Cleaner Greener China

Following up on some earlier posts about driving sustainability through education, McKinsey has loaded an interview with the Blair Sheppard, dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Encouraging to see these shifts, although I personally would like to see more schools really integrate sustainability into their core curriculum.  That, rather than just capture those that [...]

For anyone looking to come down from 30,000 feet to get their hands dirty with Green Buildings, then I recommend checking out this Saturday’s GIGA event (1:00 – 5:30pm).
Full details are at their website (click here), but here is the basics:

Schedule:
13:00 – 13:30: registration and networking
13:30 – 13:45: event introduction and welcome
13:45 – 14:20: case [...]

Earlier this week at an event, I was speaking with the Sustainability Director of a large FMCG firm discussing what the outcome of the Copenhagen negotiations meant for business like the one he represented (his firm is a bit of a poster child), and my reply to him was to get ready.
That, as a result [...]

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It has been nearly a month since the 15000 (or so) people descended upon Copenhagen to hammer through what was to be “the biggest moment” of our lives, to address the BIGGEST ISSUE FACING MANKIND. Right?
No shortage of commentary on who was at fault, my first lecture [...]

Just a notice for readers that in two weeks JUCCCE will be holding its next Idealab, and you will be able to see both myself and Charlie McElwee of China Environmental LAw blog presenting at the event.. as well as participate in a workshop that will look at what will happen with all the materials [...]

This weekend while attending the Three on The Bund Sustainable Business and Society Event I knew that it would be one that I would be interested in as at the top of the ticket you had thee leaders of business management schools talking about sustainability.
Moderated by PhD Lu Xiongwen ,Dean of Fudan University’s Business School, [...]

Green Drinks will be held this Wednesday 13th January, at the Philia Lounge at 4-8 Arbuthnot Road, Central. It is very close to Lang Kwai Fong, for a map visit http://www.philialounge.com/. We’ll be there around the same time, from 7pm onwards.
This month Doug Woodring will speak about Project Kaisei and his experience of 21 days in the North [...]

ZHU Yining (Jerry) is a student in Shanghai Jiaotong University and in charge of AIESEC in Shanghai Region.
On November 2009 Jerry was chosen in “International Antarctica Treaty Expedition” Program, and went to Antarctica, following Robert Swan. He is the 1st university student in Shanghai who’s been to Antarctica.
Jerry will share [...]

The recent study The Greenness of China: Household Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Urban Development, a collaboration from researcher from UCLA, HArvard, and Tsinghua PhD candidates, takes a look at urban emission growth.. .using largely economic data.. and it is quite an interesting study. Download PDF here
China urbanization is associated with both increases in per-capita income [...]

Following the recent holiday, I found the above tree that mixed the new (haibao) with the old (a packet of Double Happiness) as a strange reminder of just how far we have yet to go.