Run for the Planet

We are delighted to partner with SkootEco B-Corp to allow all race participants to counter their carbon footprint and help us run to a greener future!

We are already hugely passionate about the environment and making Wilmslow Running Festival as sustainable as possible, however, the element which we cannot control is the footprint created by our participants.

With our beautiful Cheshire location, we want to ensure that our event has as little impact on the environment as possible, and that’s where you can help.

For every £1 of eco-contribution you make SkootEco will facilitate the planting of 1 certified tree, will collect 2 ocean-bound plastic bottles, and will support carbon-reducing humanitarian projects. Not only do these actions reduce (and very often remove entirely) the footprint you create, but we will be making the world a better place and helping some of the world’s poorest communities.

You can learn more about this initiative on our impact profile here: www.skoot.eco/wilmslowrunningfestival

Here are just a few facts to explain why this is so important for us all to embrace:

• One pair of running shoes has a lifetime Carbon Footprint of around 14kg CO2e - the same as charging a mobile phone 1500 times!

• 90% of the Carbon Footprint of a running event is generated by participant travel and on-the-day choices

• 1 marathon participant can create the same Carbon Footprint as powering an average UK home for 7 days!

• An average UK runner creates a yearly Carbon Footprint of between 700kg and 800kg CO2e - around the same amount that one Mangrove tree will sequester in its lifetime

• Every 6 seconds an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch disappears

• By 2050 it is predicted that there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans

To contribute to our journey click here: https://skoot.eco/scans/wilmslow-running-festival