Comments on: Green Olympics in 2016 http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/13/green-olympics-in-2016/ A Scrapbook of the Green World Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:57:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Crosius http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/13/green-olympics-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-24716 Crosius Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:55:03 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1179#comment-24716 It's a nice idea, but this is the IOC we're talking about, so it'll probably amount to forcing local businesses to stop using the word "green" and the prefix "eco-" (Along with the word "olympic") while the games are in town. The only expectation I would have for a "green" olympics is that a new permutation of the term "greenwash" will be discovered. It’s a nice idea, but this is the IOC we’re talking about, so it’ll probably amount to forcing local businesses to stop using the word “green” and the prefix “eco-” (Along with the word “olympic”) while the games are in town.

The only expectation I would have for a “green” olympics is that a new permutation of the term “greenwash” will be discovered.

]]> By: Crosius http://ecoscraps.com/2009/02/13/green-olympics-in-2016/comment-page-1/#comment-70766 Crosius Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:55:00 +0000 http://ecoscraps.com/?p=1179#comment-70766 It's a nice idea, but this is the IOC we're talking about, so it'll probably amount to forcing local businesses to stop using the word "green" and the prefix "eco-" (Along with the word "olympic") while the games are in town. The only expectation I would have for a "green" olympics is that a new permutation of the term "greenwash" will be discovered. It’s a nice idea, but this is the IOC we’re talking about, so it’ll probably amount to forcing local businesses to stop using the word “green” and the prefix “eco-” (Along with the word “olympic”) while the games are in town.

The only expectation I would have for a “green” olympics is that a new permutation of the term “greenwash” will be discovered.

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