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...Oh!
by zopemaster — published Feb 15, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under:
… The skiers must be able to swish over gleaming white snow, the ice skaters must glide across brilliant white ice and the biathletes shoot through deep white snow drifts. The Winter Olympic Games in Switzerland must be absolutely snow-white.
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CIPRA's point of view: The Alps are far too valuable for the Olympics
by zopemaster — published Mar 12, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
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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Like growing bananas on Piz Palü
by zopemaster — published Apr 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , ,
It is important to keep your feet on the ground. That is the reason why CIPRA members held a cross-border trek along the Alpine chain – as a network-building project and a kind of Long March, which also made tracks on Facebook.
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Energy efficiency in ski resorts!
by zopemaster — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:26 AM — filed under: , ,
How to reduce energy consumption and green house gases (GHG) emissions in ski resorts? A pilot action in the Pays Serre-Ponçon Ubaye Durance (Pays SUD, France).
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Oh...!
by zopemaster — published Aug 23, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
… The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) is this year celebrating its 150th anniversary and has got Mother Nature to build it a table of snow and ice at an altitude of 2,700 metres.
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Winter Olympics in Munich 2022? No comment
by zopemaster — published Aug 23, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
In just two months the citizens of several Bavarian municipalities will be deciding on their candidacy for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, four days before the official deadline for applications. People seem reluctant to discuss the candidacy openly - does anyone actually want the Winter Olympics?
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Green winter sports
by zopemaster — published Sep 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
Ski areas are constructing climate-friendly lift facilities and France has now introduced a new law that obliges lift operators to provide information on CO2 consumption. A report on how ski areas are attempting to be environmentally friendly.
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Oh...!
by zopemaster — published Nov 13, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , ,
… the new silver bullet aimed at reviving the ailing winter tourism sector comes in the form of so-called "Downhill Bubbles".
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Point of view: the enlightened Olympics-free Alps
by zopemaster — published Nov 13, 2013 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:08 AM — filed under: , , , , , ,
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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Why Sochi is not in the Alps
by zopemaster — published Jan 29, 2014 — last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The idea of the Alps as a venue for the Winter Olympics is these days scarcely conceivable. CIPRA has now produced a review of the reasons underlying this, the experiences gained from the candidatures of Annecy, Salzburg, Munich and Graubünden (Grisons), and what remains of the Turin Games.
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