Paris Olympic Geographies

1. Olympic & Paralympic
Geographies
Paris 2024

2. 3 sessions
- Paris and the venues
- Impacts and sustainability:
Circular economy
- Research report presentation

3. Paris 2024
Official website: https://www.paris2024.org/en/

4. Session 1
Paris and the venues

5. Venues

6. The city as the stadium
https://medias.paris2024.org/uploads/2024/02/OLY_RV
B_BLEED_22_02_2024-1-1.jpg
https://www.paris2024.org/en/iconic-posters/

7. The River Seine as the venue for the opening ceremony

8. Some initial questions
1. Which countries originally put themselves forward to host the 2024 Olympics?
2. Where was the meeting held when the final host was decided by a vote?
3. Why is it important to hold as many events as possible in the same area of
Paris?
4. Which venues are being used for the Paris Olympics?
5. What are some of the benefits and problems of having the opening ceremony
take place along the River Seine rather than inside a stadium as is usual?
6. Produce a Fact File with 10 key facts about the Paris 2024 Olympics
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144880/river-seine-angel-or-demon-at-p
aris-2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics

12. ‘The Guardian’
coverage -
worth checking
out…

13. Benefits for Paris of hosting
the games.

14. Problems for Paris of
hosting the games.

15. Emblem -
meaning

16. Session 2
Impacts and sustainability
Research

18. Merch…
Who makes it
and where?

20. "The world loved watching Tokyo [2021] and Beijing [2022],
even without the fans. If viewers were to tune into TV broadcasts
rather than travelling to the Games, they could be more
sustainable.”

21. Circular Economy
Assessing the “material footprint” of the Games to reduce it more effectively
https://press.paris2024.org/news/18-march-2024-paris-2024-presents-the-first-results-of-its-circular-econom
y-strategy-07c4-7578a.html

22. 2020 Japan - first steps
First attempt at reducing “material footprint”
Medals made from recycled electronics
Furniture made from recycled cardboard in athletes’
village
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/tokyo-2020-highlights-the-possibilities-for-a-circular-economy
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/tokyo-2020-goes-beyond-carbon-neutrality-and-helps-create-a-more-su
stainable-society

23. Medals 2020 - recycled
electricals

24. “Material footprint”
What would this include?
How could it be reduced?
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/03/paris-most-sustainable-olympics-2024

25. Transport
Venues
Energy use
Food/drink for athletes
Merchandise/Hospitality
Packaging /plastics
Staff /volunteers

26. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/dec/31/paris-2024-olympics-green-transformation-anne-hidalg
o-clean-seine

28. Session 3
Research report writing /
presentation

29. What is being done to reduce
the impact of the games?

30. The 35,000 plates to be used in the Athletes' Village restaurant without a logo to facilitate their reuse
Plates

31. Food fed to athletes
Reducing the impact.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/26/bourguignon-burgers-and-beetroot-paris-olympics-to-make-hi
story-with-vegetarian-offerings

32. Produce a presentation on
the efforts to reduce the
impact on the city, and on
the environment generally…