@shado.mag Re-presenting the problem series hosted by Isabella and Adebayo Ep 2| Olympic Greenwashing with @kajiifire Are the efforts to make the Olympic Games more ‘sustainable’ worth it? What if it wasn’t the solution to try to make the games as we know them go on and on forever but rather accept that the games will have to look different to truly be more sustainable. For example, did you know that 85% of the pollution and carbon associated with mega sports events comes from travel. So to make the Olympics more green they could make them smaller in scale, reduce venue construction, cut down on travel and be transparent around funding and the production processes that go into making the Olympics happen. And what about the hidden costs of the Olympics that aren’t made public such as the social cleansing, displacement of marginalised populations, gentrification, militarisation of public space, government corruption and overspending, exploitation of labour and workers and greenwashing. Only by challenging and addressing these systemic issues can we have any hope of preserving the tradition of the Olympics. #Shadomag #ioc #olympicgames #paris2024 #parisolympics #tokyo2020 #brazil2016 #cardboardbed #sustainability #toyota #greenwashing #displacement #gentrification #representingtheproblem
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