The entire world will be attending in the great event in the world on South Africa – the 2010 FIFA WorldCup. South Africa is the first time become as hosts in the FIFA WorldCup in Africa – the poorest of all continents. This event start on 11th of June and the first match is between South Africa versus Mexico.
As the most popular game in the world, this event will get a lot of attention from people all around the world. All of people will watch the matches, some herd to watch from the comforts of their homes, some will watch in hotel (gathering), and some will watch the matches in stadiums. The good part is that it is a coming together of the world for 30 days to play and celebrate the best players in world football.
There are 32 teams, each team 23 persons, playing each other and going through four rounds until the world champion is decided. Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England, and Spain are considered favorites to win the 19th edition of the FIFA WorldCup.
The 2010 FIFA WorldCup and Carbon FootPrint:
In the 2010 FIFA WorldCup the matches are spread over nine far flung cities; Durban, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Tshwane in Pretoria, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. The distance to travel, the number of visitors, organizers, players and support staff, volunteers, etc. and of course a brand new stadium! Simple geography also will be one of the main reasons: the foreign visitors will travel a total of 7.1 million kilometers (4.4 million miles) to cheer their team on the southern tip of Africa, the plane they emit tons of carbon.
Updates / build a new stadium has a large carbon footprint due to the use of virgin cement. The cement industry is one of the major producers of CO2. For every tonne of cement there is a ton of carbon produced.
All of this adds to the carbon footprint of this big event. So what? How Green will be the South Africa 2010 World Cup?
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