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🌍 EARTH CUP 2026

⚽ Fair Play for People & Planet. 🌍 Earth Cup 2026 is a youth-led initiative where young people take the field first — performing a shared ritual of fair play and demonstrating a living balance of Heart, Head, and Hands. From the field outward, they invite all generations to join them. As others step in, Fair Play Trees are planted together, allowing shared values to take root in communities and grow into a visible practice across places and cultures. A New Ritual for a N

Mika Vanhanen

Dec 11, 20253 min read

A Youth-Led Ritual from Finland — Calling the Global Football Community to Act for the Planet and Peace

EMBARGOED UNTIL 10 December 2025 — 08:00 EET PRESS RELEASE — 10 December 2025 Joensuu, Finland — Fair Play Peace Circle® is the world’s first youth-led ritual uniting football, environmental responsibility and peace — transforming pre-match moments into a powerful global call for unity, responsibility and climate action. A New Ritual for a New Era of Responsibility The Fair Play Peace Circle® ritual invites young people to reshape the iconic peace symbol on the football f

Mika Vanhanen

Dec 9, 20253 min read

Fair Play Peace Circle®

Football meets nature: before kick-off, participants lift a living tree as a new peace ritual. Backed by UNESCO’s ESD and Sport for Peace vision, the Fair Play Peace Circle® introduces a three-minute act of respect — for people and for the planet. Schools and teams everywhere are invited to join. Images courtesy of CLIP – The Oporto International School (Porto, Portugal) The Peace Circle® has already taken many forms — as a living park, a classroom ritual, a digital twin, a p