Tagged With Olympics
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Recycle & Flow
Canadian eco-rap and other youth offerings in Vancouver 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week agoClimate activist Thomas Kineshanko’s musing on jet travel was one of several back-to-earth moments provided by the youngest speakers at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
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From ‘the wave’ to a groundswell
Enlisting sports fans in the green movement begins by understanding them 2
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Talk of “harnessing” the passion of sports showed up everywhere at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment, but one marketer moved past the cliché and made a case that athletes are in a great position to promote environmentally friendly behavior.
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How about water hockey?
Canadian activist warns warming could cripple winter sports 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
David Suzuki describes two “iconic Canadian images” already endangered by climate change -- polar bears and backyard skating rinks, like the one on which a young Wayne Gretzky learned to skate.
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Hot air emissions
A roundup of notable speeches from the Sport and Environment Conference 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
There was some good stuff along with the cheerleading on day one at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
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How much CO2 does a Zamboni emit?
Vancouver Olympics Committee shopping carbon offset plan 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Vancouver wants make the 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral, but the plan it released Monday counts on help from the private sector to make it happen.
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Greening the games
Vancouver showcases preparations for 2010 Winter Olympics 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week agoEleven months from the opening ceremonies, Olympics buzz is fairly palpable, with games-related ads on the airwaves, heaps of Olympics gear for sale in souvenir shops, and construction cranes dotting the skyline.
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Canadian athletes urge Olympic committee to fulfill eco-promises 8
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NASA: China’s pollution control efforts improved air quality during the Olympics 2
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Sochi So Far
Some venues relocated to minimize eco-impact of Russia’s 2014 Olympics 0
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License and Sensibility
Beijing extends traffic-control measures to keep smog away 1
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Was It All Just a Game to You?
Beijing officials consider extending some clean-air measures beyond Olympics 3
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Athletes play down pollution concerns, Beijing gives in to weather 1
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Yao Ming to serve as UNEP ‘environmental champion’ 1
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A purely anecdotal, non-athlete’s perspective of the air quality in Beijing 0
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Obama clean-energy ad will air during Olympics coverage 3
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Smog settles on Beijing for opening ceremony 0
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It's Oly Temporary
Olympic Games begin; pollution worries, haze hang over opening ceremonies 1
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Athletes forgo masks; Beijing skies gray on Olympics eve 0
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IOC and multi-nationals complicit in subjecting world class athletes to world class pollution 3
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Beijing skies vary days before Olympics 1
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