London Videos  18:00-18:15 GMT  02-AUG-2012  WF Date Shot:  Location: LONDON Country: UNITED KINGDOM Sound:    Language:  Source: GBNOTV Restrictions: Free worldwide access to all broadcasters. This material is free of charge, available in Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EU7A), the Americas (IS805) and Asia (Asiasat 5). -------------------------------------------- ALL RIGHTS ARE GRANTED UNTIL THE 31 DECEMBER 2012 AFTER WHICH ANYONE WANTING TO USE THE MATERIAL SHOULD CONTACT THE GLA PR DEPARTMENT AT MAYOR@LONDON.GOV.UK FOR PERMISSION TO USE THE FOOTAGE Dopesheet: In today's feed the London Media Centre brings you features on: 1. Environmental Impact of the Olympics. When London was awarded the Olympic Games, the creation of the new venues was seen as a perfect generator for sustainable environmental re-development. This was one of the issues in the latest London House Debates - The Environmental Imperative. Featuring Interviews with: Matt Ridley, Scientist and Author Jerome Frost, Former Head of Design & Regeneration, ODA 2. British Gold Medallists Get Stamp of Approval. Team GB's first Olympic gold medallists have been immortalised on a set of special issue postage stamps by the Royal Mail. Images of cyclist Bradley Wiggins, and rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning appear on the stamps, that were on sale within 24 hours of their podium topping moment. All Team GB's gold medallists will receive this accolade. ---------------------------------- Further information on all our films, rushes of footage or enquires regarding other material available please contact: broadcast@LondonMediaCentre.co.uk Refer to www.londonmediacentre.co.uk for information regarding London Media Centre registration process and the services offered during the London Olympics and Paralympics. Shotlist: The content is provided in two versions: 1. With Graphics (Tracks 1+2: Stereo Music and Effects. Track 3: English Voice Over. Track 4: Effects Only) 2. Clean (Tracks 1+2: Stereo Music and Effects. Track 3: English Voice Over. Track 4: Effects Only) ------------------------------ 1. Environmental Impact of the Olympics. Shotlist: Matt Ridley, Scientist and Author Jerome Frost, Former Head of Design & Regeneration, ODA. Script: 10:00:00 OPENING GFX The second in the London House debate series during the Olympic summer tackles the environmental challenge of economic growth. SOT Matt Ridley, scientist and keynote speaker London House Debate: My main argumentthat economic and ecological sustainability actually go together. That it is by growing the economy and developing new technologies that we reduce our impact on the earth. We get more efficient at using land, at resources, at energy. When London was awarded the Olympic Games, it was seen as a perfect generator for sustainable development in rundown East London. SOT Jerome Frost, former Head of Design and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority: We were very very lucky to have a large piece of land, a postindustrial piece of land, largely under-sed. So close to the center of London and to the center of London's wealth if you like, being so close to Canary Wharf. But on the other hand it was very heavily contaminated. But we felt that actually the Olympics brought this tremendous opportunity to gain the investments needed to turn around the scale of the challenge that existed there. And probably it's a one in a lifetime opportunity to take on that scale and I think the bid team at the time very cleverly decided that if we focus the Olympics on that particular site it would trigger a much longer-term change and investment and interest in East London as a whole. And the developers tackled the environmental challenge head on. SOT Jerome Frost, former Head of Design and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority: The reclaiming of the soil, the cleaning up of the soil, 97% of the heavily contaminated soil that we got the gripes with at the Olympic Park was cleaned up and reused within the park that you see today. That's a first for Britain and probably for Europe. The Olympic Games became a tool for the sustainable regeneration of East London going into the future. SOT Jerome Frost, former Head of Design and Regeneration for the Olympic Delivery Authority: So in terms of sustainability and the green agenda for the Olympic parks we set ourselves dramatic ambitions which were not just about how buildings perform, but about how we wish to see our city change over time. We felt the Olympic park was a benchmark for city planning not just for architecture on an individual case-by-case basis. 2. British Gold Medallists Get Stamp of Approval. Shot list: Various Golden Media Stamp series Various at mail box Various printing Script: 10:00:00 OPENING GFX True to their word, the Royal Mail have commemorated Great Britain's first two London Olympic gold medals with the production of a couple of special stamps. Within 24 hours of the momentous achievements, people were already able to buy these Gold Medal Stamps. And the Royal mail even painted some of its mailboxes in gold. Cyclist Bradley Wiggins won gold in the individual time trial while Helen Glover and Heather Stanning became the first British women to ever win an Olympic rowing event. Overnight Royal Mail printed the unique stamps, and delivered them to over 500 post offices across the UK. It's the first time in history Royal Mail has issued two next-day stamps in one day. The rowing gold medallists are the first all-female sports team to appear on a Royal Mail stamp. Wiggins is now Britain's most decorated Olympian with seven medals, including four Golds. Keyframe:  Id Item: 618813 Tx_Time: 18:00 - 18:15   Tx_Date: 02-AUG-2012  Status: TRS Origin: ZZEBU  Origin City: GNVE Item type: WF