Olympics Get the Green Medal
With the Olympics coming up in the next few months the United Nations Environmental Program is seeking ways to make the games more sustainable. They have been doing this for the past few years and every year they get a little more progressive in their tactics to make the games better. This year they are researching the area for green hotels, fuel efficient transportation, finding ways to lower emissions for peoples coming to see the games.
Beijing, which is the host city of this years games have been taking other steps to be sustainable after the games leave town also. They have been devolving an emissions lab that will be operating early next year. Other cities that are hosting the games in the future are also making similar changes to their city to fit the UNEP standards. This is another reason the games are helping out with awareness in sustainable design. The cities getting involved are Vancouver for the 2010 games and London for the 2012 games.
The UNEP has been monitoring the games environmental benefits and problems for years now and they feel that they are making good progress. With the help of the athletes voicing their concerns to not just make the games green but also to take this into every bodies lives. For more information on sports going green listen to our podcast and learn more. Also visit the EDRA website at www.edra.org and also visit the United Nations Environmental program at their website www.unep.org/sport_env/index.asp.