July 31, 2007: Responsible Bloggers

A take a look around the blogosphere to see who’s writing about China’s environment (in the natural and corporate world…)

Photo of the Day: Profit in panda poop?
Shanghaiist.com
July 31, 2007

Entrepreneurial researchers from the world’s largest giant panda research base in Sichuan Province have put the 300 tons of droppings produced by 60 giant pandas each year [...]

The Greenest Yuan

(Photo via fueleconomy.gov)
According to Reuters, via the International Herald Tribune:
Green credit: To fight pollution, China takes the capitalist route
July 30, 2007
BEIJING: The Chinese environmental agency is working with the banking authorities to identify companies that fail pollution checks or bypass environmental assessments for new projects and to restrict their access to fresh credit.
In essence, the [...]

Utopias are not sustainable

(Photo via What is Enlightenment? magazine.)
Ah, how wonderful life would be if we could just start from scratch?
Well, that’s exactly what architects and engineers are trying to do with utopian “eco-cities,” environmental havens complete with solar panels, windmills, built-in water filtration systems and other sustainable, energy-saving designs.
China’s currently boasts three major eco-cities–Rizhao, Huangbaiyu, [...]

Chinolympics Countdown

With one year and two weeks to go, there’s been a lot of news about China and the Olympics this week. Here are some essential readings:
Smog and Mirrors: China’s Plan for a Green Olympics
Wired magazine
By Spencer Reiss
July 24, 2007
Summary: Beijing goes all out to greenify the 2008 Olympics, hoping the city will look pretty enough [...]

Book: Made in Anywhere-But-China

Another great podcast from asap:

Making peace with ‘Made in China’

The new book “A Year Without ‘Made in China’” details business journalist Sara Bongiorni’s efforts not to buy any products made in that booming country for 12 months — from sneakers to mousetraps, toy swords to cargo pants.
Bongiorni emphasizes her intention to present her book from [...]