Air. Land. Water.
Healthy people and a healthy planet are built together. Play by play, acre by acre.
Playbook for the Planet brings the mindset of sport to the work of restoring nature. Through preparation, recovery, teamwork, measurement, and a commitment to the long game, we are building healthier natural systems and stronger communities across air, land, and water.
Air. Land. Water. One home field.
Resilience is built before it is tested. Restoration is resilience in action.
Your body does not train, recover, or live in a vacuum.
Every practice, recovery day, and outdoor moment depends on the air around us, the water we rely on, and the places that give us room to move, connect, and recharge. Healthy landscapes help create the conditions people and communities need to thrive. Protecting those systems is not separate from personal health. It is part of the same long game.
People remember the play. Athletes remember everything it took to be ready for it.
Athlete and trailblazer Haley Van Voorhis brings the connection between human performance and planetary resilience to life. In sport, progress is built through discipline, preparation, recovery, teamwork, and repetition. Restoring a landscape requires the same commitment. The trees, shorelines, and restored habitats are the visible result. Behind them is a full roster of landowners, nurseries, foresters, scientists, project teams, buyers, capital partners, and years of stewardship.
Photo courtesy of Shenandoah University
Healthy people and a healthy planet are built together. Play by play, acre by acre.
Playbook for the Planet
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is Playbook for the Planet?
Playbook for the Planet is an ACRE campaign that uses the principles of sport to make the connection between personal health, resilient communities, and healthy natural systems more tangible. It pairs athlete stories with proof from real restoration work across air, land, and water.
Why connect sports and restoration?
Sports make ideas such as preparation, recovery, teamwork, measurement, and long-term commitment easy to understand. Those principles also describe what credible, durable restoration requires. Sports are the bridge; the work in the field is the proof.
What does ‘healthy people need healthy places’ mean?
The air, water, climate, shade, and outdoor places around us help shape the conditions in which people move, recover, connect, and thrive. The campaign focuses on those health-supporting conditions and does not make medical or individual health claims.
What does ACRE do?
ACRE Investment Management develops and supports nature-based solutions across air, land, and water. Its work brings together landowners, project teams, ecological expertise, monitoring, capital, market structure, and long-term stewardship.
How are outcomes measured?
The approach depends on the project and environmental market. Credible programs establish baselines, define the intended outcomes, monitor progress, distinguish measured and verified results from projected outcomes, and maintain clear accountability over time.
How can I participate?
Athletes and sports voices can join the campaign. Landowners can explore project opportunities. Companies can request a campaign or partnership briefing. Investors can learn more about ACRE’s natural-capital approach. Everyone can follow the season and share the place they want to protect.