{"id":2983,"date":"2019-04-18T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T13:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:53:53","slug":"its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side. <\/p>\n\n

A way to keep fit and make the environment around us a better place to live. A form of sporting activism that involves doing sport \u2013 in this case, running \u2013 and picking up litter along the way. It\u2019s known as \u2018plogging\u2019, a term that originated in Sweden and is a combination of the English word \u2018jogging\u2019 and the Swedish phrase \u2018plocka upp\u2019, which literally means \u2018to pick up\u2019. Picking up litter whilst exercising. <\/p>\n\n

<\/p>\n\n

Why plogging is so popularPerch\u00e9 il plogging piace<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

Armed with running shoes, gloves and bags, those who take part in these initiatives not only keep fit and practise outdoor physical activity, but also help make the park, the neighbourhood and the city they live in cleaner. Born in Stockholm among a group of friends who shared a love of sport, it quickly spread around the world, thanks in part to social media: from just a few photos shared on their profiles, plogging won over hundreds of enthusiasts. Also because jogging while making our cities more liveable is a practice that has positive effects on the physical and mental wellbeing of those who take part.Armati di scarpe da running, guanti e sacchetti, chi partecipa a queste iniziative non solo si mantiene in forma e pratica attivit\u00e0 sportiva all\u2019aria aperta, ma contribuisce a rendere pi\u00f9 pulito il parco, il quartiere e la citt\u00e0 in cui vive. Nato a Stoccolma da un gruppo di amici che condividevano l\u2019amore per lo sport si \u00e8 rapidamente diffuso in tutto il mondo, grazie anche ai social network: da pochi scatti condivisi sui loro profili, il plogging ha conquistato centinaia di appassionati. Anche perch\u00e9 fare jogging e rendere pi\u00f9 vivibili le nostre citt\u00e0 \u00e8 una pratica che ha dei risvolti positivi per il benessere psicofisico di chi lo pratica. <\/p>\n\n

<\/p>\n\n

Plogging in ItalyIl plogging in Italia<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n

In Italy too, dozens of already active groups practise plogging. One example is Keep Clean and Run (KCR), founded by Roberto Cavallo back in 2014, which promotes clean-up actions and active participation across Italy through dedicated events. Last year it covered over 700 kilometres along the entire length of the Po river to clean the banks of abandoned waste. The groups and associations that actively practise plogging are scattered throughout Italy, from Turin to Bergamo, through Monza, Florence and Bologna. All that’s left to do is find the one nearest to you!Anche in Italia sono decine i gruppi gi\u00e0 attivi che praticano il plogging. Come il Keep Clean and Run (KCR), fondata da Roberto Cavallo gi\u00e0 nel 2014, che promuove in tutta Italia azioni di pulizia e di partecipazione attiva con eventi dedicati. Lo scorso anno ha percorso oltre 700 chilometri lungo tutto il Po per pulire le sponde del fiume dai rifiuti abbandonati. I gruppi e le associazioni che praticano il plogging attivamente sono sparse un po\u2019 ovunque in Italia, da Torino a Bergamo, passando per Monza, Firenze a Bologna. Non resta che trovare quello pi\u00f9 vicino a voi! <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure>
\"\"<\/figure><\/figure>\n

Che cosa possiamo fare?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n <\/strong>\n\n

We always say it: planting a tree and protecting existing forests are two fundamental actions for addressing the climate crisis <\/strong>and mitigating the effects of the pollution we ourselves are creating and worsening. But changing our consumption habits<\/strong> is equally important \u2014 a small revolution that goes hand in hand with all the other actions in support of forests. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side. A way to keep fit and make the environment around us a better place to live. A form of sporting activism that involves doing sport […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,94,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environmental-protection","category-lifestyles","category-well-being-in-nature"],"yoast_head":"\nIt\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment - WOWnature<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WOWnature\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a\"},\"headline\":\"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":593,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Environmental protection\",\"Lifestyles\",\"Well-being in nature\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/\",\"name\":\"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment - WOWnature\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a\"},\"description\":\"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/\",\"name\":\"WOWnature\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.wownature.eu\\\/en\\\/author\\\/roberto-lucarda\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment - WOWnature","description":"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment","og_description":"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.","og_url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/","og_site_name":"WOWnature","article_published_time":"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/#\/schema\/person\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a"},"headline":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment","datePublished":"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/"},"wordCount":593,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg","articleSection":["Environmental protection","Lifestyles","Well-being in nature"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/","url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/","name":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment - WOWnature","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-04-18T13:07:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-25T08:53:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/#\/schema\/person\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a"},"description":"Spending some of our free time in nature has enormous health benefits. Woods and city parks are an excellent way to promote daily wellbeing and reconnect with our natural side.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/plogging-correre-ambiente1.jpg","width":960,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/its-time-for-plogging-running-and-looking-after-the-environment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"It\u2019s time for plogging: running and looking after the environment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/","name":"WOWnature","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/#\/schema\/person\/5af946b40be93a06567b2743e875db1a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9fc2810b32971cb7c4c8182e41c0d1c6da4f7d817bc0e50f27b714752f4c0b53?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu"],"url":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/author\/roberto-lucarda\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2983\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wownature.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}