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Tag Archives: consumer behavior
China’s Addition to Everything Disposal and Neatly Wrapped
If 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Greener Products, Uncategorized
Tagged consumer behavior, packaging, product design
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Event Notice: Cars, Electrical Cars and the Consumers
The 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 … Continue reading
Chinese Bamboo Keyboard
One 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 … Continue reading
PETA Girls Get the Lettuce on In Chengdu
While, 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 … Continue reading
China to Susidize 100 Million CFLs
AFP 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Greener Products, Policies and Issues
Tagged consumer behavior, education, energy efficiency
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Dan Gilbert on Why We Fail to Act
Last 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Greener People, Policies and Issues
Tagged consumer behavior, global warming, land, water
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Yunnan Bags the Plastic Bag
Without 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 … Continue reading