London 2012

Sustainability of the London 2012 Games



Sustainability of the London 2012 Games

Executive Summary

The Olympic Games in London are the biggest sporting event of the year. About 10,000 athletes, 26 sports, hundreds of thousands of spectators: All of this took place in the London 2012 games. The festival went smoothly and in its legacy all the city districts have been reshaped for years. This modification in the surroundings of the cosmopolitan city has been done with both environmental and climate-friendly considerations in minds of the organizers. The organizers realize these considerations as the needs of the modern population. The question that has resonated over the events, after its elapse, asks as to how the Olympic venues were inserted into the city, and what characterizes "sustainable construction"? The Olympic Games signifies a celebration of international community, human achievement on the hinges of sportsmanship. The games are filled with opportunities for host nations to demonstrate their vision and organizational skills. The committee that organized the London Olympics were with a vision to make the games the first every sustainably designed sporting festival. Furthermore, the committee idealizes that their environmental and sustainable project would form blueprint for future events to follow suit. The 2012 Olympics in London became an ideal platform for demonstration of excellence in professionally pursued sports, moreover similar distinctions can also be given to the committee for planning and staging an international sporting festival of the highest magnitude; organizers always expected the Olympic legacy that they aim to create; a legacy which has the power to inspire changes in behaviour, mindset and attitude worldwide. In light of the growing concerns of human impact on our planet fragile, London has put sustainability at the heart of his Olympic plans. Throughout the biding process it pushed the London Committee's concept of a "One Planet Olympics" - an idea derived from WWF bioregional mandate to "One Planet Living".

Introduction

As the Olympics are the highest profile event in the world, it provides London with a perfect opportunity to lead the paradigm shift into how we travel, work and construct. All these activities are planned for London 2012 by keeping hindsight of available resources. The committee of the host nation go as far as to suggest that if the entire global populace, adopt similar lifestyle of that of UK, than the natural resources available on the planet can be enough to support and sustain mankind.

Sustainability

Sustainable policies of the London game are designed for facilitation as a green beacon in numerous ways. The committee of organizers made substantial efforts for minimization of greenhouse gases and their emissions. Further the management led to the creation of facilities which handles the adverse consequences of climatic changes. A committee was also formalized to ensure that minimum wastage occurred in the construction phase. Further, it was also decided that wastes would be not be dispersed into landfills. As this method offered a very short sighted solution and remained environmentally unfriendly. The committee aimed to instead use a process that reuses waster through ...