When the Games were held in Beijing, China made a pledge to the International Olympic Committee to achieve the World Health Organization standards for urban air quality in time for their 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
This year, the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics committee is also under enormous pressure to present a “green face” to the world. Along with sport and culture, the environment was one of the three pillars of the Olympic movement this year; and part of its campaign was to encourage the Vancouver Olympic organizers (VANOC) to make the 2010 games carbon neutral.
Vancouver is hosting the world's biggest winter event with many types of winter venues, from skiing to skating to hockey and several sports which look death defying. Let us not forget the “green zamboni” which keeps breaking down and putting a hold on the indoor ice sports. In retrospect, the Vancouver Olympic Committee has tried to make things as sustainable as possible with the unpredictable weather and equipment failures.
In 2011, Nova Scotia will be hosting the Jeux Canada Winter Games. Most of the events will be held in Halifax; however, the skiing will be at Wentworth and Martock. I wonder if the organizers of this event will put effort into a more sustainable carbon neutral Games.
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