Comments on: Green games http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/ hopping along the corridors of power Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:54:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: stuey http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15854 stuey Fri, 09 Jun 2006 07:10:29 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15854 NZ seems to be one of the few countries in the world where it isn't free to air. Apparantly in some other countries where it isn't free they are "rioting in the streets". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5060164.stm Yeah, ok, I hate Sky ... it shows? NZ seems to be one of the few countries in the world where it isn’t free to air. Apparantly in some other countries where it isn’t free they are “rioting in the streets”.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5060164.stm

Yeah, ok, I hate Sky … it shows?

]]> By: katie http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15782 katie Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:45:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15782 ... another bloody pom.... *sigh* Wonder what the carbon gain of just stopping people from attending live soccer matches, and televising on free-to-air, would be? Yeah, ok, I hate soccer, ....it shows? ;-) … another bloody pom…. *sigh*
Wonder what the carbon gain of just stopping people from attending live soccer matches, and televising on free-to-air, would be?

Yeah, ok, I hate soccer, ….it shows? ;-)

]]> By: Mark http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15716 Mark Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:01:00 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15716 Getting excited - I can't wait. It's bloody torture! Go England! Getting excited - I can’t wait.

It’s bloody torture!

Go England!

]]> By: mikeymike http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15673 mikeymike Tue, 30 May 2006 07:23:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15673 yeah the chinese have some problems allright. i read somewhere a while ago that the plan to seed clouds in order to "wash the city" and help meet clear day targets. inducing rain is an every day event in china apparantly. a good thing too. harness and controll nature i say. wash the problem away. another instant solution to an everyday problem. what downstream impact? three gorges is a modern marvel... where can we build another...? but good to see a major event taking a critical look at business as usual. does anyone know if there is a green equivalent to fairolympics.org? yeah the chinese have some problems allright. i read somewhere a while ago that the plan to seed clouds in order to “wash the city” and help meet clear day targets. inducing rain is an every day event in china apparantly.

a good thing too. harness and controll nature i say. wash the problem away. another instant solution to an everyday problem. what downstream impact? three gorges is a modern marvel… where can we build another…?

but good to see a major event taking a critical look at business as usual. does anyone know if there is a green equivalent to fairolympics.org?

]]> By: stuey http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15672 stuey Tue, 30 May 2006 04:52:43 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/2006/05/30/green-games-2/#comment-15672 <blockquote>"All ticket holders, for instance, can ride public transport for free on match days, thousands of accredited journalists will receive free month-long rail passes for the country's train network and stadium drinks will be sold in reusable cups".</blockquote> Public transport should be free all the time. And all fast food drinks should be sold in reusable, or compostable containers, all the time, not just every four years.

“All ticket holders, for instance, can ride public transport for free on match days, thousands of accredited journalists will receive free month-long rail passes for the country’s train network and stadium drinks will be sold in reusable cups”.

Public transport should be free all the time. And all fast food drinks should be sold in reusable, or compostable containers, all the time, not just every four years.

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