Posts Tagged ‘consumer behavior’
China’s Addition to Everything Disposal and Neatly Wrapped
Monday, May 11, 2009 0:45 No CommentsIf you have spent any time in China, and have taken a moment to look around, the fact that there is a lot of prepackage waste in China.
It was the source of inspiration for my recent post, Wasting Away on China’s Airlines, and the author of Garbage is piling up in world of disposables was [...]
Event Notice: Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 23:15 No CommentsThe Shanghai Foreign Correspondents’ Club Presents:
Old Wang Gets Mobile – Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers
A Lunchtime Talk with Yale Zhang and Klaus Paur
1 Oz 3
Wednesday, May 6th, 12pm (talk starts at 12.30pm)
With the Chinese car market overtaking the US in the first quarter of this year, and the big US car [...]
Chinese Bamboo Keyboard
Monday, April 27, 2009 7:42 No CommentsOne of the more interesting things about firms in China is just how randomly innovative they can be.
When reading through the article Bamboo keyboards expect to bring green life to computer users, I was expecting to learn about a local computer firm who had gone “sustainable” or an accessory manufacturer who was looking to use [...]
PETA Girls Get the Lettuce on In Chengdu
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 0:31 No CommentsWhile, I am not a vegetarian myself, I must admit that I enjoy seeing the PETA Girls strap on some lettuce for a good cause, and I take double pleasure knowing that they have apparently pulled it all off in Chengdu for a good cause:
The girls, wearing just a few clothes and vegetable leaves covering [...]
China to Susidize 100 Million CFLs
Sunday, March 1, 2009 8:26 1 CommentAFP report that China ramps up subsidies for energy-efficient light bulbs is welcome news for a number of reasons:
1) The previous program proved successful
2) The previous program was successful enough to expand on
3) Subsidizing the 150 million bulbs will signiifcantely reduce the power draw from coal plants
4) There is a chandelier impact as consumers gain [...]
Dan Gilbert on Why We Fail to Act
Sunday, February 15, 2009 20:21 No CommentsLast year, I watched perhaps one of the more interesting Poptech videos.
It was of Dan Glibert, a Harvard professor in psychology, on why we as humans have failed to respond in any meaningful way in the face of Global Warming.
At the time, I wrote a review for it on Crossroads that elicited some comments from [...]
Yunnan Bags the Plastic Bag
Monday, December 29, 2008 20:16 No CommentsWithout a doubt, the banning of free plastic bags in China was one of the largest symbolic steps we witnessed during 2008.It gained praise and media exposure from around the world, which reinforced the point that it was a good step, and it reached into China’s consumer to make changes as well.
Of course, the impact [...]
