Vancouver garnered a lot of attention for it’s commitment to energy efficiency during the recent 2010 winter Olympics. Certainly, this commitment will help the city on a global scale and will help it grow it’s already incredibly green reputation. Yet, according to this article on Fast Company, the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia may actually become the dirtiest Olympics yet. According to the article, Sochi has already managed to contaminate it’s water, destroy wildlife habitats and cut down thousands of trees in preparation despite the Olympics still being four years away. What is even more interesting (or shocking) is that Sochi was able to get the Olympics at all as it did not outline much of a sustainability plan. Many of the recent Olympics have already gained a strong amount of negative attention, most notably Beijing in 2008, but is it possible that Sochi 2014 could end up being the dirtiest?
