Singapore 2010 a Green Games
August 12th 2010 05:03
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Youth Olympic Games
Link: www.yoursingapore.com/
Following the tradition of the modern Olympic Games, Singapore will present the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies on 14 Aug and 26 Aug 2010 respectively at The Float@Marina Bay.
These ceremonies will be platforms for Singapore to showcase its rich and vibrant cultures, featuring performances by youths of various schools in Singapore, to the world.
YOG wants you to go green
01 Nov 2009
By Jeremy Tan
Used coke cans, green grass, and the smell of compost don't quite equate to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
It were these very ingredients however, that contributed to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG)" target="_blank">Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) receipe for environmental awareness.
CAN! Green, in conjunction with the South West district of Singapore's Clean and Green event, drew families, students, and various members of the public to HortPark for a day of fresh air and warm sunshine.
For an event flying in representatives from 205 countries the world over, YOG definitely needs green measures to cushion the environmental impact of hosting 5,000 athletes and officials.
The Ancient Games, held in Greece, from ca. 776 BC to ca. 393 BC, provided the first example of Olympic ceremonies. The victory celebration often involved elaborate feasting, drinking, singing, and the recitation of poetry. Victors were presented with an olive wreath or crown harvested using a golden sickle from a special tree in Olympia by a boy specially selected for this purpose. The festival would conclude with victors making solemn vows and performing ritual sacrifices to the various Gods to which they were beholden.
Dramatic changes in the format of the Ancient Games have taken place over the nearly 400 years that they have been celebrated. By the 77th Olympiad, a standard 18-event programme was established. To open a Games in ancient Greece, the hosts would present an inauguration festival. This was followed by a ceremony during which athletes took an oath of sportsmanship. For the first Games, an artistic competition of trumpeters and heralds, concluded the opening festivities.
Environmental sustainability is a challenge. As part of this community, each of you play an important role in protecting and caring for the earth. I am glad that youth will learn about Environment as part of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games' Culture and Education Programme (CEP).
An Environmentally-friendly Games
Works are currently in progress to make the Youth Olympic Village, situated at the NTU/NIE campus, a green and environmentally-friendly hub. The 3,600 athletes who will stay there for 12 days next August will be able to experience "Living Green at YOV", with the use of equipment such as energy-efficient lightings with motion sensors, water-saving devices and energy-efficient air-conditioning units. These features will help reduce the carbon footprint of the hostels at the NTU/NIE campus and also benefit the generations of university students long after the YOG.
Announcement of HortPark as CEP Programme Partner
The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC, pronounced "SHIOK") also believes that education plays an important role in raising environmental awareness among youth. That is why SYOGOC has designed a Culture and Education Programme that includes environment-themed activities. Under one of the seven CEP formats - Exploration Journey - athletes will have the opportunity to better appreciate the environment, to learn about green practices and their role in protecting the earth through the adoption of such practices.
I am glad to note that HortPark will be one of the two official CEP venues for Exploration Journey during the Games next August. I hope that the young athletes will not only have an enriching, educational and enjoyable time here, but also return to their own community to share and practice what they have learnt here during the YOG.
Many traditional ceremonial elements of the Ancient Games have been retained in today's modern day Olympic Games.
These ceremonies will be platforms for Singapore to showcase its rich and vibrant cultures, featuring performances by youths of various schools in Singapore, to the world.
01 Nov 2009
By Jeremy Tan
Used coke cans, green grass, and the smell of compost don't quite equate to the Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
It were these very ingredients however, that contributed to the Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG)" target="_blank">Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) receipe for environmental awareness.
CAN! Green, in conjunction with the South West district of Singapore's Clean and Green event, drew families, students, and various members of the public to HortPark for a day of fresh air and warm sunshine.
For an event flying in representatives from 205 countries the world over, YOG definitely needs green measures to cushion the environmental impact of hosting 5,000 athletes and officials.
The Ancient Games, held in Greece, from ca. 776 BC to ca. 393 BC, provided the first example of Olympic ceremonies. The victory celebration often involved elaborate feasting, drinking, singing, and the recitation of poetry. Victors were presented with an olive wreath or crown harvested using a golden sickle from a special tree in Olympia by a boy specially selected for this purpose. The festival would conclude with victors making solemn vows and performing ritual sacrifices to the various Gods to which they were beholden.
Dramatic changes in the format of the Ancient Games have taken place over the nearly 400 years that they have been celebrated. By the 77th Olympiad, a standard 18-event programme was established. To open a Games in ancient Greece, the hosts would present an inauguration festival. This was followed by a ceremony during which athletes took an oath of sportsmanship. For the first Games, an artistic competition of trumpeters and heralds, concluded the opening festivities.
Environmental sustainability is a challenge. As part of this community, each of you play an important role in protecting and caring for the earth. I am glad that youth will learn about Environment as part of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games' Culture and Education Programme (CEP).
An Environmentally-friendly Games
Works are currently in progress to make the Youth Olympic Village, situated at the NTU/NIE campus, a green and environmentally-friendly hub. The 3,600 athletes who will stay there for 12 days next August will be able to experience "Living Green at YOV", with the use of equipment such as energy-efficient lightings with motion sensors, water-saving devices and energy-efficient air-conditioning units. These features will help reduce the carbon footprint of the hostels at the NTU/NIE campus and also benefit the generations of university students long after the YOG.
Announcement of HortPark as CEP Programme Partner
The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC, pronounced "SHIOK") also believes that education plays an important role in raising environmental awareness among youth. That is why SYOGOC has designed a Culture and Education Programme that includes environment-themed activities. Under one of the seven CEP formats - Exploration Journey - athletes will have the opportunity to better appreciate the environment, to learn about green practices and their role in protecting the earth through the adoption of such practices.
I am glad to note that HortPark will be one of the two official CEP venues for Exploration Journey during the Games next August. I hope that the young athletes will not only have an enriching, educational and enjoyable time here, but also return to their own community to share and practice what they have learnt here during the YOG.
Many traditional ceremonial elements of the Ancient Games have been retained in today's modern day Olympic Games.
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