Leilani Munter Makes Top Eco Athlete. Where’s Hannah Teter?
Written by Vegetarian Star on June 10th, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Environment-Eco-Green.
Leilani Munter. Credit: Alan Moore
Race car driver Leilani Munter comes in as the #1 eco athlete on Planet Green’s Planet 100.
“At number one, biology graduate turned race car driver, Leilani Munter is on a mission to ensure every race car uses clean, renewable biofuels and every race track has a recycling program. Self described “Vegetarian Hippie Chick,” Munter uses her celebrity status to inspire race car fans to make a difference. She is focused on getting the 135 million Indy and Nascar fans to recycle and use efficient bulbs—small actions that add up to big changes.”
Leilani’s a fantastic example of a green athlete, given her diet and environmental activism, but how did Hannah Teter not make the cut?
The Olympic snowboarder follows a vegetarian diet, and sells Vermont made maple syrup through her charity, Hannah’s Gold, which helps to provide clean drinking water to people in Kenya.
After the Olympics, Teter announced her plans to live in a yurt–a more durable form of a portable tent– part-time and she also helped her parents get solar panels.
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