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64    FA L L 2 0 2 1 | U N TAC K E D The scope of the problem is huge, and the challenges are numerous. But rather than lecture or chastise, Green Is The New Blue seeks to provide better options with the belief that, if given a chance to make an environmentally friendly choice, exhibitors will do so. "It's learning how to choose otherwise," Evans says. "It's about changing habits. Single-use plastic has been a habit, but now people are starting to see other choices." How does providing better options look in practice? It's a range of simple changes throughout the show grounds, so that whenever possible, competitors have new opportunities to make more sustainable choices. For example: • Offering water bottle filling stations, so exhibitors can refill their own reusable bottles throughout the day rather than going through scores of plastic bottles. • Providing bamboo water cups at the in-gate instead of plastic. • Setting up recycling bins for any single-use plastic bottles that can't be avoided. • Posting signage at the wash racks—in English and Spanish— reminding users to turn off hoses to conserve water. • Providing a ribbon recycling bin so any unwanted strips of satin can be refreshed and reused instead of thrown away. The message of environmentalism has become almost omnipresent elsewhere in life, but somehow equestrian sport (in the United States, at least) had remained largely unchanged, Evans says. That's something Green Is The New Blue hopes to rectify. "We have to get wiser, better, at this conversation. This is a language that people are talking, and we're not talking it in

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