Acknowledgements
This essay would not be done so smoothly without the help of my geography professor, Laird Keir Mitchell of Glencairn, who spent his time for advise and guided me to the resources that I needed. Also, I would like to show my appreciation to my school with the massive amount of books reverse in the library and thus I could easily pick what I needed. Last but not least, thanks to the IB programme with extended essay, which gave me opportunity to extend my interest and concern outside the classroom.
Abstract
"Green Olympics means to prepare Olympic Games in accordance with the principle of
sustainable development."
--Beijing Olympic official site
Green symbolizes life and peace and a Green Olympics is to prepare for Games in accordance with principles of sustainable development. As it is a core theme of the coming Olympics Summer Games, the Chinese Government has been adopting various policies to achieve it.
English: The Bird's nest, Beijing, during the clos...
Sunset of the Forbidden City, Beijing (northwest c...
Bejing: traditional Chinese theatreHowever can the Chinese Government keep its promise? As I can see the current air condition here in Beijing, it has no way to bring the city into an environmental friendly standard
"The reality of Green Olympics Beijing, China 2008" has been chosen as my topic due to my passion in human geography and sociology. I am going to talk about the three main reasons of causing the city's air (the explosion of car ownership, massive carbon emission and numberless construction sites) and in the meantime I will talk about how the Government react to them by apposing different policies and how they work.
At the end my conclusion is that the Chinese Government could fail to keep its promise and therefore "Green Olympics" could only be a dream.
And at the very end, I bring up few questions that I have been wondering for...
Green Olympics.
In my opinion the rules are set just to be obeyed in a short time, just to show the world "we DO care about the environment" and to attract visitors. Just a way to help China support their seat in WTO.
Anyhow that kind of pretence in Asian countries local goverments to the national orders Keir mentioned in the paper happens so frequently that I acknowledge it as a common illness in political lines.
Serena
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