In two years the Olympics come to the UK in London but what are they doing to make London 2012? There will be a lot of fossil fuels used during the games as transport is needed. Although EDF Energy has teamed up with the Olympics and some of the athletes to help London 2012 do its bit for the environment. EDF Energy is the sustainability partner for the games. Team Green Britain is made up Victoria Pendleton and James Cracknell. They will be putting out the message that if we work as a team we can achieve goals. In this case the goal of tackling Climate Change.
They will show that just like Team GB work together to win medals we can work together to tackle even bigger problems facing our planet. As always there will be some sports such as swimming, running and cycling which do no harm to the environment. None of the sports do any harm to the environment but in some events they will require a lot more electricity to provide lighting and heating. There are also the effects the Olympics could have on the environment before it has started such as the power and fuels used to build the venues.
The Olympics itself won’t be very environmentally friendly but Team Green Britain can at least help encourage people to be more green. For people living in London transport to the venues will be very green. They can use shared transport such as busses and the tube and also many people can cycle to the events. To sum it up the games can be made more environmentally friendly with the athletes and your help. Especially people in London.
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