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A sustainable London2012 GamesMaking the Games better or everyone

The Olympic and Paralympic Games arethe worlds largest estival o sport and,in 2012, they come to London and theUK. The excitement is growing and soonthe whole world will be watching.

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Sustainability: A global issue What is sustainability?Sustainability is about taking every day choices that make a positive di erence. It is about respector the environment and people, leaving a positive impact or uture generations.

Our environment gives us the air, ood, water and uel we need to survive. I we want ourenvironment to keep providing or us, we must live in a sustainable way.

Why is sustainability important?I everyone in the world lived like an average European we would need three planets to live on.We need to deliver a Games where we are respect ul o the world we live in.

However, the more we learn about our planet,the more we realise how we are a ecting it.These e ects come in many orms, including:

climate change destruction o habitats noise and air pollution environmental degradation

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)and the International Paralympic Committee

(IPC) are committed to making sure all Olympicand Paralympic Games are as sustainable aspossible. London 2012 is aiming to be the mostsustainable Games to have ever been held.

Sustainability was included as part o the London 2012 bid when through the idea o Towards aOne Planet Olympics. There are ve sustainability themes throughout the work o the London 2012Organising Committee o the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

Climate change Waste Biodiversity Inclusion Healthy living

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) isresponsible or planning and building theOlympic Park, looking a ter both the permanentand temporary venues and developing thetransport system.

LOCOG is responsible or staging a Games wewill never orget. Organising such an importantevent is a big challenge!

A c t i v i t y i d e aSustainability o the past Do you think we live in a sustainable

world nowadays? How sustainable wasthe world in the past? What about yourcountry or community? How have thingschanged in your country to make ourlives more sustainable? Are there some

manu acturing methods that were usedin the past but not anymore? Is yourcountry doing things di erently now,compared to the past?

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Climate changeOur aim: To deliver a low carbon Games andshowcase how we are adapting to a worldincreasingly a ected by climate change.

To make the Games as green as possible,London 2012 has developed cleverconstruction methods.

The VelodromeThis was the rst venue on the Olympic Park tobe completed and the Velodrome is the mostenergy-e cient venue on the Park. It is hoped it

will be the astest cycling track in the world; thetrack and the building have been built with 100per cent legally and sustainably sourced timber,so it is the worlds most sustainable OlympicVelodrome too.

The compact design allows natural lighting anduses natural ventilation or keeping the trackcool. Rainwater will be collected on the roo andused to fush the toilets.

The Energy CentreThe new Olympic Park Energy Centre will behome to many energy-e cient technologiesthat will provide hot water, electricity, heatingand cooling to buildings on the Park and theAthletes Village. In the uture it will provideenergy to amilies that live there.

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Using the acilities a ter theLondon 2012 GamesOnce the Games end, the Velodrome andBMX Track are going to be convertedinto a public VeloPark. Can you think o any more uses or the Olympic andParalympic Venues a ter the Games?Go to the London 2012 website (www.london2012.com) to fnd out more about the di erent venues or London 2012.Get thinking and get designing!

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Vision o the uture What do you think the Olympic andParalympic Games will be like in 100

years time or more? Will things be moresustainable? What about your community?

Will people be closer to living in asustainable environment? Work alone orin groups and design ways that you think

your community could be more sustainablein the uture. Imagine that the Games arecoming to your nation. What things willneed to happen to make the Games assustainable as possible?

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Did you know...?

An objective o LOCOG is to deliver a100 per cent public transport Games, so

spectators will travel by public transport,bicycle or on oot By putting sustainability as one o the

key aspects o designing the OlympicPark, London 2012 will deliver an overallreduction in carbon emissions o 50 per cent

WasteOur aim:To deliver a zero waste Games,through resource management practices and bypromoting long-term behavioural change.

To build acilities or the Games we have reusedas many original materials as possible, includingthe soil that was dug up on the site. The soil wassi ted and cleaned in soil washing machines toremove any pollutants (including arsenic, tar andlead) and then used again on the site.

Some buildings in the Olympic Park had to be

removed to make room or the new venues. Theyhave been crushed and reused to make roadsand bridges.

Did you know...?

80 lamp posts were saved and will be used inthe Olympic Park when it is fnished

Approximately 2,000 tonnes o waste hasbeen removed rom the Olympic Park site by

barge More than 80 per cent o soil has beencleaned and reused on the Olympic Park

A total o 98.5 per cent o demolition wastehas been recycled and in some cases reused

Foundations or the Aquatics Centre, Handball Arena and the Olympic Stadium have usedconcrete with more than 30 per cent orecycled materials

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News report Find out more in ormation about thesustainability and the Games by going tothe London 2012 website. Produce mock news reports on the stories you fnd.Draw or paint large pictures as bulletinimages or the newsroom background.

You could tell your stories in yourclassroom or at your school assembly.Some people could be the researcherso the news channel, while other teammembers could be the newscasters. Youcould even make models o Venues tohelp with your news re-enactments.

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BiodiversityOur aim:To conserve biodiversity, create newurban green spaces and bring people closer tonature through sport and culture.

The Olympic Park stretches over lots o naturalhabitats and London 2012 is committed topreserving its natural biodiversity.

London 2012 has created parklands and naturalhabitats within the Olympic Park to encourageanimals to create new homes. Some o theanimals that are being encouraged to the

Olympic Park include king shers song thrushes eels water voles bats grass snakes Some o the plants that were ound include:

marsh woundwort eld scabious yellow toadfax scentless mayweed tower mustard

Do you know what these animals and plantsare? What do they look like?

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The Olympic Park is an area approximately 250 hectares (357 ootball pitches)

At least 45 hectares o new wildli e habitat isbeing created

There are 675 bird and bat boxes on theOlympic Park

2,000 newts and hundreds o toads were re-housed during the construction o the OlympicPark

2,000 local residents have given up theirtime to improve their local areas through aprogramme called Changing Places

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A Games or all!I you were going to build a new sports

venue or your community what animalsand plants might be a ected? How could you make sure that the new venueactually helped the animals and plants?I it was a big project should somemoney be put aside to be invested inconservation elsewhere in the country?

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Healthy livingOur aim: To inspire people across the UK to takeup sport and develop more active, healthy andsustainable li estyles.

The athletes who are competing at London 2012have all worked really hard training to be thebest they can be. When they are in the UK,they will want to per orm at their best, and oneo the ways that London 2012 can help to dothat is to make sure that there are lots o healthyood options to uel their bodies during theper ormance o their lives.

London 2012 has written the rst ever FoodVision or the Olympic and Paralympic Games,with the aim o providing 14 million sustainablysourced and healthy meals. That means we havethought about where all o our ood has comerom so that we do not harm the planet. Forexample, London 2012 will only use sustainablysourced sh, meat rom animals that have beenlooked a ter, ree range eggs, and Fairtradebananas, tea and co ee.

Did you know that the ollowing will be servedduring the London 2012 Games? 25,000 loaves o bread 100 tonnes o meat 75,000 litres o milk 19 tonnes o eggs 21 tonnes o cheese 330 tonnes o vegetables

Exercise is an important part o an athletes li eand we know that doing exercise as part o

your daily routine is a really good idea! Howmuch exercise do you do? London 2012 isencouraging people to cycle and walk to theGames when they come to watch.

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A healthy meal or athletes What meals rom your country do youthink are truly great? Would you eelproud o ering traditional ood to theathletes? I so, which meals? Why not invent a new dish or an athlete? Think about what ood a rower, weightli ter orgymnast might want. Do you know how healthy it would be? Or how much it

would cost?

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Active travelHow do you travel to school? Do youhave any other options o transport?Can you walk or cycle to school i youdont already? Why not set up a cycle or

walking group and invite riends to join you? I it is too ar to cycle or walk, thencan you fnd some time at the weekendsto travel around by oot or bike?

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Share with your school and community!We are very excited about the upcoming 2012Games. We are also just as excited abouteveryones e orts to make it the most sustainableGames ever. Learn as much as you can aboutsustainability and London 2012 and telleveryone you know!

You could organise special events or schoolannouncements to in orm people about howLondon 2012 is being sustainable. You couldeven put an article in your local newspaper.

Get inspired by the Games and see what youcan do to promote sustainability.

A c t i v i t y i d e aStart asustainability campaign!Do this as a class or as an entire school.Think o new ways to make your schoolmore sustainable. Could you be usingless electricity? How about reducing theamount o waste you produce? Can yourecycle more?

How about encouraging your school toinvest in renewable energies like wind,solar or wave power? You could start aschool newsletter on sustainability, inspireaction groups and get more peoplecycling or walking to school.

Why not start a vegetable garden at

your school? This will cut down any oodtransport costs your school currently has.

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