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Posts Tagged ‘2010 Winter Olympics’
Green living, Nature, Feb 17th, 2010,
Not even a week has passed and this year’s Winter Olympics have already been making headlines like mad. One thing that may set this year’s event apart from previous Olympics is all the environmental coverage it seems to be getting. Here is a breakdown of a few things that happened thus far. Good: Vancouver, the host city of this year’s games, made it a point to turn all venues into sustainable structures or areas. Efforts include: caring for the local wetland plants in the Cypress Mountain area, LEED certification of the Richmond Olympic Oval, and the energy efficiency of the…
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics, anti-fur activists, endangered species, green news, Johnny Weir, luger death, mascot, medals from e-waste, Mukmuk, Vancouver, Vancouver Island marmot, Whistler Sliding Center
Green living, Feb 11th, 2010,
In an effort to partake in more sustainable and green practices, this year’s Olympic medals are made from e-waste. E-waste is another term for electronic waste. It includes everything from laptops to televisions to mp3 players and so forth. The medal making process started with the extracting of gold, silver and copper in 2006, by the Teck Resources mining company. The company plans to process 15,000 tons of e-waste this year—a major increase from the 2,100 tons processed 4 years ago. Designed by Omer Arbel and Corrine Hunt, the medals include imagery of Vancouver’s coast and orca whales. You can…
Tags: 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada, electronic waste, medals made from e-waste, Teck Resources, Vancouver, VANOC
