Monthly Archives: April 2009

World Bank: Toward a Greener China

Was reviewing some old bookmarks when I came across the World Bank Website Toward a Greener China. A Showcase of the projects they have worked on, I encourage everyone to take some time to look through the site. Besides an … Continue reading

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Build Your Own Yurt

Here is a fun one for you. A guide to building your own yurt, or as they are known in Mongolia. the Ger: The oldest complete yurt yet discovered was in a 13th century grave in the Khentei Mountains of … Continue reading

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Recycling Can Boost Economies

Having just finished an article on the need to develop industrial systems that better capture and reuse waste, I found the follow clip interesting. In the article Chinese Vice Premier says recycling can help boost economic growth, Vice Premier Li … Continue reading

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Event Notice: Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers

The Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club Presents: Old Wang Gets Mobile – Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers A Lunchtime Talk with Yale Zhang and Klaus Paur 1 Oz 3 Wednesday, May 6th, 12pm (talk starts at 12.30pm) With the Chinese … Continue reading

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Cross-Strait LED Cooperation to Set Global Standards

Historically, when speaking with people about where China has a leg up in “cleantech”, I would point to battery technologies.  It was an area that was seeing a lot of VC interest 5 years ago, where the US was clearly … Continue reading

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Chinese Trees Get an IV Drip

In what is either a groundbreaking form of drip irrigation, or a practice that needs to be nipped in the bud, the article Transplanted trees receive ‘intravenous drip’ in NW China highlights a practice that local official are using to … Continue reading

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Chinese Bamboo Keyboard

One of the more interesting things about firms in China is just how randomly innovative they can be. When reading through the article Bamboo keyboards expect to bring green life to computer users, I was expecting to learn about a … Continue reading

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Adura Power Trains Look to Enter China eBus Market

Following my post on Al Gore’s thoughts on how the US needs to play capture the flag with China for electronic car supremacy, I was alerted to the SF Gate article Electric power-train firm eyes China’s buses by Earth2tech that … Continue reading

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The Long Green March: China’s Road Ahead

One of the greatest frustrations of mine is the fact that there is a dearth of environmental awareness in China, and few who are able to develop a program that gets beyond a small group. It is honestly, one of … Continue reading

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Push to Stimulate Economy Risks Further Environmental Damage in China

As the wheels of the global economy began to spin off, many began to ask what the implications for China’s environment would be. It was only last year that we began to see real strides, strides that were due in … Continue reading

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