Green Dragon Media Clip: China Urban Billion
“China’s Urban Billion” – Episode Teaser from Green Dragon Media on Vimeo.
View ArticleJUCCCE Chinese Mayoral Training Video Clip
Anyone following @juccce last month saw a wave of updates from founder Peggy Liu as their first mayoral training kicked off. 18 months in the planning and formalized at the November 2008 JUCCCE...
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Beijing’s Olympic Park
In the run up to the Olympics, Beijing was perhaps the most active construction site globally. It was a massive concert of cranes and cement that built some of the most advanced event venues,...
View ArticleDuplicating the Success of Tianjin Eco-Park. Can We Wait 10 Years?
Eco-cities in China have been a hit and miss proposition for the most part, with projects like Huangbaiyu and Donftan serviing as constant reminders of how bad even things can go. The Tianjin Eco-park...
View ArticleUnderstanding China’s Position on Climate Change, and Repositioning Global...
Regardless of whether you believe COP15 still has hope, or is a predetermined failure, the fact is that in about 3 weeks a large number of scientists, environmentalists, policy makers, and cleantech...
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CBRE Asia Launches Sustainability Asia Newsletter
For those of you who are in the real estate/ building sector, CBRE has recently launched their first edition of Sustainability Asia (right click for PDF download), a publication dedicated to all...
View ArticleChengdu Environmental News for February 2009
1. Chengdu promised: to give “one hour to the world” On February 1st, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) announced that the Municipal Government of Chengdu had promised on January 29th that it...
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Shanghai EXPO: Keeping Sustainability In Context
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...
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Shanghai EXPO Buses are Unveiled.
With less than 2 weeks to go, things on the EXPO site are starting to take shape, and one of the recent highlights was the unveiling of the EXPO buses that are going to be on site moving the estimated...
View ArticleChengdu Sustainability News
Annual Summit of China Green Companies to be held on 22nd in Chengdu The Annual Summit of China Green Companies 2010 and Chengdu Forum of Business Leaders sponsored by China Entrepreneur Club and...
View ArticleDeveloping Cities with Low Footprints
This Monday, we continued our Sustainability Speech Series by hosting an event on the topic of “Developing Cities with Low Footprints” at East China Normal University. To help students to gain a better...
View ArticleWeekly Round Up: Shenyang’s Pollution, A Warning to the tech industry, and...
With so much going on in the realm of sustainability, leadership, and innovation, and only a limited amount of bandwidth for professionals in this space, we have created this weekly post to highlight...
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Plastic Waste In China
In our final consumer waste post we examine the challenges faced in the area of plastic waste production and management. China has a big history with plastic. Throughout its rise to economic...
View ArticleChina’s Urbanization
Jonathan Woetzle and his team and MGI have been doing a lot of work to research, analyze, and promote the way that China should urbanize. It is a report I read last year, and it is one I believe...
View Article衣食住行 – New Innovation in China’s Basic Needs
Globally, China is often portrayed as the bad guy when it comes to environmental degradation and harm. While this is not without substance, and in many areas China is lacking far behind the world...
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Off the Books: Informal Recycling in China
Resting at the forefront of nearly any discussion relating to the future of China’s rapidly developing economy is its rising urban population, with over 1 billion residents living in China’s cities by...
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WeChat Speaks: Chinese Say “No” to Nursing Homes
In our efforts to further explore China’s elderly challenge, we launched a WeChat survey over the last week. We received a total of 167 responses, with a generally even split between the two genders...
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New Report: Elderly in China
“A critical time is soon approaching, as the number of elderly is predicted to overtake the number of youths by around 2020… The urgency towards action is illustrated by the recent repeal of the...
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China’s E-Waste Problem Far From Resolved
On August 26, Collective Responsibility released a blog post about innovative e-waste processors. We highlighted the Japanese Olympic Committee and its use of old cell-phones and tech to create Olympic...
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China’s E-Waste Cities Polluted and Left Behind
This article is in continuation of our previous blog post on the state of e-waste management in China. In our previous article, we highlighted a disconnect between China’s formal and informal recycling...
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