It is not often that I receive an article that sets me off quite like the one I received yesterday announcing the new program partnership between Marriott and Conservation International.  The article, Marriott International takes up water issues in China, highlights a recent donation of 500,000 USD to Conservation International “in hopes of finding a [...]

With a rising level of awareness about the role of consumers in the overall environmental picture rising, it would make sense that we would not only begin seeing studies about how consumers felt about green, and whether or not they are willing to buy “green”, but begin to see companies take steps to understand what [...]

Last week while attending Shanghai Green Drinks, the project manager of the ZEDFactory’s Shanghai EXPO facility gave a presentation on the building, and how they were able to achieve (by design) a carbon zero project.  The only carbon zero project on the EXPO site. A well known group from London, their Shanghai project incorporated nearly [...]

In this month’s Lancelot, a group of 6 authors have published the 10 page article Environmental health in China: progress towards clean air and safe water, and I would highly recommend readers take the time to download the paper (right click here) and read it. Here is their summary: Environmental risk factors, especially air and [...]

Coming up this weekend is the spring annual Eco Design Fair.  Started by local social entrepreneur Sherry Poon a few years back, this event has grown from a few dozen exhibitors to over 100, and from a single day event, to a 2 days event. Like their other events, expected to see a full layout [...]

For those readers who think that climate change is about “carbon”, or that it is something that will be faced in the future, I highly recommend spending 3 minutes to watch the above clip.. because for China, water is THE issue, climate change is here, and the impacts are in their yard (front yard, and [...]

With less than a month to go to Shanghai EXPO, I have been receiving a number of requests for my opinion on the “sustainability” of the EXPO itself. It is a subject I addressed for the first time while speaking at a Net Impact event, and followed that up with a review of the UNEP [...]

1. Chengdu’s power saving technology world-leading, filling domestic gap On March 12th, Chengdu Gaowei Power Saving Technology Co., Ltd officially announced its latest R&D results costing 6 years and a few million yuans – the energy-saving technology and equipment of the submerged arc furnace and electric arc furnace. It is reported that this power-saving technology [...]

Last night, Bund Magazine held an Ecohero Award ceremony at the Bund Penisula hotel that highlighted the efforts of 10 people in China.  The first event that Bund Magazine has run, the quality of judges and attendees was quite high, and on a personal level it was exciting to be able to meet some of [...]

Hello everyone. As some of you know, for the last 9 months I have had the privilege of teaching a project based course to 193 MBA students on sustainability at the China Europe International Business School.  Split into 35 teams, they have been focused their research projects across 25 separate issues, and for the last [...]