Timber venues, river swimming and re-use: how the Paris Olympics is going green – and what it’s missing

Sat, 17 Aug 2024 18:36:09 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/timber-venues-river-swimming-and-re-use-how-the-paris-olympics-is-going-green-and-what-its-missing-233435>

"As Paris prepares to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the sustainability
of the event is coming under scrutiny.

The organisers have promoted Paris 2024 as the greenest Olympics ever, aiming
to halve the carbon emissions of previous Olympics. They have drastically cut
back on building new stadiums and venues, and have relied heavily on wood as a
building material for new infrastructure and used low-carbon concrete. This
approach has another benefit: it’s cheaper.

But hosting the world’s biggest sporting event, with thousands of athletes and
millions of spectators, will still come at an environmental cost.

This has led to calls for a radical rethink of the Olympic Games, including for
it to be scaled back. But longer term, Paris 2024’s sustainability efforts may
create a lasting legacy for the city – and for future games."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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