The Green Lover:
Just a Normal Guy That Cared
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About
The Green Lover was created to unite sports fans and sustainability by promoting friendly donation competitions between fan bases to establish and build a centralized revolving green fund, titled "The Green Lover Fund."
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By providing free scheduling and coordination software, campaign resources with templates, and additional services to Sustainability Directors to share with event planners and organizers, they are able to maximize outreach for donations towards a sustainable cause through the power of sports while reducing the time needed to complete a campaign. For organizers interested in applying for free membership to participate, please go to our membership tab under "team membership" to learn more.
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The donations collected would be centrally managed and disbursed based on a democratic voting process to include all members; specifically individuals, businesses, organizations, municipalities, and institutions that have been approved for free membership based off their sustainability commitments and actions.
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Additional features to the public include sustainability transparency reports from member clients, a project update section to track the spending of donations, a resource tab for everyday tips and tricks, an educational portal, and a rewards database for individual members to compete against their friends and individuals throughout the world to become an Elite Green Warrior by completing tasks.
Consider making a difference today or feel free to search through the pages to learn more.
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​While donations are not currently being collected until the proof of concept and legal documents are confirmed, you can provide your feedback on the overall plan and your interest in providing a future donation here. ​
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Brian Kelley, founder
Current Sustainability Specialist
Christopher Newport University
Brian Kelley is just a normal guy that cares about the environment and being the change; inspired at a young age via a tour of the landfill in the 3rd grade, he achieved a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Studies with a minor in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati and lives by the motto to be part of the solution; not the problem.
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He has​ held previous sustainability internships at the University of Cincinnati and at The Ohio State University for their Zero Waste Football Football Initiative in which over 90% diversion was achieved at Ohio Stadium with a capacity of over 100,000 individuals during game day. Currently, he is the Sustainability Specialist at Christopher Newport University, in which he is most proud of the proposal and implementation of a 100% reusable tracking program that resulted in over 250,000 disposables eliminated and a 96% return rate; now in its third year, it continues to be one of the best programs in the country. Additional accomplishments include:
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Sustainability goal and objective creation for the University's Strategic Compass 5-year plan in collaboration with the Going Greener Taskforce and the President; Brian Kelley is the chair of the Waste, Water, and Grounds working group and also chair of the University Sustainability Committee that collaborates on best operational practices throughout campus departments.
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STARS sustainability reporting coordination to achieve a Bronze Rating, the University's first rating: this included the coordination of 27 ​​
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Outside of work, Brian Kelley has a goal to eventually visit all the National Parks and loves the outdoors. He finds fulfillment in helping others and creating avenues to progress through innovation, which is why he pursued a non-profit to solve the response of "we would love to support sustainability, but we don't have the budget to pay the upfront costs."
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Always open to connect, Brian Kelley's LinkedIn and full experience can be viewed here.
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