Every one of the over 10,000 athletes who entered the 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies was given a seed to plant -- the little trees will eventually be part of the Athletes Forest in Rio. If you watched the opening ceremonies, you saw children carrying larger trees of the 207 species that will be found in the forest. This gesture was one of the activities that Rio organizers used to try to shine a light on sustainability and climate change. Granted, Rio has plenty of problems with deforestation, solid waste mismanagement, and water pollution, but it was good to see the organizers trying to bring climate change to the world stage. (photo credit: AP Photo, Tim Donnelly)
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