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Paul Deighton, LOCOG Chief Executive: Well, today's the launch of our Changing Places
programme, which is a great set of projects to really do something for the environment
on the outskirts of the Olympic Park.
I mean, clearly we are going to spend an enormous amount of money, time and effort on creating
a brilliant Olympic Park, but what we wanted to make sure was that all the areas around
the outside don't get neglected.
So we've got a whole group of volunteers here cleaning up the towpath down the River Lea
and that's really the role model for things we're going to do in the future.
Richard Sumray, Chairman of the London 2012 Forum: We want to leave a legacy of much better
sustainability, and improved environment, which local people themselves we hope can
generate and develop. So this is a way in which we can galvanise that, we can stimulate
it, and we hope we can leave something that is of lasting benefit.
David Stubbs, LOCOG Head of Sustainability: It's not just about staging a few weeks of
sport. We can use the Games to get local people involved - the community groups, the environmental
groups, all the different stakeholders effectively, of the local area and that they can see some
benefits not just at Games -time but beforehand and long into the future.
If you are interested in being part of this programme go to the London 2012 website -
www.london2012.com - and look for Changing Places programme, and sign up on that.