Monthly Archives: October 2009

Beijing’s Air Quality. Still Soup

Making what seems like regular trips to Beijing these days, I still find the reports that Beijing’s air quality has maintained itself following the Olympics .. curious… and I took out my iPhone this morning while on the way to … Continue reading

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WRI Policy Brief: China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge

Over the weekend,  I found the recently release World Resource Institute Report China, the United States, and the Climate Change Challenge.  As the title suggests, and as has been popular recently, it looked at the relationships and responsibilities of China … Continue reading

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Come out for 350 in Shanghai this Saturday

For those of you who are looking for a way to get involved on a personal level, come out to this weekend’s 350 event in People’s Square. Irving Steel, organizer of Green Drinks, is leading the charge What is 350? … Continue reading

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Want to Drive Energy Savings? Make Energy Expensive

I am not sure whether it was under the influence of my Econ 101 professor, or my father the energy consultant, but somewhere along the way it was beaten (not literally) into my head the the more expensive an item … Continue reading

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What Sustainability Means to Me.

This weekend, I gave my first keynote speech entitled What Sustainability Means to Me at the ecodesign fair. It was a speech that required a lot out of me, more than most, because I had to not only boil down … Continue reading

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Hong Kong to step up effort to make the city greener

While preparing my speech for tomorrow’s ecoDesign fair “What Sustainability Means to Me”, Julian Wong’s tweet from alerted me to the People’s Daily article Hong Kong to step up effort to make the city greener. It was fortuitous timing as … Continue reading

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Come Out This Saturday to Shanghai’s EcoDesign Fair

If you are in Shanghai this Saturday, and come out to URBN hotel and see what is going on at the EcoDesign Fair, perhaps the best event for all things green that Shanghai has to offer! Full details are below: … Continue reading

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New Survey on Green Supply Chain in China

Hi Everyone – still in the US and technically on holiday ( I am sitting in a conference room all day), but received this email from Max Henry over at the Supply Chain Council. Please take the time to fill … Continue reading

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