SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019

Heroes to zero carbon: the

football minnows leading the

climate change fight

League Two side Forest Green Rovers have an organic pitch, kits made

from bamboo... and vegan-only pies at half-time

Dale Vince: ‘This is the biggest problem facing the planet’ (Forest Green Rovers)

COLIN DRURY

IN NAILSWORTH

It was a global protest held in towns and cities across the world but, when young eco-activists in Stroud
joined millions of others to demonstrate against climate change this spring, they did something entirely
unique.

Hundreds of the town’s teenagers gathered outside the office of the local football club chairman and started

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