Happy Earth Day everyone! Just noticed the animated Google-logo for today, very cute. But of more relevance to us are the plans to Green-Up for the London Olympics next year.
From reading this BBC story, it looks like eco-plans were part of the scheme from the start. The committee report says:
- on target to cut 100,000 tonnes of carbon emission from the building stage
- cleaned up two million tonnes of contaminated soil from the venue
- plans to develop 150 acres of urban parkland around the proposed venues
- restoring 45 hectares of polluted land to wetlands ( great for the locals too)
However, and sadly, they have had to downgrade their plans to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources to just 9%. This BBC report says that's down to a lack of a main wind turbine.
Still, it is a lot more positive than you might have expected from such a massive event. Two more reports from the organisers to come, it will be interesting to see what practical eco-measures they will put in place for the athletes and spectators.
And as an aside; I smiled at the caption the BBC have on a photo of the 1948 London games: "Environmental concerns were not an issue for the 1948 Games' organisers." Any excuse to get in how often London has hosted the games I guess.
What eco-measures have you seen at large sporting events?
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