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Alps without Olympics: CIPRA’s demands concerning Olympic Winter Games
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by
Begle Caroline
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published
Nov 30, 2016
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last modified
Feb 03, 2022 11:55 AM
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filed under:
Olympics
CIPRA International believes that, given the present situation, the Olympic Winter Games should no longer be held in the Alps. The Alps should remain the Olympic-free zone they have been since 2006. As they currently stand, the Olympic Winter Games are neither environmentally nor socially acceptable. CIPRA is therefore opposed to the Winter Olympics being staged in the Alps – or anywhere else – in their current form. Developments in recent decades show that the mountain regions are no longer suitable venues for these environmentally harmful and ruinous major events. Referendums held in the Canton of Grisons and in Munich prove that large segments of the population of the Alps are no longer willing to shoulder the burden of Olympic Winter Games.
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CIPRA's point of view: The Alps are far too valuable for the Olympics
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by
zopemaster
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published
Mar 12, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
traffic and infrastructure,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
winter sports, skiing areas,
Point of view,
Olympics
The result of the vote held on 3 March 2013 in Graubünden is clear: 52.7% are against the Winter Olympics being held there in 2022. This example shows that there is no desire for gigantism in the Alps.
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Next generation to bear risk of Winter Olympics
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 12, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
leisure and recreation,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
Olympics
The Swiss canton of Graubünden wants to hold a "sustainable" Winter Olympics in 2022. While the many open questions regarding the candidacy have stirred passions in Switzerland, Munich's candidacy is not quite so controversial. But time is pressing.
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Olympic candidacy - a questionable venture?
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by
zopemaster
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published
Sep 18, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
traffic and infrastructure,
regional planning, regional development, land use,
Olympics
Forecasts estimate that the 2022 Winter Olympics in Switzerland will cost 4.5 billion Swiss francs - or, as experience shows, even more. Is it worth it? In March 2013 the citizens of Graubünden will go to the polls to decide.
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Olympic Games: no benefit to the national economy
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by
zopemaster
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published
Dec 01, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
Olympics
Switzerland is once again discussing its candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Environmental organisations are warning against the ecological and economic repercussions. Even Marco Blatter, former CEO of Swiss Olympic, has been quoted on Swiss radio, saying that he was glad the 2006 Games were not held in the Valais. He added that in Turin/I the Games had grown out of all proportion. "With all the infrastructure investments Turin cost around CHF 4.5 bn; Vancouver is costing around CHF 6 bn; and Sochi 2014 is officially budgeting for CHF 13 bn," reports Switzerland's SonntagsZeitung.
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Olympic Realities – Six Cities after the Games
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by
CIPRA International
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published
Jan 29, 2016
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:20 AM
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filed under:
Olympics
Since 2012 Bruno Helbling has travelled 6 Cities to discover and photograph Olympic sport venues. A large-format photo book with text essays by six journalist and experts will be published in october 2015 by Birkhäuser Publisher.
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Our demand: Olympics-free Alps!
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by
praktikant
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published
Mar 17, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM
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filed under:
Olympics
After the celebrations, the hangover of the morning after the Olympics: the reckoning of the consequential damage and the follow-up costs in Sochi. And just as it has been for all the venues around the world that have hosted the Winter Olympics, the reckoning will be severe. In an open letter, CIPRA is calling on IOC President Thomas Bach to initiate a fundamental reform of the IOC. In fact CIPRA has upped the ante with a policy document demanding that no more Winter Olympics be planned or staged in their current form.
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Point of view: the enlightened Olympics-free Alps
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 13, 2013
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism,
Point of view,
Olympics
The referendum decisions against "Munich 2022" and "Graubünden 2022" prove that the Olympic spirit is dead. Simply not everyone has yet noticed.
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Sustainable means a different kind of Olympics
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by
praktikant
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published
Jan 28, 2014
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:21 AM
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filed under:
Olympics
For Switzerland today, a pioneering spirit means effectively reducing one’s carbon footprint. And using one’s own resources in such a way that generations to come are able to go on living a worthwhile life together with the rest of the world. Anything else is a misrepresentation, like the planned Winter Olympics in Graubünden in 2022. Sustainable Winter Olympics need a change of direction, something that the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which dictates the terms, is not even close to initiating.
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The shreds of Turin
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by
zopemaster
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published
Nov 16, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism,
Olympics
Mountain regions are footing the bill for the Winter Olympics - the Winter Olympics bring fame and glory and an economic revival to the regions. For a fortnight. Leaving behind an oversized infrastructure, debts and empty beds. That, in a nutshell, is Turin four years after the 20th Olympic Winter Games.
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