500 year old forest cleared for 3-day event

500 year old forest cleared for 3-day event

Despite public pressure, Olympic organisers cleared a portion of Mt. Gariwang for a ski slope. We are pushing the IOC to commit to upholding principles of sustainability so that this type of devastation never happens in the name of the Olympics again.

We have a choice to make:

Preserve a 500 year old ancient forest, home to four endangered species 

or

Clearcut the ancient forest for a 3-day ski competition. 

It seems like a no-brainer. And it should be. But right now, Olympic organisers in South Korea are tearing down forest, with trees half a millennia old, to make room for massive ski facilities that will be used for 3 days. 

It’s short sighted, illogical and worst of all, irreversible. Once that precious forest is gone, it’s gone forever. But we can stop it. The International Olympic Committee has laid down a mandate that the 2018 Olympics should be a “Green Olympics” built and operated by principles of sustainability. If we launch an enormous global outcry from every country participating in the Winter Olympics, we can shame the International Olympic Committee to living up to their ideals. Click to join and when we reach 1 million signatures, we will launch a massive stunt in front of the Olympic Committee offices to stop the destruction.