World Cup (football everywhere in the world except for the USA) is now officially underway.
Billed as the biggest sporting event in the world, the World Cup generates tremendous excitement. The fanbase is huge around the world, and many fair soccer fans enjoy traveling to see their teams to compete. This means a large number of spectators and players flying in South Africa, stay at hotels, getting transported to newly built stadiums, creating a large increase in demand for energy coal-based mainly from South Africa. The unfortunate result is that the biggest sports event in the world will leave one of the largest carbon footprints in the world. The infrastructure group EU estimated that the 2010 World Cup will generate 2.75 million tonnes of CO2, 6 times greater than the last FIFA World Cup held in Germany four years ago.
But it's not all bad form an environmental point of view. There are some very green aspects for this year, the Cup of the world. For example, consider the uniforms worn by Team USA. The notable sweaters are made of a high performance material produced from recycled plastic bottles. The double-knit fabric is stretched and more flexible than other fibers and resultant jersey is 15 percent lighter than a standard Soccer Jersey. There are even high-tech ventilation created the sides created from hundreds of small holes of laser cutting. Other teams using these recycled high tech, shirts are Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and South Korea. In all, approximately 13 million bottles were diverted from landfills to do uniforms. How to go green?
Public transport to fans and to the stadiums will reduce traffic and pollution emissions. Recycling and composting also are strongly encouraged.
Events like the World Cup are intended to be appreciated, and they must be. I think there is a social good derived from international sports competitions, and cultural benefits of international travel experience. The games also create a lot of personal pleasure for fans (and some angst!). We must be aware of the environmental impact of events like the World Cup and take steps to mitigate the impact of good management, but I'm to keep these events as art p of our culture in the world. Life is intended also to be appreciated, and if people weren't going to South Africa to watch football games, which would probably be traveling on another vacation spot.
And, fortunately, the impact is temporary. After the World Cup month, everyone goes home and life returns to a semblance of normal. But perhaps the sweater high technology will catch!
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