Hawks At Forefront Of Push To Make Professional Sports More Environmentally Friendly

About an hour before game time, a different type of team huddle is happening in the basement of State Farm Arena.

“Those of you who are new, we’re gonna do a quick role play and kind of go over what we are doing,” says Sofi Armenakian, who oversees sustainability and operations for the Atlanta Hawks. “Those of you who have been here, maybe you can share some of your best practices on how it is easy for you to break the ice.”

Armenakian is surrounded by a dozen volunteers, all wearing green T-shirts that say Zero Waste Squad.