Munich games in tow with sports aim of protecting Mother Earth

There is absolutely nothing like the signage that litters your average Olympics here as they attempt to row in with Munich’s long-term bid to become a ‘Zero Waste City’.

ZERO WASTE: Britain's Sasha Pardoe competes in the women's park final during the European Cycling Championships in Munich. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Letter from Munich

Globalised travel has apparently done its unfair share to contribute to the climate crisis but international sport has come a long way when it comes to sustainability. Or maybe it’s just that sport has upped its game when it comes to greenwashing its role as we fret about the apocalypse that is ecological collapse.