Alternative Journals is interested in exploring how environmental values and the encouragement of more sustainable behaviour are being woven into the cultures of modern sport and large-scale, performance-based happenings. Deadline: March 21, 2014. Read More
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Olympic Games need lasting environmental legacies to offset their massive carbon footprints, researchers say. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Read More
Click here to view the CBC article summarizing a study examining the environmental sustainability of Winter Olympic host cities. Click here to view the full report. The study was conducted in part by Dr. Daniel Scott, Canada Research Chair in Global Change and Tourism at the University of Waterloo. Read More
Click here to view CBC’s The Passionate Eye documentary on the Sochi Winter Olympics Read More
To act as a community resource to capture and transfer knowledge on how sport can create sustainable benefits locally, regionally and internationally
The Centre is dedicated to improving our understanding of how sport can help advance economic and social development, urban renewal, cultural identity and ecological well-being.