i, like half of the planet, have been watching the Olympics. its probably a good thing that they are 12 hours ahead of us in bejing, because i'd be glued to the tv even more than i already am (i'm even watching it while writing this post).

i couldn't help but think about the eco-impact that the games are having. i mean, all the buses and flights and other transportation involved, the lighting, and don't forget the building of a completely NEW facility just for the games. doesn't seem very eco-friendly to me. not to mention beijing's poor air quality for the olympians...

i decided to research it a bit and was very pleased with the outcome! the Olympics are being very green. the chinese have built an eco-friendly building and even back in 2004 the Olympic torch was made from eco-friendly wood. too bad, this year's isn't eco-friendly...

bejing 2008:
Beijing’s Olympic Forest Goes For Gold With Sustainability
Beijing Smog Reduction for Olympics Demands Widespread Sacrifice
Yutong Building Eco-Friendly Buses For 2008 Beijing Olympics
The Green Fleet -- "These vehicles ideally combine powerful performance with low fuel consumption and low CO2 emissions and epitomize the Volkswagen Group’s most advanced technologies."
Beijing’s Olympic Aquatic Centre: the eye-catching, eco-friendly Water Cube
Green Light for Olympics: Volkswagen Pavilion Now Ready -- The design of the pavilion features three interlinked themes: the automobile, the Olympic Games and the host country China.
Volkswagen claims ‘Green’ medal at 2008 Olympic Games


the games:
Turning Olympic Games Green: Eco-friendly
2010 Olympics in Vancouver -- Green Fleet 2010
Sanyo Supports Coca-Cola's Eco-Friendly Olympic Dreams-- this year Coca-Cola "will use in all Olympic venues highly efficient cooling equipment that do not use hydro fluorocarbons, a potent greenhouse gas".
London 2012
Four drives Radio Taxis to the top
London’s Olympic Flame Goes Green 
Greenies call for 2012 Olympics to go organic "the 2012 Olympics games in London plans to be the 'greenest games in modern times'"



the athletes:
Green Olympics: Top 15 Eco-Activist Olympians
Canada Olympic duds are eco-friendly - go canada! here's the outfits in action.

for you:
buy an organic cotton t-shirt for the bejing 2008 olympics
someone's bitter...

i'm wondering what commercials you guys are seeing during the broadcasts. there are lots of car commercials in the american broadcast--- hybrid commercials. just curious if the rest of the world is showing stuff like this.
also, i'm beginning to think that men's swimming is the only sport in the olympics this year. phelps is all over the games! at this point, if he placed 2nd, i'd be seriously disappointed in him.