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GO PLOGGING FOR THE GREATBRITISH SPRING CLEAN!
Get active and help the planet!...
March 15 , 2024
WHO WILL BE THE UK'S MOST SUSTAINABLE COLLEGE THIS YEAR?
Entries for 2023/24 Planet Earth Games finalised...
December 21 , 2023
PLOGGING LAUNCHES ON LONDON, BRISTOL AND EXETER
jogging and litter picking galore...
December 18 , 2023
COP28: HOW MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE?
Annual conference takes place in UAE from 30 November ...
November 24 , 2023
HOW YOU AND YOUR WORKPLACE CAN SUPPORT NATURE
four ways in which you and your colleagues can help biodoversity...
November 21 , 2023
MAKE A CHANGE FOR PLASTIC FREE JULY
There has been no shortage of evidence and reporting on the impact that plastic has on our planet. B...
July 1 , 2023
A GUIDE TO OPEN WATER SWIMMING
“People who are going into cold water every day meet themselves in the depth of their own brain. Onc...
May 23 , 2023
12 SPORTING REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL ON EARTH DAY
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite peo...
April 21 , 2023
KEIGHLEY WIN COLLEGES EVENT!
Following a three month-long competition, Keighley College have been crowned Planet Earth Games - Co...
April 20 , 2023
LONDON MARATHON AWARD TO LAUNCH PLOGGING IN CAPITAL
Planet Earth Games Trust has been awarded funding from London Marathon Foundation to deliver communi...
April 13 , 2023
ENJOY SPORT SUSTAINABLY
An active lifestyle is important for our physical health, from building strength to boosting our imm...
March 8 , 2023
COPING WITH ECO ANXIETY
We must do what we can to stay positive in times of difficulty. Writes Annie Button. The future of t...
January 18 , 2023
WHY A VEGAN DIET IS GOOD FOR YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Veganism is on the rise. A survey by finder, has shown that 14% of adults in the UK are following a ...
January 4 , 2023
BRITISH SUSTAINABLE SPORT WINNERS!
Our charity has collected a prestigious national award! Planet Earth Games Trust was honoured at the...
January 4 , 2023
WE ARE UP FOR A NATIONAL AWARD!
Planet Earth Games Trust has been shortlisted for a national award! For the second year running, we ...
October 24 , 2022
FORAGING: A SEASONAL GUIDE
Foraging is the practice of searching, identifying and then collecting food resources in the wild. W...
October 12 , 2022
2023 COLLEGE EVENT LAUNCHED
Planet Earth Games Trust, Association of Colleges Sport (AoC Sport) and Pearson BTEC Sport and Physi...
September 27 , 2022
WALES CONQUERED!
A team of five cyclists have raised almost £750 for Planet Earth Games Trust after cycling the lengt...
September 23 , 2022
SUPPORT OUR WALES ADVENTURE
Five cyclists will be attempting to cycle the length of Wales this weekend to raise funds for Planet...
September 13 , 2022
CLEANER, LEANER, GREENER – THE FUTURE FOR ENERGY
With rising energy prices and many households worried about the cost of energy, could clean energy p...
September 7 , 2022
JOIN THE DREAM TEAM
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to steer the financial strategy of the Pla...
September 1 , 2022
DELIVERING A GREEN LEGACY FROM BIRMINGHAM 2022
England’s Lionesses and Birmingham’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games has got the nation buzzing! S...
August 5 , 2022
NO TIME TO WASTE: RECYLE, REUSE, REDUCE
Plastic Free July® is a global movement designed to help millions of people work together to contrib...
July 21 , 2022
FIVE WAYS TO START YOUR ACTIVE TRAVEL JOURNEY
With the sun shining and the evenings feeling longer, now is the best time to get outside and make y...
July 1 , 2022
FIVE REASONS TO GO WILD THIS JUNE
This month, Planet Earth Games is teaming up with Wildlife Trusts to encourage nature conservation a...
June 13 , 2022
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MAY
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place this month and it underpins Planet Earth Games challenges f...
May 3 , 2022
WIN A COMPOSTER
It’s Earth Day 2022! It’s a moment of reflection, but also of ACTION. It's a time to consider the hu...
April 22 , 2022
APRIL IS EARTH MONTH
With Earth Day on the horizon (April 22), April has become a month to consider our impact on the pla...
April 4 , 2022
HELP US HELP YOU AND THE PLANET
Planet Earth Games has launched a crowdfunding campaign to support a new online platform to inspire ...
March 8 , 2022
10 FACTS ABOUT LITTER
This month is Great British Spring Clean from Keep Britain Tidy. Despite being a blight on communiti...
March 8 , 2022
NEW ECO EMPHASIS IN SCHOOL SPORT
This new value of Eco-Friendly will now put sustainability at the heart of school sport in England f...
March 7 , 2022
DERBY COLLEGE WIN PLANET EARTH GAMES
Chris Broadbent, Founder of Planet Earth Games said: “We were thrilled with the success of the first...
February 9 , 2022
MORGAN MITCHELL INTERVIEW
More and more high-profile sportspeople are succeeding at the highest level on vegan diets, includin...
January 7 , 2022
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 2022
As Planet Earth Games expands, we looking to make some key appointments to enable the charity to del...
December 30 , 2021
GAMES PARTNERS WITH VEGANUARY
Planet Earth Games is partnering with Veganuary to deliver the first month of the 2022 Games. The li...
December 8 , 2021
AVIVA BOOST FOR CROWDFUNDER
Every donation to the Planet Earth Games crowdfunder for a new app will be doubled, thanks to suppor...
November 22 , 2021
YEAR ROUND GAMES IN 2022
Planet Earth Games will be expanding for 2022, with a full season of challenges running from January...
November 16 , 2021
PLANET EARTH GAMES RECOGNISED AT NATIONAL AWARDS
Sporting minnows and sporting giants alike have been recognised for their efforts off the pitch – fo...
October 20 , 2021
PLANET EARTH GAMES PARTNERS WITH ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES
Planet Earth Games and Association of Colleges Sport are pleased to announce a new partnership to pr...
October 19 , 2021
JOIN A WINNING TEAM
Planet Earth Games is looking for a talented volunteer administrator to join our team. We are on an ...
October 8 , 2021
PLANET EARTH GAMES NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL AWARD
Planet Earth Games has now been shortlisted in the Social Impact, Engagement and/or Education Award ...
September 28 , 2021
WHAT A MONTH!
The Planet Earth Games of August 2021 have now been completed with hundreds of committed participant...
September 9 , 2021
OLYMPIC STAR JOINS PLANET EARTH GAMES
Fresh from competing with Team GB at Tokyo 2020, Cumbrian Olympic badminton player Lauren Smith is t...
August 11 , 2021
MOONCUP JOIN PLANET EARTH GAMES TEAM
Planet Earth Games are proud to welcome Mooncup Ltd as a premium partner for the 2021 event which ta...
July 27 , 2021
ATHLETES LINE UP FOR PLANET EARTH GAMES
There’s another Games this summer that athletes are getting excited for. This August, Olympic, Paral...
July 22 , 2021
SPORT NEEDS ITS GREEN MOMENT
“Sport has the power to change the world,” as stated by Nelson Mandela. “It has the power to inspire...
July 19 , 2021
JOIN OUR TEAM
We have an exciting opportunity for a talented individual to steer the financial strategy of the Pla...
June 24 , 2021
GET REAL, MADRID AND CO
Sport - particularly football - has a unique position to act as a moral guide for society. We see th...
April 23 , 2021
A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH?
This is it! The week that gym and leisure centres doors re-open. But there has been some significant...
April 13 , 2021
DOES LITTERING NEED ITS SMOKING BAN MOMENT?
What if dropping litter in the park was considered as taboo as smoking in indoor public places? An o...
April 9 , 2021
JOIN THE JOURNEY
Planet Earth Games is an organisation right at the heart of two of the major challenges of our time ...
March 29 , 2021
REAL OUTCOMES FROM REAL PEOPLE
Following February's Planet Earth Games, we conducted some analysis of the event to find out more ab...
March 26 , 2021
JANUARY SIGNINGS FOR PLANET EARTH GAMES
Planet Earth Games is thrilled to announce the recruitment of seven new high calibre trustees ahead ...
January 10 , 2021
A NATURAL NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
The New Year’s Day walk has become almost as synonymous with the turning of the year as a drunken re...
January 1 , 2021
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS
We did it! On Thursday night (17 December) our crowdfunder campaign to support the growth of the Pla...
December 18 , 2020
OLYMPIANS AND INFLUENCERS BECOME GAMES AMBASSADORS
High achievers from world of sport and science have been confirmed as ambassadors for the Planet Ear...
December 15 , 2020
PLASTIC FREE HALLOWEEN
Halloween is here and whilst 2020 has been a different year for many bad reasons, let's make the day...
October 30 , 2020
JOIN THE JOURNEY
Planet Earth Games is seeking talented and committed individuals to join the us as Trustees to steer...
October 12 , 2020
CLEAN AIR DAY 2020
Thursday, October 8th, is Clean Air Day 2020. The official campaign wishes to make 2020 the "cleanes...
October 6 , 2020
GOLD MEDALLISTS FOR GREEN RECOVERY
Planet Earth Games is joining forces with some of the country's leading Olympians including Mo Farah...
September 23 , 2020
PLANET EARTH GAMES BACK IN FEBRUARY 2021!
Following the huge success of August 2020 and our first ever virtual event. Planet Earth Games will ...
September 10 , 2020
FACE MASKS: DISPOSABLE OR REUSABLE?
As face masks have quickly become a normal part of life, it is important that we adapt to the new no...
July 28 , 2020
AUGUST? WE’VE GOT IT COVERED
With travel restrictions, social distancing and leisure opportunities severely limited due to the pa...
July 28 , 2020
MAJOR BRANDS PARTNER WITH GAMES
Ahead of entries launching next week (week beginning 20 July), the Planet Earth Games has been given...
July 17 , 2020
FIVE SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL HABITS AS WE EMERGE FROM LOCKDOWN
Summer has arrived and lockdown is slowly lifting. At Planet Earth Games we talk about the dangers o...
July 15 , 2020
PADDLE AGAINST PLASTIC CAMPAIGNER JOINS TEAM
Environmental activist and adventurer Cal Major has joined Planet Earth Games as an event ambassador...
July 4 , 2020
LITTER PICKING ON BOURNEMOUTH BEACH
"I woke up last Thursday morning and was disgusted by all the rubbish on the beach", Megan from the ...
July 3 , 2020
KIDS AGAINST PLASTIC AND PLASTIC-FREE JULY
With one month to go until Planet Earth Games, now is a great time to join Plastic Free July! We are...
July 1 , 2020
CLIMATE INEQUALITY: GLOBAL UNBALANCE
Ten million people across the world took part in climate protests last September. Across the world p...
June 29 , 2020
CLIMATE INEQUALITY: MISSING RAINFALL
Climate change is displacing refugees across the world. Typically, it’s the planet’s poorest people ...
June 29 , 2020
NATIONAL SCHOOL SPORT WEEK
It's National School Sport Week. It's hot. It's sunny. It would be a perfect week for sport's day. W...
June 24 , 2020
CLIMATE INEQUALITY: DEVASTATING DUNES
Following our story of the inspiring work of Ursala Ravoka and the relocation of the world’s first c...
June 24 , 2020
CLIMATE INEQUALITY: RISING TIDES
At Planet Earth Games, when we advocate our mantra “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”, it is because t...
June 22 , 2020
FOUR Rs TO SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT
At Planet Earth Games, we love seeing our planet green, alive and healthy! We believe in the power o...
June 19 , 2020
THE SIMPLE THINGS
One of our great lessons of from the pandemic is rediscovering local nature spots. writes Planet Ear...
June 19 , 2020
FIVE PLANT-BASED RECIPES TO TRY THIS SUMMER
Planet Earth Games is all about “Healthy Planet, Healthy People”, so when you get home from your n...
June 12 , 2020
FIVE REASONS WHY WE MUST PROTECT THE OCEANS
Monday 8 June is World Oceans Day, and this year’s theme is “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean”! He...
June 7 , 2020
A NEW NORMAL
It has not gone unnoticed that the earth has begun to cleanse itself without the constant pollution ...
April 11 , 2020
LESSONS FROM RECYCLING
Coronavirus – like climate change – is an overwhelming issue for every individual to confront. But, ...
March 15 , 2020
