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		<title>Jiu-Jitsu for a better world</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>If well guided in their studies, it won&#8217;t take long for practitioners to realize Jiu-Jitsu is, also, about developing a more positive view of people and the world around them. That means having healthy habits, respecting the environment where they live, saving water, and buying brands that respect people and the planet. That is the&#8230;</p>
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<p>If well guided in their studies, it won&#8217;t take long for practitioners to realize Jiu-Jitsu is, also, about developing a more positive view of people and the world around them.</p>
<p>That means having healthy habits, respecting the environment where they live, saving water, and buying brands that respect people and the planet.</p>
<p>That is the case, for example, of the company GreatMats.com, which, besides being a GRACIEMAG partner, now decided to enter the fight for a cleaner and sustainable world.</p>
<p>The initiative of its owner, David Butler, its Wisconsin factory produces the first “green” mats on the planets, thanks to the solar panels that provide for all the company&#8217;s energy needs.</p>
<div id="attachment_40423" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-40423" class="size-full wp-image-40423" title="DavidButler" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DavidButler.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="417" /><p id="caption-attachment-40423" class="wp-caption-text">Butler, in blue in middle: a &quot;green&quot; Jiu-Jitsu pioneer</p></div>
<p>The panels set up next to the factory in Polk County cost 118,000 dollars in 2007, with some relief coming from discounts and government incentives. Based on what it spent before, GreatMats.com&#8217;s owner calculated that in ten years the entire investment will be paid off. But that, he teaches, is perhaps not the most important part of the story.</p>
<p>&#8220;If you believe, like I do, that we need to move away from coal and nuclear power for the good of the planet, then I think we each have a responsibility to help make that change happen in whatever way we can,&#8221; says Butler, who produces mats for Jiu-Jitsu, martial arts, yoga and gyms.</p>
<p>What about you, what have you, as a Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, done for your community and consequently for the planet?</p>
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		<title>O Jiu-Jitsu na defesa de um mundo melhor</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Se bem orientado nos estudos, um praticante não demora a perceber que fazer Jiu-Jitsu é, também, desenvolver uma visão mais positiva das pessoas e do mundo que o cerca. Isso significa pregar hábitos saudáveis, respeitar o meio ambiente onde você vive, poupar água e consumir marcas que respeitem as pessoas e o planeta. É o&#8230;</p>
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<p>Se bem orientado nos estudos, um praticante não demora a perceber que fazer Jiu-Jitsu é, também, desenvolver uma visão mais positiva das pessoas e do mundo que o cerca.</p>
<p>Isso significa pregar hábitos saudáveis, respeitar o meio ambiente onde você vive, poupar água e consumir marcas que respeitem as pessoas e o planeta.</p>
<p>É o caso, por exemplo, da empresa <a href="http://greatmats.com/" target="_blank">GreatMats.com</a>, que não bastasse ser parceira comecial de GRACIEMAG, agora resolveu brigar por um mundo mais limpo e sustentável.</p>
<p>Por iniciativa de seu proprietário, David Butler, sua fábrica no Wisconsin produz os primeiros tatames &#8220;verdes&#8221; do planeta, graças a painéis solares que abastecem toda a energia da empresa.</p>
<div id="attachment_40423-2" style="width: 650px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-40423-2" class="size-full wp-image-40423" title="DavidButler" src="https://www.graciemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/DavidButler.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="417" /><p id="caption-attachment-40423-2" class="wp-caption-text">Butler, de azul, no centro: um pioneiro no Jiu-Jitsu &quot;verde&quot;.</p></div>
<p>A instalação dos painéis ao lado da fábrica, em Polk County, custou 118 mil dólares em 2007, com um certo alívio em descontos e incentivos governamentais. Baseado no que gastava antes, o dono da GreatMats.com calcula que em dez anos o investimento terá retornado totalmente. Mas isso, ele ensina, talvez não seja o mais importante na história.</p>
<p>&#8220;Se você acredita, como eu, que nós precisamos buscar alternativas para o carvão e a energia nuclear para o bem do planeta, então você entende que cada um de nós tem uma responsabilidade em ajudar a promover essa mudança, do jeito que for possível para cada um de nós&#8221;, diz Butler, que faz tapetes para Jiu-Jitsu, lutas, ioga e academias de ginástica.</p>
<p>E você, o que você como praticante de Jiu-Jitsu tem feito em prol da sua comunidade, e em consequência em prol do planeta?</p>
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