Cleaner Greener China

Perhaps one of the most exciting things about living in China is seeing the speed by which it is willing to leapfrog old technologies and invest in new.
and, if true, the article China prepares $29 billion for green car projects, is just another example of how fast leaders in China are willing to react while [...]

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A recent article at the People’s Daily reports that desertification causes yearly loss of 54 billion yuan in China.
Realistically, given the various unmeasurable costs this number is vastly under reported, and where I would like to direct your attention is to the passage:
China’s desertified land accounts for 18.1% of the country’s total land area. [...]

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h/t to Go Kunming for introducing us to this recipe!
Ingredients
100g of rubing*
1 medium sized floret of broccoli
1 large tomato
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp of soy sauce
2 tsp salt
Oil for frying
See the full preparatoin at the Go Kunming site

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With dozens of cities in China urbanizing all at the same time, and at a pace matched at no time by anyone else, making sure cities are planned and built properly is a must.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lGdVlHtpqc

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For a firm looking to “green” itself, the traditional model has been the costs of brown vs. the costs of green. A simply apples to apples comparison that many used to determine whether the time and money should be invested to develop a product (portfolio or products) that were more environmentally friendly.
In areas like the [...]

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http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=550&ArticleID=5978&l=en

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Attending 2 cleantech conferences in a week will provide many opportunities to learn,
There was a lot to take in, a lot of people to meet, and a lot of issues to face… and work through.
Not a specialist in clean technologies, my interest in attending these events was to see the latest and greatest in solutions.  [...]

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In the Business Green coverage of Climate Change Capital’s plan to enter into China, the China MD Ka Keung Chan made the statement:
“There are a lot of cheap assets lying out there,” he told Reuters. “If you see the right company, this is the best time to negotiate.”
followed by founder James Cameron
“Out of necessity comes [...]

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WWF recently released their 2008 Living Planet Report that lays out a compelling case for how interconnected our activities are with the rest of the earth, and the impact we in our process of extracting and consuming the earth’s resources are having.
The Living Planet Report is WWF’s periodic update on the state of the world’s [...]

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Close on the heels of the recent Wal-Mart supplier conference where new supply chain management measures were announced, the article Eco-shopping helps Beijing improve its environment take a look at Wal-Mart’s efforts to green its boxes.
the article opens with a valid question:
Do consumers ever think about how much energy they consume as they shop in [...]

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