Cleaner Greener China

David Sandalow and Kenneth Lieberthal have issued a report that the US and China should come together to discuss climate change by the end of 2009.
The United States and China should hold a summit featuring an agreement on climate change, helping to create international support for a new global pact by the end of 2009,

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The Yale School of Forestry – founded at a time when forestry was at the forefront of sustainability debates – hasn’t updated its name, but has quietly morphed into a dynamic research hub for folks working on all matter of resource issues.
Last week I spoke with YSF’s Marian Chertow about “industrial ecology”— an [...]

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A glimmer of hope is once again extinguished as the South to North transfer program shows that it is back on.
Perhaps too far down the path of face to turn back around, especially when 20 million migrant workers are on layoff, Work has started on Yangtze dam for China’s south-to-north water diversion project

Zhang Jiyao, [...]

A quick two and a half minute clip on China’s spreading desert.
Nothing really new about this except that the area is new (usually Inner Mongolia and Hebei provinces are the backdrops), and nothing new about the causes (deforestation, poor water management, and drought), but something new in the level of honesty from the filmed officials.

On the same day that a tour of Shanghai Organics, we also took a trip to Kiwing Fine Foods, a family owned farm.
Greated by Denise, General Manager, we learned that the farm is relatively knew (less than a year old) and that they are in the process of applying for their organic status. A [...]

Genetically Modified products have seen their far share of controversy over the years, and in China that is no different.  While I would believe that the consumers here are more willing to accept the products than an EU resident, the government has shows a significant amount of concern in commercializing these products for use in [...]

Interesting story from the The Bellingham Standard entitled  WWU, Chinese students debate China’s role in battling climate change where a debate occurred at Western Washington University between students from WWU and Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Interesting, shocking, and encouraging is the fact that BFSU students are openly engaging in this sort of debate, and perhaps we [...]

During the summer of 2007, 2 of China’s largest lakes (Tai Lake in Jiangsu province and Chao Lake in Yunnan province) caked over in a green algae.
It was an issue that sparked a new level of environmental awareness, and while much of the media focus was on surrounding chemical factories, the reasons behind the blooms [...]

The Nature Conservancy in Beijing is currently looking to fill two positions.
1) China Partnership Specialist (Download file here)
The Partnership Specialist works to develop and leverage strong partner relationships with governments, NGOs, community organizations, indigenous groups, national affiliates of international conservation and development organizations, scientific/research organizations, business and private sector and others to advance the [...]