This story appears in the February 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Miles from the main roads, in rural Africa, soccer balls bounce unevenly. Playing fields are arid, lush, weedy, sandy ...

aluminum cans and soccer balls. Alter Terra, the nonprofit in charge of the boom, has been surveying the types of materials ...

A kind of chemical used to make everyday plastic products has been linked to a major percentage of global deaths from heart ...

From beach clean ups to plastic waste campaigns, the activations build off MLS WORKS’ Greener Goals initiative which raises awareness about environmental issues in the soccer community.