[English summary] The Tour de Romandie Goes Green – The Organising committee is committed to being more sustainable and has mandated the AISTS – SSET Centre to help implement a number of new initiatives for 2010, notably in the areas of transportation and waste. This project is based in part on the work done by a group of students in the AISTS – MSA program (Master of Advanced Studies in Sport Adminstration and Techonology) who undertook a Team Project to evaluate the 2009 edition and develop recommendations. A synthesis of their report is available in the Member wiki. In the spirit of being bilingual, we post in both English and French. For an easy way to translate the full text below, paste the text into Google Translate

Dorénavant, le Tour de Romandie (TDR) s’engage en faveur du développement durable et prend en main les responsabilités environnementales qui sont les siennes. Le cyclisme bénéficie déjà dans l’opinion publique d’une image “verte” et représente l’archétype même du sport et du moyen de transport “écologique” par excellence. Il importe dès lors pour le TDR, qui est de surcroît le plus important événement sportif de Suisse Romande, d’entretenir et de mériter cette image positive qu’est celle du cyclisme pour le développement durable.

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Although Switzerland is a small country with just about 8 million inhabitants in an area that you can travel across in 5 hours, it packs a punch in the sporting world. With top champions in Tennis, Skiing, Snowboarding, Football, Skating, Ice Hockey, Curling, Cycling, Equestrian and Triathlon to name just a few, it fights well above its weight compared to other countries. Read the rest of this entry »