The Sustainable Sport and Event Toolkit Seminar, held 24-25 June 2010 at the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland not only presented sustainable guidelines for sport events, but implemented sustainable practices into the organisation of the seminar as well.

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“The Climate Scoreboard is an online tool that allows the public, journalists and other interested parties to track progress in the ongoing negotiations to produce an international climate treaty. The Scoreboard automatically reports, on a daily basis, whether proposals in the treaty process commit countries to enough greenhouse gas emissions reductions to achieve widely expressed goals, such as limiting future warming to 1.5 to 2.0°C (2.7 to 3.6°F) above pre-industrial temperatures.”

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Planet, people and profit at major sporting events
By Dr Aileen Ionescu-Somers and Ann Duffy – June 2010

Billions await the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup. The world will be watching to see what nation emerges victorious on the field. At the same time, many others will be watching to see how well South Africa performs in addressing the challenges of hosting a major sporting event from a sustainability perspective.

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The Sustainable Sport and Event Toolkit (SSET), a joint project of the International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) and the Vancouver Organising Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) achieved the shortlist for the Beyond Sport Awards 2010 in the Sport for the Environment category. AISTS will attend the Beyond Sport Summit in Chicago, September 27-30, 2010 for the awards presentation.

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Host of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the City of Vancouver is showcasing not only the beauty and friendliness of the city but also its impressive efforts in sustainability. The Vancouver Games will be the first in history to fully integrate the social sphere of sustainability in addition to environmental and economic aspects.

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Exerpt from European Athletics Press Release, January 7, 2010

European Athletics today invited scientists, academics, students and others who have completed work contributing to the development of one or more aspects of athletics to enter their projects in the 7th edition of the European Athletics Innovation Awards.

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[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 »

Project Blue Sky is a new initiative by a group of Canadian athletes supported by the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Its a place where you can connect with your favourite athletes, challenge your friends, tell your story and track your carbon reductions by logging the kilometres you walk, cycle, or ride on public transit.

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An oldie but goodie, posted from Sports Illustrated, 3/12/2007. Written by Alexander Wolff.

As global warming changes the planet, it is changing the sports world. To counter the looming environmental crisis, surprising and innovative ideas are already helping sports adapt

The next time a ball game gets rained out during the September stretch run, you can curse the momentary worthlessness of those tickets in your pocket. Or you can wonder why it got rained out–and ask yourself why practice had to be called off last summer on a day when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky; and why that Gulf Coast wharf where you used to reel in mackerel and flounder no longer exists; and why it’s been more than one winter since you pulled those titanium skis out of the garage. Read the rest of this entry »