The
Qingdao International Marina, host to sailing events of the 2008 Olympic Games,
have installed 168 solar panels and 41 windmills to power the facility, saving a
minimum of 170,000 units of electricity a year.
This
picture, taken on August 21, 2007, shows a government worker talking to
travelers on a train headed to Beijing West Railway Station about the concept of
an environmentally friendly Olympics.
These
artistic expressions of athleticism can be seen in Haidian Park.
This
photo, taken on September 9, 2007, shows volunteers from Hainan Normal
University on clean-up duty on Haikou's Holiday Beach. They are participants in
an activity promoting Beijing's upcoming hosting of a "Green
Olympics."
In 2008,
Beijing Shougang Group, China's fourth largest steel maker, made good on its
Olympic promise to cut down production by 420,000 tons, about half of its yearly
production.