The Sustainable Games

The Turino (aka Turin) Olympics are excitedly touting themselves as the sustainable games.

As they say, the mountain at the centre of the Games is a theatre for competitions, but also as an element to be defended and appreciated. Their goal is to guarantee the sustainability of the Olympic Programme in all of its development phases but to also transform environmental challenges into new opportunities.

Working mantras include ensuring the Games have a neutral impact on the climate, checking the good environmental management of the permanent works, introducing environmental requisites in the creation of temporary works, reducing the environmental impact of the work carried out in offices, minimizing the impact from the management of waste produced during the event, and exploiting the environmental services of the sponsors and suppliers of the Games.

These are certainly wonderful sentiments and goals.

A great wealth of dense, green-themed political-speak material is available on the Games' website here.