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In what I belive is one of the first steps in teh right direction to relieving the pressure of China’s water table, reservoirs, and Hebei province itself, officials in Beijing are now looking to increase the price of water. According to the China.org report Beijing looks to dampen demand for scarce water, the primary catalyst [...]

Following Greenpeace’s report on the usage of pesticides in China, I was alerted to a video Greenpeace posted on the same topic where members of the Greenpeace team go out to the farm to capture some footage of what goes on inside the green houses. Needless to say, I am glad to be meeting with [...]

While many focus on bringing in “renewables” to solve our ills, water is one of those resources where it is difficult to renew. We can reduce our consumption or we can run out. Pretty simple equation, but one that is made difficult when the resource is improperly priced and the “average consumer” consumes not as [...]

In what is either a groundbreaking form of drip irrigation, or a practice that needs to be nipped in the bud, the article Transplanted trees receive ‘intravenous drip’ in NW China highlights a practice that local official are using to help ensure trees survival: Workers with the municipal bureau of parks and woods of Xi’an [...]

As one of China’s most beautiful provinces, water rich Sichuan has a vested interest in keeping its environment clean, and have been well known for having residents willing to improve conditions on the ground. In the article Water schools shed light on degenerating Yangtze, an interesting (and young) program that seeks to educate about the [...]

With China’s energy production closely tied to the global economy, it should come as no surprise that Beijing’s skies have cleared up recently as a result of the downturn: In the second half of last year, a period that included the Olympics in August, Beijing recorded its lowest air pollution readings since 2000, according to [...]

When working in the area of sustainability, and managing programs in general, making sure to take the time to point out successes and best cases is important. It motivates people who have worked hard to achieve a goal, and catalyzes others to take further steps. It is an important action, and one that should really [...]

In the recent China Dialogue Article Defending Water Security, Ma Jun writes a very compelling piece on what can happen when weak environmental protection is allowed to continue. Following the recent events in Yancheng, the article shows the time line leading up to the spill possessed not only multiple opportunities to prevent the accident, but [...]

In an effort to spread the word during China’s water week, a couple of new posters were rolled out. While a fan of educating the masses, I have to admit that I am left a little short on the messaging that these posters are trying to convey. The left poster mainly reveals water conservation and [...]

In the runup to the Olympics, we learned that Beijing had dug reservoirs into Hebei to ensure that the capital city would have enough water for the games. The problem was, and still is, that after the games there were still 14 million people residing in Beijing and that the ongoing water supply would rely [...]