Sport, Events and Tourism
RBS Rugby Six Nations Championship 2006

 

Professor Max Munday, Dr. Andrea Collins, Dr. Annette Roberts, Dr. Calvin Jones, Dr. Andrew Flynn & Clovis Zapata

Outputs

Conference Papers

• Collins A and Roberts A ‘Assessing the Environmental Impact of Major Sporting Events: The ecological footprint of the Rugby Six Nations and FA Cup Final’. Welsh Economy Research Unit Conference ‘Sport, Society and Environment: Tracing the Links’, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff (24 May, 2007).
• Collins A, Roberts A and Munday M, ‘Comparing the economic and environmental impacts of major sporting events: the RBS Rugby Six Nations and FA Cup Final’. International Ecological Footprint Conference ‘Stepping Up the Pace: New Developments in Ecological Footprint Methodology, Policy and Practice’, Cardiff, UK (8-10 May, 2007).
• Collins A, ‘Modelling the Environmental Sustainability of a Major Sporting Event: The 2006 Wales v Scotland Rugby Six Nations International’. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2006 ‘Global social justice and environmental sustainability’, London (30 August-1 September, 2006).
• Collins A, ‘Measuring the Environmental Impacts of a Major Sporting Event: A Rugby Six Nations International’. The RSAI: British and Irish Section 36th Annual Conference, The Royal Hotel, Jersey, Channel Islands (16-18 August, 2006).

Seminars

• Collins A and Roberts A, ‘The BRASS Journey: Assessing the impact of UK events’, ESRC Seminar Series on Sustainable Consumption and Production. Forecast and scenarios for a more sustainable society. The Brit Oval Stadium, London (1 July, 2008).
• Collins A and Munday M, ‘Major Sport Events: Evaluating their Impact’, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (9 March, 2007).
• Collins A, ‘Staging Sustainable Events: The contribution of the ecological footprint’, RMIT University, Melbourne (26 November, 2007).              

Media and Broadcast

• Wales Today, BBC Wales (9 February, 2007)
• 'Good Morning Wales' BBC Radio Wales (9 February, 2007)

Newspaper Coverage

• ‘Who really ate all the pies?’, Western Mail, p19 (3 February 2007)
• ‘How many football pitches make a rugby pitch?’, Green View (Cardiff and Vale Green Party)   (March, 2007)  

Memberships/External Activities

Andrea Collins is a member of the London 2012 Carbon Management Strategy Technical Advisory Group.

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