THE GREEN GAMES STORY

HOW THE GREEN GAMES WERE WON

1963 - 1993

Our Time Line offers a backstory of how the environment became integral to the Olympic...

American biologist Rachael Carson publishes Silent Spring and draws international attention to the damage  caused...

Japanese medical research confirms that human exposure to mercury  causes irreversible health damage. The horrific...

Agent Orange is used during the Vietnam War by the American military to remove forest...

At the Homebush site in Sydney, the dumping of wastes  continues unchecked and causes widespread...

The NSW Government establishes the State Pollution Control Commission and the Metropolitan Waste Disposal Authority....

The NSW State Pollution Control Commission  is formed. Images recorded by...

The Club of Rome publishes The Limits to Growth which argues that if growth trends...

In Sydney, the PACCAL town gas plant at Silverwater closes, unable to find off-site locations...

At the Homebush site, extensive tree planting begins on Commonwealth-owned land. ...

A major industrial accident in Seveso, Italy causes widespread community exposure to dioxins. The incident...

The United States Government declares a Federal health emergency at Love Canal, a suburb in ...

World  attention focusses on the risks associated with nuclear power when there is a major ...

The US Government enacts the ‘Superfund’ legislation (CERCLA) to support contaminated site clean up. [caption...

Soil contamination in Lekkerkerk, Holland is linked to human health risks and the Dutch Government...

The US Government acknowledges public health risks due to community exposure to dioxin-contaminated soil at...

In Sydney, construction of Bicentennial Park begins. The park is originally part of the extensive...

An industrial accident at the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, kills and injures...

The NSW Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act is enacted. In Sydney, the Union Carbide chemical plant...

Global concern about the impacts of multiple sources of pollution increases during the 1980s and...

The Australian Government forms the Joint Task Force on Hazardous Waste. The NSW Government commissions...

The International Olympic Committee awards Lillehammer in Norway the rights to host the 1994 Winter...

Global awareness of pollution is enhanced by mass media coverage of an oil spill in...

In Norway,  conservation organisations demand changes to the location of the ice-skating rink to be...

In the US, a group of concerned scientists release the Wingspread Statement of Consensus. It ...

The UN Conference on Environment and Development is held in Rio de Janeiro. Also known...

In February, the International Olympic Committee resolves that the environment is to be an integral...