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Addressing Sport and Health for SDG Localization -by #SDGCitiesGlobalCommunity as completed historic connected #MPTParis2024 from Asian region INDIA for

sports and health can serve as catalysts for SDG Localization, driving social inclusion and sustainable urban development.

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Lagos, Nigeria - Youth-led precision ADVOCACY

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Lagos, Nigeria - Youth-led precision ADVOCACY

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Running for urban health and climate resistant cities! Run Leaders and Run Trackers from the UrbanBetter Cityzens Lagos Hub featured above in action. These inspiring Cityzens are at the forefront of urban health improvement. Through physical activity and the UrbanBetter Cityzens Precision Advocacy Model, they're employing wearable sensors and data collected on the Cityzens App to gather crucial air quality data as well as built environment data that shapes the air we breathe and the ways we move. Empowering their community to advocate for and drive public demand for clean air!

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Come and join us - https://urbanbetter.science/

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The climate crisis is threatening the future of outdoor hockey. Winters are already warmer and shorter. Save Pond Hockey Tournaments unite hockey communitites around the world and donate profits to climate projects. One of the tournaments was organised in Tampere in March 2025.

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Ice hockey for climate in Sorsapuisto on Saturday 8.3. [City of Tampere]

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The Save Pond Hockey charity tournament encourages action to ensure that future generations have the opportunity to play outdoor hockey too. Come to Sorsapuisto to watch the all-star game and learn

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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

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I really like this WHO guideline because it makes physical activity feel doable for everyone — no matter your age or ability. It’s not about being an athlete, but about moving more and sitting less in ways that fit your life.

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WHO guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour

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The WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity (frequency, intensity and duration) required to offer significant health benefits and mitigate he…

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I’ve been to the Corniche in Senegal twice, and every time I’m amazed by how alive it is. No matter the time of day, you see people running, walking, or playing sports. It’s open to everyone — no entrance fee, no barriers — just a beautiful, accessible space where the whole community comes together to stay active and enjoy the coast.

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Dakar : la corniche en plein renforcement musculaire – Jeune Afrique

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