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  • This year’s Winter Olympic medals contain recycled e-waste, courtesy of Vancouver-based Tech Resources Inc.
  • One of our favorite competitors of a different kind, flamboyant U.S. figure skater Johnny Weir, decided to opt for faux fur on one of his Olympically austentatious outfits – forgoing real fox fur – when he got some nasty emails from animal rights folks…now if Johnny would just take a formal stand against the use of fur in fashion…
  • Olympic organizers and the UN Environmental Program have focused on minimizing the event’s carbon impact, with clean technology choices, an expanded transport system for the city, green construction for the Olympic venues, and a commitment to offset direct carbon emissions from the Games.  Some additional eco-friendly features of the Olympic sites include low-flow toilets that use rainwater for flushing, energy-efficient grass-clad roofs and separate containers for compostable waste.
  • Bode Miller goes green – as in endorsements.  Bode who has won 3 medals at these Olympics – including last night’s gold in the Super Combined – has thoroughly rehabbed his image and should be good to go with commercial sponsors if he so chooses.