绿化,抗议和奥运会

By电子邮件作者- 2012年8月1日星期三07:47:48格林尼治标准时间
绿化,抗议和奥运会

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您如何根据奥运会规模支付活动?在最好的时间,预算70亿英镑是有问题的。在经济衰退中,这肯定是不可能的。

有利可图的赞助

The Olympics has changed over the last 20 years, partnering increasingly with corporate sponsors. Typically those sponsorships are for cash and are very lucrative but in comparison to the cost ofthe Olympicsas a whole, these amounts are small.

更大的情况是:一项重大事件,其中许多赞助品牌竞标广告权利。赞助商之间有明确的啄食顺序 - 例如,麦当劳(McDonalds)对筹码的垄断,或者宝马捐赠了4,000辆(主要是汽油动力)的车辆,或者最有争议的是,最近关于道琼斯化学的赞助的故事,Olympic Stadium裹。

The conflict is obvious: the Olympics is built on values such as wholesomeness, good health, sustainability, sportsmanship, fairness and openness. With the current Olympic funding model we see those values being sold to brands, who can then wear them like badges - proudly and without having to exercise any of those values themselves. That, at least, is one popular argument.

辞职“伦理沙皇”

Meredith Alexander was one of 13 Olympic Commissioners asked to make sure the Olympics were as sustainable as possible. Was? She retired over the DOW Chemical sponsorship because DOW owns Union Carbide - the company responsible for the deadly gas leak that killed as many as 300,000 people in Bhopal, according to some sources.

自从她担任“伦理沙皇”梅雷迪思(Meredith)的职位以来

这确实是本文开始的地方。与绿色蛋ust。

蛋奶抗议

信用:©Greenwash Gold

蛋奶抗议

7月20日,星期五,三位演员以'的主题进行了15分钟的抗议剧院。绿色'。换句话说,奥运会not really being sustainable,或奥运会要求其赞助商不足的标准。

剧院的作品叫Greenwash Gold 2012奖,它的结论是,绿色蛋ust的演员倾泻在他们的头上 - 非常象征,因为演员的目的是代表陶氏化学,BP和Tinto。

警察回应

What happened next was this:

25名警察下降到该团逮捕他们,原因是苏格兰院子发言人说“据信是蛋ust”的绿色物质溢出。(我是由我)不了解演员是否被捕,因为警察认为特拉法加广场被绿色格鲁普掩盖了,或者他们只是对浪费了好奶油蛋糕而生气。

梅雷迪思·亚历山大(Meredith Alexander)说:“陶氏(Dow),英国广播公司(BP)和廷托(Tinto)花了数百万美元来告诉世界他们的可持续性。我们做了15分钟的剧院来揭示真相7人被捕。这是奥林匹克大小的过度反应。”

伦敦采矿网络的凯文·史密斯(Kevin Smith)是其他涉及的人。他同意亚历山大的观点,说:“这是荒谬的强度警务。”

所有这些都在那天晚上晚些时候被释放,但必须在9月份出庭。在此之前,他们有保释条件,将他们从众多奥林匹克场地排除在外。

为非正式的座右铭带来新的含义:“最重要的是不是赢得胜利,而是参加!”

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