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Eco-Initiatives and Eco-Attitudes at Leisure Events

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 7674

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko

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Department of Sports Tourism, Institute of Sport Sciences, Eugeniusz Piasecki University of Physical Education, Poznań, Poland
Interests: sustainable sports tourism
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Dr. Grzegorz Kwiatkowski

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Department of Economics, Koszalin University of Technology, 75-453 Koszalin, Poland
Interests: tourism; events; entrepreneurship; cultural tourism
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Leisure events take a heavy toll on resources, society, and the environment, often generating significant negative impacts. According to ISO 20121, sustainable event management is ‘the process of integrating environmental and social responsibility issues into event planning.’ Sustainable event management requires integrating the needs and values of different stakeholders that impact and are impacted by the event. Firstly, there is a need to reduce significant negative impacts or harm, such as solid waste. Secondly, event managers should seek opportunities for events to leave positive legacies that benefit communities.

Sustainable event management requires all relevant stakeholders’ informed participation and strong leadership to ensure broad participation and consensus building. Achieving sustainable event building is a continuous process that requires constant monitoring of impacts, introducing the necessary preventive and/or corrective measures whenever necessary.

Research has shown that the search for sustainable solutions is critical for event management due to events’ short-term nature and long-term impacts that they cause for the environment, society, and cultural resources. Increased demand for sustainable solutions in the events sector favors pro-ecological initiatives. Event organizations attempt to promote environmentally friendly behaviors of leisure consumers and use events as platforms for interventions. That is why events researchers have begun to be interested in the pro-environmental actions of leisure events’ participants. However, a small body of research has investigated pro-ecological intentions specific to leisure events, and the relationship between attendees, spectators, exhibitors, and ecological issues is still debatable. This Special Issue is open to every type of research connected with the eco-dimension of leisure events, both sport- and non-sport-related (art, culinary, music, etc.) that can contribute to more sustainable solutions at events. We welcome contributions focused on:

  • Environmental attitudes, knowledge, intentions, and behaviors among leisure events’ organizers, attendees, and spectators;
  • Free-plastic leisure events;
  • Ecolabeling and certification at leisure events;
  • Environmental innovation at leisure events;
  • Green (sport) events.

Dr. Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Dr. Grzegorz Kwiatkowski
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • leisure events
  • eco-initiatives
  • eco-attitudes
  • sustainable events
  • mass running events
  • culinary events
  • environmentally friendly sports equipment at leisure events

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Particular Dimensions of the Social Impact of Leisure Running: Study of Poland
by Jakub Ryszard Stempień, Magdalena Dąbkowska-Dworniak, Małgorzata Stańczyk, Marcin Tkaczyk and Bartłomiej Przybylski
Sustainability 2022, 14(18), 11185; https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811185 - 7 Sep 2022
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This study addresses the social impact of the popularity of recreational running (called: running boom). Four dimensions are classified: (1) economic, (2) health and psychological well-being, (3) environmental and (4) social (in narrow sense). The first three of these were included in the [...] Read more.
This study addresses the social impact of the popularity of recreational running (called: running boom). Four dimensions are classified: (1) economic, (2) health and psychological well-being, (3) environmental and (4) social (in narrow sense). The first three of these were included in the analysis performed. The analysis relates to Polish society in 2018 and is based on a thought experiment assuming that 3.4 million recreational runners engage in leisure activities as passive and indifferent to their surroundings as possible instead of running. What economic, health, and environmental consequences would this have? The interdisciplinary analysis uses and combines existing scientific findings. The economic effects of the running boom include at least PLN 1.7 billion spent annually on the purchase of running equipment (not including effects related to employee health, development of running tourism, etc.). The health effects include at least a 30% reduction in the risk of death in the next 15 years for the population of runners. Finally, the carbon footprint of Polish amateur runners can be estimated at 2.9 million tons of CO2. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Eco-Initiatives and Eco-Attitudes at Leisure Events)
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Motivation and Eco-Attitudes among Night Runners during the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Mateusz Rozmiarek, Patxi León-Guereño, Miguel Ángel Tapia-Serrano, Mabliny Thuany, Thayse Natacha Gomes, Katarzyna Płoszaj, Wiesław Firek and Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Sustainability 2022, 14(3), 1512; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031512 - 28 Jan 2022
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Running surrounded by nature at night, often with limited contact with other people, is one of the safest physical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this article is to determine what motivates night recreational runners and to analyse the differences between [...] Read more.
Running surrounded by nature at night, often with limited contact with other people, is one of the safest physical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this article is to determine what motivates night recreational runners and to analyse the differences between men and women according to age, and also to see whether the fact of having had COVID-19 or not matters when it comes to athletes’ motivation behind participating in runs. Runners were also asked about participating in cities or out-of-town events in terms of verifying the cleanliness of the air before running, using masks or running in green areas. 233 individuals in total participated in this descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional study. The questionnaire uses the division of motives used in the Marathon Motivation Scale (MOMS) and a number of additional questions on environmental factors. Overall, the main motivation that drives night-time runners is health orientation, weight concern, personal goal achievement, psychological coping, life meaning and self-esteem. The research also showed higher scores for health orientation, recognition, psychological coping, life meaning and self-esteem among runners who had had COVID-19 than runners who had not had the virus. In addition, respondents clearly indicated that night running makes it easier to fall asleep and improves the quality of sleep. Most runners rated their mental health as being good, did not run in the morning despite better air levels, did not choose running events outside the urban area and did not check the air quality index before running. Therefore, it will be important for coaches, event organisers and other professionals to consider athletes’ age, gender, whether they have had COVID-19 and runners’ approaches to eco-attitudes when trying to understand their reasons for participating in different sports or leisure events, especially those that focus on a priority in shaping environmental attitudes. Full article
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German Marathon Runners’ Opinions on and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Sustainability
by Thomas Könecke, Holger Schunk, Tabea Schappel, Ine Hugaerts, Fabio Wagner and Ewa Malchrowicz-Mośko
Sustainability 2021, 13(18), 10337; https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810337 - 16 Sep 2021
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Research on sustainability and/in sport and, specifically, on the ecological aspects of participatory sporting events is still very scarce despite the recognition these topics have received by actors like, for instance, the European Commission and the United Nations. Against this backdrop, this paper [...] Read more.
Research on sustainability and/in sport and, specifically, on the ecological aspects of participatory sporting events is still very scarce despite the recognition these topics have received by actors like, for instance, the European Commission and the United Nations. Against this backdrop, this paper sheds light on a field that is virtually uncharted in academic research, which is the environmental attitudes and willingness to pay for environmental sustainability of participants in participatory sporting events in Europe. In collaboration with the organizer of the Frankfurt Marathon, a study was conducted with a specific focus on German (speaking) marathon runners. In total 1764 data sets were collected with a German (1455 respondents) and an English (309 respondents) online questionnaire. Very insightful descriptive analyses showed that the awareness for the issue of sustainability and sport is still low and that ecological initiatives only have a medium influence on the evaluation of a marathon event. Nevertheless, particularly the German-speaking respondents indicated a high willingness to pay for environmental sustainability in general and for specific measures that can enhance the environmental friendliness of a marathon event, in particular. As will be discussed in the paper, these insights have important managerial implications and are a valuable basis for further research in this evolving field. Full article
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