Welcome to the 3rd annual

EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup

How can your exercise be a clean power source for positive climate action? 

By taking part in the EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup you will fund vital coral restoration, just by working out!

The third annual EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup is a competition in which your exercise – running, walking, swimming, cycling, rowing, and gym workouts – is converted into an environmental currency, which funds vital coral restoration projects.

EcoAthletes student-athlete Champions on 27 campuses engage YOU, their teammates, friends, family and climate supporters, to sign up for their school’s team on the easy-to-use Climategames app. You’ll enter your workouts there from March 10 to April 22, Earth Day. The team that exercises the most on aggregate during those six weeks, wins the Collegiate Cup! 

Clemson University, thanks to the consistent leadership and passion of rower Ana Klenke, won the 2023 and 2024 Collegiate Cups, and with them, a Billie Jean King Foundation Youth Leadership Award! This year, Champions on 26 other campuses from across the USA and Canada will dig deep to try to surpass Clemson to win the 2025 EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup.

And the BIGGER story is that, thanks to your exercise, and that of all our Collegiate Cuppers, the ultimate winner is the environment!

The environmental currency created by your exercise will fund Coral Gardeners, an organization dedicated to the restoration and conservation of coral reefs. By cultivating and transplanting corals to damaged reefs, Coral Gardeners help restore marine biodiversity and ecosystem health. Check out their transformative work here.

2025 EcoAthletes Collegiate Cup FAQs

  • Everyone with a mobile phone, from anywhere in the world!

  • Registration begins February 10th. Exercise can be logged from March 10th 12am EST through Earth Day, April 22nd 11:59pm EST.

  • Do you know someone at one of the schools? Do you like their team colors or mascot? Do you play the same sport as the team captain? Is it in a place you’ve always wanted to visit? Pick your team however you like - it’s up to you!

  • You should recruit as many people as you can. Whether you’re a team captain or someone new to this competition, ask your Uncle, your barista, your neighbor- anyone you want! The more people exercising for your team, the better.

  • Your environmental currency created by your exercise will fund Coral Gardeners, an organization dedicated to the restoration and conservation of coral reefs. By cultivating and transplanting corals to damaged reefs, Coral Gardeners help restore marine biodiversity and ecosystem health.

  • Yes! The team that logs the most exercise will win a custom Championship banner to hang at their school. EcoAthletes will also fund an additional climate project in the name of the winning team and in the name of the top exerciser.

  • No. The Climategames app is strictly a mobile app.

The Paris 2024 EcoAthletes Champions Scoreboard

  • 17 Olympians

  • 6 Medalists

  • Olympians Reached Over 40 Million with #ClimateComeback Messaging!

Four EcoAthletes Champions Discuss Climate Change & its Impacts on Sports with NBC News

Paris Olympics EcoAthletes Champions

  • Martha Bayona

    Martha Bayona

    Track Cycling, Colombia

  • Jenny Casson

    Jenny Casson

    Lightweight Rowing, Canada

  • Napheesa Collier

    Napheesa Collier

    Basketball, USA

  • Rhydian Cowley

    Rhydian Cowley

    Race Walking, Australia

  • Gaby Dabrowski

    Gaby Dabrowski

    Tennis, Canada

  • Sarah Hanffou

    Sarah Hanffou

    Table Tennis, Cameroon

  • Tess Howard

    Tess Howard

    Field Hockey, UK

  • Melissa Humana-Paredes

    Melissa Humana-Paredes

    Beach Volleyball, Canada

  • Hugo Inglis

    Hugo Inglis

    Field Hockey, New Zealand

  • Sara Kouskova

    Sara Kouskova

    Golf, Czech Republic

  • Sam Mattis

    Sam Mattis

    Discus, USA

  • Eliza McCartney

    Eliza McCartney

    Pole Vault, New Zealand

  • Jemima Montag

    Jemima Montag

    Race Walking, Australia

  • Alena Olsen

    Alena Olsen

    USA Women’s Rugby 7s (San Diego & Ann Arbor, MI)

  • Izzy Petter

    Izzy Petter

    Field Hockey, UK

  • Carlos Ramirez

    Carlos Ramirez

    Cycling BMX, Colombia

  • Saskia Tidey

    Saskia Tidey

    Sailing, UK

  • Matt Wearn

    Matt Wearn

    Sailing, Australia

Equipping Climate-Curious Athletes to Become
Climate Leaders

Olympic Games Paris 2024

Olympians Push IOC to Replace Toyota with a Real Leader in EV market

Clemson Wins

2nd Straight Collegiate Cup

Climate Wins Big!

Ana Klenke, the EcoAthletes Champion from Clemson who led the charge.

The World is in a Crisis.

It is late in the 4th quarter and we are losing to climate change. The science says the clock is ticking: Humanity has until 2030 to reduce carbon emissions by 45% to avoid the most calamitous impacts of climate change. Good news is the technology largely exists to get us there.

We need to inspire the #climatecomeback

 

It’s time for a #ClimateComeback.

Athletes are legendary for summoning the will to overcome huge obstacles, but they’ve never faced a tougher opponent than climate change.

EcoAthletes helps them get in the game so they can inspire millions of fans to join the climate change fight.

Helping EcoAthletes Champions Advance from Climate Curious to Climate Leaders

The Resource Hub

 

I believe EcoAthletes can play an important role in elevating awareness of the climate crisis among millions of fans, ultimately influencing those fans to demand positive climate action

— Dr. Michael Mann