A bio-methane powered single deck bus which has been transformed by Reading Buses into its ‘climate stripes’ bus was the backdrop to Reading Football Club’s official first team photo for the 2022-23 season.
Professor Ed Hawkins, a climatologist at the University of Reading who designed the ‘conversation starter’ climate stripes, joined the squad for a photo, along with representatives from Reading Buses and Reading Borough Council, which are both putting sustainability high on their agenda and used the opportunity to launch the Council’s four-week Climate Change Awareness Month which began on 7 November.
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The ‘warming stripes’ are displayed on the Reading Buses gas-powered Alexander Dennis Enviro300, which Chief Executive Officer Robert Williams said helps to highlight the environmental credentials of using the bus over private transport: “We are thrilled that Reading FC selected our bus to use as the backdrop of its official team photo this year. The stripes also appear on the sleeve of the Royals’ home shirts this year. The climate stripes are a means of visually communicating rising temperatures and the threat of global warming for all of our futures, and Reading FC incorporated the climate stripes on the sleeves of their home shirt this season to help visually demonstrate to supporters how temperatures have risen in Reading over many decades.
“It was fantastic to be able to bring four Reading brands together in this way. The stripes are regarded as an effective conversation starter about the warming world and the real risks to humanity of climate change.”
