As a college soccer player, I am passionate about the game of soccer and the cultural and environmental role soccer plays across the globe. For the first time ever the FIFA World Cup will be hosted by a nation in Africa. The tournament will be staged at 10 venues across nine South African cities. Johannesburg will be home to two World Cup stadiums Soccer City and Ellis Park. According to Climate Neutral Network, South Africa is committed to integrating environmental principles into the planning and organization of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Their aim is to enhance environmental sustainability for South Africa and its citizens, and to reinforce the significance of environmentally responsible lifestyles within the context of the 2010 Soccer World Cup and the country’s economic and social development programs.
In a recent article, Wendell Roelf commented that South Africa has often been commended for being most active among developing countries in fighting climate change. However, environmentalists say while South Africa Government has set ambitious targets, it has been slow in executing them.
While environmentalists may have a point here, it is evident that the 2010 South Africa World Cup presents an opportunity for South Africa’s Government to execute these targets. The South African Government is working with the UN Development Programme on an initiative involving carbon offsets for the World Cup. The 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup offers South Africa a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the world its commitment to responsible environmental management, while improving the living environment and livelihoods of South Africans. This event offers important opportunities to showcase how South Africa can respond to the challenges facing its region, the planet and most importantly what they can do differently today and for the future.
As a passionate public relations student, I believe my journey in finding a future job in public relations will include awareness on social responsibility issues for the given company or organization to which I will be working. As a college student, I hope to make the world a better place through using social media such as blogging on important social and environmental issues, and also through completing an internship hopefully with the 2010 South Africa World Cup. If chosen for this internship, I will be actively participating in the South African community while being apart of the sporting world and its commitment to environmental management. I believe that using social media like blogging and completing an internship will help me as I seek a future job in public relations.
I have included the information below for any students who happen to read my blog and are interested in a summer internship focused on climate change or global events. Future 500, a non-profit organization that works on corporate social responsibility issues is looking for 2-3 research interns.
Climate change - The intern will undertake in depth research on public and private policy in relation to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December. The research will become the basis of presentations to corporate partners and may be distributed to other stakeholders.
Global Events - The intern will undertake research on key social issues and risks for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, and the Shanghai World Exposition May-October 2010.
Please visit this website for more information on these internships.
http://www.ypfp.org/jobs/summer-research-internships
Awesome post, Kara!
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