{"id":623968,"date":"2024-06-12T21:13:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-im-making-my-olympic-bid-more-eco-friendly\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T21:13:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:13:20","slug":"how-im-making-my-olympic-bid-more-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-im-making-my-olympic-bid-more-eco-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"#How I\u2019m Making My Olympic Bid More Eco-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3672761e988\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3672761e988\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-im-making-my-olympic-bid-more-eco-friendly\/#Get_the_Best_of_Macleans_straight_to_your_inbox\" >Get the Best of Maclean\u2019s straight to your inbox.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wp-block \">\n<div class=\"relative ad-free-zone\">\n<div class=\"w-screen overflow-hidden -mt-20\">\n<div class=\"tablet:h-[calc(100svh)] overflow-hidden flex flex-col-reverse tablet:grid tablet:grid-cols-2 bg-white text-dark tablet:text-dark tablet:bg-white tablet:border-b-1 border-b-grey-light\">\n<div class=\"grid place-content-center tablet:pt-40 px-20 tablet:pl-10\">\n<div class=\" text-dark w-full max-w-[600px] mx-auto tablet:max-w-[640px] py-20 tablet:px-40 tablet:p-40 bg-opacity-100 tablet:bg-opacity-[var(--bg-opacity)] text-center\">\n<div class=\"text-grey leading-smm text-smm tablet:text-base tablet:leading-smxl font-lightmedium font-sans mb-10\">Elite sports can be big polluters. Here\u2019s how I\u2019m making my Olympic podium\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\" text-dark author text-xs leading-xs whitespace-break-spaces\">BY MELISSA HUMANA-PAREDES<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tablet:row-start-auto row-start-1 tablet:h-[calc(100svh)]\"><img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"893\" height=\"595\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover\" style=\"color:transparent\" sizes=\"(max-width: 834px) 50vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=384&amp;q=80 384w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=80 640w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=80 750w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=80 828w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=80 1080w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=80 1200w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=80 1920w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=80 2048w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=80 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2FMedia-Kit-Team-Canada-x-lululemon_Melissa-_cropped.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=80\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"max-w-[640px] mx-auto pb-20 px-20 pt-20\">\n<div class=\"mb-8 flex gap-6\">\n<div class=\"relative inline-block\"><button aria-label=\"Sharing Button\" class=\"rounded-xl border border-grey-light px-12 py-6 hover:bg-grey-lighter transition-colors\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#share_svg__a)\"><path stroke=\"#121212\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M2.419 15.525c1.286-1.37 4.661-4.275 9.458-4.275V15l6.25-6.25-6.25-6.25v3.75c-4.125 0-9.413 3.941-10 9.027a.313.313 0 0 0 .542.248\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"share_svg__a\"><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M0 0h20v20H0z\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"fixed laptop:absolute max-laptop:bottom-0 laptop:top-[calc(100%+20px)] left-0 right-0 laptop:right-auto w-full laptop:w-[190px] p-20 rounded-lg bg-white font-sans shadow-[0px_0px_10px_rgba(0,0,0,0.15)] invisible\">\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span>Copy Link<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span>Email<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span>X<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/button><\/li>\n<li class=\"border-b border-b-grey-light text-dark last:border-b-0 group\"><button class=\"flex items-center gap-10 py-7 group-last:pb-0 w-full font-light group\"><span>Whats<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; 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Back home, my mom was a national ballet dancer, and my dad played volleyball for Chile\u2019s national team. After arriving in Canada, he joined the Scarborough Solars, a local volleyball club, and got a coaching job at York University. It was through the Solars that my dad met John Child and Mark Heese, also known as Canada\u2019s \u201ccrazy defenders,\u201d who asked him to be their coach for the Atlanta Summer <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s in 1996, where beach volleyball made its Olympic debut; they won bronze. As a young kid, I followed my dad\u2019s many sports <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s, sticking pushpins on a world map. Soon, I caught the Olympic bug, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligndefault \"><img alt=\"alt tag missing\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, \/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w\" src=\"https:\/\/macleans.ca\/_next\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F06%2F8266593C-9A1E-4085-8747-AD89EC9C69EF_1_105_c.jpeg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75\"\/><figcaption class=\"w-full text-left\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">I started playing beach volleyball at the age of 11. By the time I was 15, my partner, Victoria Altomare, and I represented Canada at the Under-19 World Championships in Turkey, and in 2016, when I was 24, I went to the Rio Olympics as a training partner\u2014which basically means you\u2019re an understudy if another athlete can\u2019t compete. I never took to the sand, but those Games planted the seed for my new partner, Sarah Pavan, and I to make a run for gold in Tokyo in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">\u00a0Sarah and I finished fifth\u2014far below the gold we\u2019d set our sights on\u2014but Tokyo stood out for another reason. High temperatures are nothing new for beach volleyball players; we\u2019re constantly drenched in sweat. And when it\u2019s that humid, just breathing feels a bit like drowning. We typically take safety measures like avoiding midday games, eating slushies and hitting up ice tubs after practices to bring down our core temperatures. (Cold plunges are super trendy now, but we\u2019ve been doing them for years.) But when we were competing in Tokyo, temperatures hit upwards of 45 degrees Celsius. We knew it was going to be hot, but there was a feeling among the players of: <em>I can\u2019t believe we\u2019re playing in this<\/em>. We were just expected to suck it up and adapt to the heat. After the Games, I wondered: why aren\u2019t we talking about <em>why<\/em> our playing conditions are getting hotter?\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">Beach volleyball isn\u2019t the only sport affected by climate change. Rising sea levels are a concern for water sport competitors,the same way melting snow is for skiers and snowboarders. A study from 2022 found that, if global emissions continue to be pumped out at the same rate as the past two decades, only one Olympic host city\u2014Sapporo, Japan\u2014will have weather conditions safe enough to run snow-based competitions. The Games also <em>contribute<\/em> to climate change: the 2016 Rio Games alone released an estimated 3.6 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, though they offset those emissions through tree-planting and other endeavours. As an athlete, my own<em> <\/em>environmental impact is immense, too. On average, I attend about 15 to 20 volleyball tournaments a year, most of which require two or sometimes three flights. That travel time doesn\u2019t include my trips home to Toronto, medical appointments or sponsor obligations, like events and photoshoots.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">When I got home from Tokyo, I wanted to use my platform to bring more attention to the climate crisis. I decided to meet with other environmental- and sports-minded Canadians, like Oluseyi Smith, a track and bobsleigh Olympian who co-founded Racing to Zero, a consulting firm that helps sports organizations become more sustainable, and Maddy Orr, a sport ecologist who\u2019d just written a book called <em>Warming Up: How Climate Change is Changing<\/em>. I also met Lew Blaustein, one of the founders of EcoAthletes, a group of coaches, academics, athletes and other sports professionals who care about the planet. Now, I\u2019m one of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">Part of managing my climate anxiety involved taking action. I started hosting beach clean-ups with other athletes in Los Angeles, where I train, and as part of the organizing committee for Green Sports Day here in Canada. I shared videos for reducing wasteful consumption on social media and learned more about the textile industry, specifically, how fast-fashion practices are used to create some athletic uniforms and merch. Through an app called Climategames, which launched last year, I encourage my followers to participate in fitness challenges, like weekly workouts like walking 10 kilometres in one month. If they complete them, I purchase carbon offsets for my work flights out-of-pocket. In 2023, I took 82 flights, covering more than 244,000 kilometres\u2014or six-plus trips around the world\u2014a particularly busy year because of the lead-up to Paris. That cost me US$3,000 to offset.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">There\u2019s also a lot of sustainability work to be done at the level of community sports\u2014simple things, like encouraging youth clubs to install water fountains, instead of using single-use items like plastic bottles, which are everywhere. In the volleyball world specifically, event organizers are trying to condense our schedules, so our players aren\u2019t flying back and forth as often. Instead of flying to Europe six times in a year for tournaments, we could play a couple of European tournaments in a row. It doesn\u2019t sound like much, but small changes really do add up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">Here at home, the Canadian Olympic Committee has already committed to the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, which involves halving carbon emissions from their operations by 2030\u2014and achieving net-zero by 2040. I\u2019m part of the team helping to create a point-by-point plan for how to get there. On a larger scale, that could look like reusing sporting venues and facilities, instead of building new ones, as is often the case in Olympic host cities. On a smaller scale, it could mean reconsidering giving out swag like free keychains to event participants. They\u2019re fun, of course, but we don\u2019t need more stuff. A lot of my own sports keychains are sitting in a box somewhere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">I\u2019m optimistic about a lot of the new environmental initiatives planned for the Paris Games this summer, too. The organizing committee has a goal to cut this summer\u2019s Olympic emissions by half, compared to previous Games. They\u2019re renovating existing venues and considering the end-of-life for equipment (i.e.: renting chairs rather than buying new.) Even the food plan in the Olympic Village is more sustainable than usual: they\u2019ve got a plant-based menu, they\u2019ve doubled the fruit and vegetable content in meals to avoid the emissions associated with producing red meat and they\u2019re using more sustainable protein sources, like free-range eggs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"     undefined\">At times, it feels hypocritical to call myself an \u201cEcoAthlete\u201d when I fly as much as I do; I\u2019ve even thought about retiring to reduce the impact of my air travel. I also sometimes have dark thoughts, like whether certain sports will even exist in 10 years\u2019 time because of global warming. Knowing the sporting community is taking action helps me. The idea isn\u2019t to be perfect\u2014no one is, not even Olympians\u2014but there\u2019s still a lot we can do.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block wp-block-core\">\n<p class=\"    endstyle undefined\">There\u2019s one more (obvious) reason I\u2019m excited about Paris 2024. I\u2019ve got a new volleyball partner, Brandie Wilkerson. We\u2019re currently the fourth-ranked duo in the world, and I feel confident we can bring home a medal. If we did, it would be Canada\u2019s second-ever beach volleyball medal, after the bronze that my dad helped Heese and Child win. 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