THE GREEN LIFE

摘要

Beijing won the bid for the 2008 Olympics in part because of its pledge to champion energy efficiency, green building practices, and clean technologies. With an eye-catching, energy-saving aquatics center and a smattering of solar panels installed on many of the new facilities, the city got off to a roaring start. But after seven years (and billions of dollars) spent preparing for the Games, has the notoriously smog-ridden capital become an "ecological city," as promised? Not quite. Watch for these innovations and activist athletes-and missed opportunities-when you tune in this summer.