Cleaner Greener China

While Greenpeace may be known globally for the rainbow warrior and the high profile means by which they look to make their point, in China they are making their point through solid pieces of research on the environmental impacts of China’s development.
In their most recent research,  Greenpeace has manage to calculate that China’s top 3 [...]

Go to any number of restaurants these days, and you will be handed one of the above bundles of dishes that includes a plate, bowl, spoon, and glass. they are the sign of the new trend in Shanghai’s restaurants, outsourcing of dish washing to third parties.
Initially, you might think they are a good idea. [...]

When looking for thought leadership on China’s environmental issues, there is perhaps no opinion more interesting to me than those outside of China who are (1) in a position of power and (2) meet others in a position of power in China.
It makes for one of those conversations that is billed as a “China needs [...]

Looking out the window of my hallway the other day, I was greeted by what I can only guess was someone’s dinner from the night before… on the room of the 3rd floor atrium (we have an open core building).
We do have large trash cans near the elevator of every floor.. but apparently for one [...]

Taking an economy from coal based to one that is significantly reliant on renewable energies is no easy feat, but if there is one country that can do it.. it is China.  I think.
Recently, that has meant huge investments in wind, solar, and biomass.  Investments that are sure to begin chipping away at that goal [...]

Just received the below job opportunity from PACE:
THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Department of Geography and Resource Management
Assistant Professor / Associate Professor
(Ref. 0910/005(005)/2) (Closing date: September 30, 2009)
The Department invites applicants for a full-time Assistant Professor / Associate Professor post in Resource Management and Environmental Studies.
Applicants should have a PhD degree in geography, environmental science [...]

Just came across this blog post at CNN where they ask whether or Hong Kong is eco-trendy or eco-serious?, where Miranda Leitsinger dives into several of the new regulations that have recently gone into effect:
Tuesday marked the beginning of the environmental levy on plastic bags. For every plastic bag a customer takes at certain retail [...]

Last year when attending a meeting of legal aid groups, I was exposed to  a side of lawyers that I had not seen (or had not been aware of).  That, behind the scenes of China’s developing civil society, its lawyers were beginning to develop means that would ultimately support those affected by lax environmental compliance [...]

Over the last couple of months, I have come to learn about a few new HP initiatives related to sustainability.  Initiatives that I have been meaning to write up on an individual basis, but with three initiatives all related to sustainability now I thought it best to keep it to a single post and review [...]

Just came across this announcement from Cohn & Wolfe announcing the results of a survey that looked to identify the greenest brands in the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Brazil, India, Germany and France.
In the announcement, there were a few interesting statistics that were highlighted:

73 percent of Chinese consumers say they will spend more [...]