2010

Today, in Vancouver, shortly after noon, the Olympic countdown clock was revealed to the public in an event attended by supporters and surrounded by the chaos of protesters chanting and protesting the coming of the Olympics.

Here's VANOC official Press Release regarding today’s presentation:

“What’s six metres high, three metres wide, weighs 1,170 kilograms and is wrapped in a 15 metre by 12 metre gift box from Omega on the Vancouver Art Gallery’s northwest corner in downtown Vancouver? It’s the new Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock, presented by Omega, Official Timekeeper. Preparations are underway to unveil it to the citizens of Vancouver, rain or shine, in a fast-paced noon hour celebration on Monday, February 12 – the three-year anniversary to the start of the 2010 Winter Games.”

In my scans for photos tagged with both 'vancouver' and 'olympics' on Flickr (the script I whipped up to give me RSS of that seems to be getting more and better results than a tag search), I found Andrew's photo you see to your right which has someone spray-painting "2010 RIOT" in public places. A quick search for '2010 riot' found another photo, this time with a nametag with the phrase.

Every day during March, the 30 Days of Sustainability website will be posting a question of the day. Today's question is about the 2010 games -

How can Vancouver use the 2010 games as an opportunity to advance ourselves as a leader in sustainability?

Please click on the link above to go the site and add your comments. The more the merrier... short or long.

Vancouver needs to be talking about this topic! We have an opportunity to be a world leader in sustainability, and the Olympics are a powerful opportunity for us to model this to the world. Let's not miss it.

Thanks!