Sports Sustainability
NCAA’s First Division 1 Sustainable Athletics Program
– est. 2008 –
Ralphie’s Green Stampede supports CU Athletics in implementing a sustainability framework that focuses on environmental impact, economic resources and social responsibility. Through conscientious gameday operations and stakeholder engagement, we empower all Buffs to have a positive impact on and off the field.
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Volunteer with Ralphie's Green Stampede
Ralphie's Green Stampede (RGS) is CU’s sports sustainability program created by Facilities Management Recycling and Solid Waste, CU Athletics and the Environmental Center. Many players and partners work on this program to make it successful, including Facilities Management Grounds, CU Parking, Levy Restaurants and Buffalo Sports Properties.
Help continue CU Boulder's tradition of zero waste at CU football games. Folsom Field is home to the nation's first zero-waste athletics program. RGS has won three Pac-12 sustainability championships in the past five years. By volunteering with RGS, you will play a key role in recycling and composting hundreds of thousands of pounds of material every season. Volunteers will gain skills in event operations, zero waste and sustainable leadership, and also join a community of hundreds of CU students, staff and community members that work to make the CU Buffs zero waste champions.
Volunteers receive free entry to games, an RGS shirt and other great perks. Email Green.Stampede@colorado.edu with questions.
Ralphie's Green Stampede Highlights
Our Sustainable Sponsors
A carbon-free future doesn’t just happen. We make it happen together. Xcel Energy, the Buffs and Ralphie’s Green Stampede are all in to make the world a better, brighter, cleaner and more efficient place to live, work and play. Xcel Energy is committed to going carbon-free while providing reliable energy. Join us in our carbon-free vision because it takes all of us! You. Us. Together.
At Eco-Products, we believe waste can be a wonderful thing. We support the mission of RGS by providing certified compostable products and Zero Waste support. As trusted partners of Folsom Field since 2010 and Franklin Field Zero Waste Tailgate Zone since 2016, we are working to shift how we think about waste and scale Zero Waste practices and composting infrastructure globally.
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Disclaimers: *Based on manufacturers' websites as of 11/21/22. **Based on manufacturer estimates, CY 2000-2022 sales
Puts CU Athletics in the Lead
While the Colorado Buffaloes are making headway on the field, Folsom Field is making responsible business maneuvers that ultimately save money, lower tuition and put your home team strides ahead of the rest of the country.
Ball Corporation has been a Ralphie’s Green Stampede (RGS) partner, working to reduce the waste entering and leaving Folsom Field. At the turn of RGS’s tenth anniversary, Ball announced the birth of the infinitely recyclable aluminum cup. The university setting is the ideal environment to use this product and promote this meaningful project. Students, fans and athletes are all ambassadors for more mindful, efficient business practices in sports settings.
We thank Ball for their years of commitment to the environment, passion and drive to make CU Athletics number one in the country for long-term business solutions.
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