The equipment made of algae that Real Betis will wear before the Real Sociedad

He Real Betis will dress before the Real Sociedad A special equipment motivated by another Forever Green action, which every year at this time wants to attract attention for the effects of climate change. The presentation of this new clothes has been developed on Thursday morning in rate (Cádiz) and has had the presence of Adrián and Aitortwo of the captains of the first Verdiblanco team. Within the framework of a informative campaign under the motto ‘Without blue there is no green’ The objective of this initiative is to make visible the environmental catastrophe that involves the uncontrolled invasion of the Asian algae Rugulopteryxokamurae on the Andalusian coast of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

«The massive entry of this type of organisms is displacing the native species and altering the natural balance of aquatic ecosystems, a problem that especially affects the waters between the coast of Algeciras and Tarifa, where they have quadrupled the collection of invading algae in Only one year, ”says the Betis Foundation in his press release.

To alert the seriousness of the problem and raise awareness of football fans of this environmental crisis, Real Betis and Hummel have joined the Parley Forthe Oceans impact network and the Pyratex fabric brand to make an innovative football equipment, the First manufactured with textile fiber from algae, in addition to recycled plastics collected from the ocean and wood pulp. It is a unique proposal, prepared with a deep ecological commitment, which will wear the next game of the Forever Green initiative, which will be played against the Royal Society February 16.

«The Real Betis thus reaffirms its commitment to the so -called Blue Economy, the one that takes advantage of the oceans and seas for responsible economic growth, directly aligning with one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the UN 2030 Agenda, Specifically with the number 14 entitled ‘Submarine Life’, whose main purpose is to protect biodiversity and marine and aquatic resources, ”continues the club in its note.

The presentation of the new shirt has taken place on Thursday morning on a ship in the waters of Tarifa, where a team of divers has symbolically extracted the new clothing of the sea background. With this action, the Verdiblanco Club thus shows its commitment to the preservation of the environment with the help of two marine experts such as Félix López Figueroa, Professor of Ecology and director of the Andalusian Institute of Biotechnology and Blue Development of the University of Malaga , and Sofia Tristancho, expert biologist at the Alga Rugulopteryx and co -founder of Futuralga, who have explained to the media the causes of this ecological conflict and the serious consequences it entails for the planet. In addition to Rafael Muela, manager of the Royal Betis Foundation, the presentation ceremony has also attended representatives of the companies that have created the new shirt, which have explained all the details in the Gaditano municipality.

The coast of Andalusia, and especially the beaches of Tarifa, are one of the locations that suffer the most this new threat, which came to the territory ten years ago. And it is that in the Tarifeña town an extensive provisional landfill consisting of a mountain of a mountain of 40,000 tons of these algaewhich are considered as urban solid residue. The transfer, management and sustainable solution of this problem involves an unassumable expense for the town hall of the town.

These pests not only involve an environmental crisis for the ecosystem of the Strait but also a warning to the economic stability of the municipalities of the area, since the algae also cover the seabed by seriously becoming danger .

More than four years ago that Real Betis created Forever Greenthe Environmental Sustainability Platform of the Verdiblanco Club that seeks to involve the world in the fight against climate change through the speaker that football is. This effort, which has made Betis one of the referents football clubs in this area, has recognized it as the second most sustainable European football club and the first of LaLiga, according to the independent international consultant Brand Finance.