What is the Green Olympics?

The meaning of green Olympics can be understood in many ways, which can refer to the ecological green that people usually think, or to the deeper and broader "green". In a narrow sense, green Olympics means that the natural environment and ecological environment can develop harmoniously with human society in the process of bidding, organizing and hosting the Olympic Games, and for a period of time after hosting the Olympic Games, and should be directly influenced by the Olympic Games. Green Olympics in a broad sense refers to the material and spiritual green related to the Olympic Games. The "green" here not only refers to the "green" in the narrow sense of the Green Olympics, but also refers to other ideas and practices that are in harmony with the development of nature and society.

Generalized narrow

Green Olympics in a narrow sense: the content mainly includes ecological green, environmental green and so on. The Olympic Charter requires the natural environment and ecological environment of the host city of the Olympic Games, so the narrow sense of green is what the host city of the Olympic Games must do, which also makes it one of the basic conditions for hosting the Olympic Games. Environmental problems have always been a big problem in Beijing, and many treatments are temporary solutions, such as Xiaoqing River (which flows through Boxing County, Binzhou City, Shandong Province). The improvement of the environment is not only the government's business, but the business of all Beijing citizens. Governance without protection will not have long-term effects.

Green Olympics in a broad sense: the content is very extensive, including material green and consciousness green.

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"Green Olympics" is one of the three major themes of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and its connotation is:

We should use the idea of sustainable development to protect the environment, resources and ecological balance to guide the project construction, market development, procurement, logistics, accommodation, catering and large-scale activities of the Games, so as to minimize the negative impact on the environment and ecosystem;

We should actively support the government to strengthen environmental protection, reduce the number of rivers in municipal infrastructure, improve the urban ecological environment, and promote the sustained and coordinated development of economy, society and environment;

Make full use of the extensive influence of the Olympic Movement, carry out environmental protection publicity and education, promote public participation in environmental protection work, and raise the environmental awareness of the whole people;

After the Olympic Games, we will leave a rich environmental protection legacy for Beijing, China and the world sports: the Olympic green building demonstration project; A new model of environmental management for holding large-scale sports events: the mechanism for the public to actively participate in environmental protection; The continuous improvement of the environment in Beijing.

To sum up, the concept of sustainable development should run through the whole process of preparation, holding and post-competition utilization.

To achieve these goals, we need the support and participation of all walks of life and the general public, care about environmental quality, supervise environmental law enforcement, participate in policy suggestions and choose green life.

There is another meaning:

Wilbruggen described the preparations for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a "green Olympics". He said that the "green Olympics" here not only refers to an idea of the Beijing Olympic Games, but also refers to the "green light" support of the China Municipal Government and the Beijing Municipal Government for the preparations for the Olympic Games. The venue construction, financial guarantee and market development of Beijing Olympic Games satisfy the IOC.