Sustainability
Feeding the Olympics
A new report 'Feeding the Olympics' from the Soil Association, Sustain and the New Economics Foundation, calls on London 2012 to deliver on their promise to be the greenest and healthiest Games in terms of the food they provide, and sets out how this can be done:
"This report is a call to action for everyone involved in catering for the London 2012 Olympic Games, to ensure that the food served before, during and after the Games is local, seasonal and organic as was promised in London’s bid
Submitted by Martin Slavin on Sat, 15/12/2007 - 14:18.
Article | 2012 Bid | 2012 Sustainability | Health | Legacy | Manor Gardens Allotments | Skills Training | Sustainability
15,000 or 50,000? Lowcog's Greenwich capacity overload
Reproduced below is a press release from Nogoe2012 concerning the capacity of Greenwich Park. Greenwich Park's own 'Guidelines for Event Organisers 2010' refers to the Park having a capacity of 'up to 15,000', well short of the 50,000 tickets Lowcog has sold or the 68,000 referred to in its planning documents. Go to Nogoe2012 for more details.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sat, 19/11/2011 - 20:32.
Article | 2012 Sport | Local groups | London 2012 | Sustainability
London's Olympics Overload
London faces an Olympics overload. Transport is overloaded. Olympics travel chaos threatens London's transport system, London's motorists face £500 fines if they park in Olympic lanes, a £200 fine and a £300 fee to get their cars back from the pound, and the RMT is ticked off with TfL for not giving its Tube staff the same 'bonuses' as train drivers.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Mon, 26/09/2011 - 22:37.
Blog | 2012 Transport | Airways | London 2012 | Public transport | Railways | Roads | Sustainability
Canford Bottom 'lied to, ignored, humiliated, run over roughshod'
A local road improvement scheme at Wimborne in Dorset which was to have been delayed while an impact study was carried out following protests will now go ahead because the Government has belatedly admitted it is key to the Olympics Route Network.
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sun, 21/08/2011 - 00:12.
Blog | 2012 Transport | Environment | Local groups | London 2012 | Planning & Development | Protest | Roads | Sustainability
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Submitted by Steve Dowding on Wed, 27/07/2011 - 11:51.
Blog | 2012 Media | Human Rights | Mega Events | Sponsors | Sustainability
2012 Sponsorship: sustainable blood money
Rio Tinto Zinc is to sponsor the Australian 2012 Olympics team. The company described its values as 'accountability, respect, teamwork and integrity (which) are in tune with those of the Australian Olympic team.'
Submitted by Julian Cheyne on Sun, 24/04/2011 - 02:20.
Blog | Corruption & Ethics | Environment | Health | Human Rights | London 2012 | Sponsors | Sustainability
Highway to Greed - Westfield's high-security Olympic rat-run
Westfield Stratford beyond Bridge LO3: A view over the 2012 Olympic site towards Westfield Stratford and Bridge LO3, 3rd March 2011, taken on the 'Printers' Paradise' walk organised by Wick Curiosity Shop.
A heavily secured transit route, known as the 'Northern Retail Lifeline', is to be carved through the Olympic Park so that 4x4 drivers can be shepherded through to Westfield to do their Christmas shopping this year - while cyclists, pedestrians and public transport are banned from using the route. So much for the 'greenest Olympics ever'.
Submitted by Charles Batsworth on Mon, 28/02/2011 - 18:06.
Article | 2012 Construction | 2012 Sustainability | 2012 Transport | Cycling | Roads | Sustainability
Getting a leg(acy) up
by Stuart Fuller
Here is a little secret for West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur awaiting the decision on who will get the Olympic Stadium next week. Whisper it quietly, but football fans rarely want to watch football in an Olympic Stadium. Why do I say that? Well a simple look at similar structures around the world, built for non-football events reveals quite a bit. The prospect of an Olympic Games being awarded to a city sends them into construction meltdown, over promising and in most cases under delivering on the legacy of the games. The whole story of whether a stadium will have an athletics track or not is not a new thing. We all know that at the end of the day politics will win the day, and we have seen all sorts of stories in the past few weeks about who will do what when/if they win the bid.
Submitted by Steve Dowding on Tue, 25/01/2011 - 22:18.
Article | 2012 Bid | 2012 Sustainability | Corruption & Ethics | Displacement | Finance | Funding | Legacy | Mega Events | Newham | Regeneration | Sport | Sustainability

