ResponsibleChina Podcast: Caroline Campbell of the Green Dragon Media Project

(Photo courtesy of Caroline Campbell)
Caroline Campbell first fell in love with nature while growing up on a pig farm in rural England. Since then, she has traveled the world, telling stories about the importance of the environment, climate change and sustainability. Originally trained as a zoologist at the University [...]

Transpacfica: Enviro reporting as demeaning?

A fellow Medill alum, Graham Webster, writes a blog, Transpacifica.net, focused on Sino-Japanese relations.
Recently, Webster critiqued some of James Fallows’ recent blog commentary about the idea of whether or not foreigners are “dissing” China by noticing the country’s pollution. Fallows’ post was written in direct response to a note he received from Shelly Kraicer, a [...]

Investing in sustainability

Two recent blog posts examine the potential for foreign investors to capitalize on sustainable building projects.
Steve Dickinson from the China Law Blog recently explained how some recent changes to China’s real estate laws will restrict foreign investment.

“Foreign Investment In China, Part II: Can You Say Last Nail In The Real Estate Coffin?”
By Steve Dickinson
China Law [...]

Dongtan - where’s the news?

(Illustration via Arup)Arup, a U.K.-based global business and design consulting firm, got plenty of play in The Independent this week, as the firm’s director, Peter Head, wrote an article about Dongtan, what he describes as “Arup’s masterplan for the world’s first eco-city.” Basically, this is the message: “Ah, Arup, the green pioneer! The chivalrous eco-knight [...]

What’s more important: poverty or global warming?

(Photo via WorldRevolution.org)

Chinese officials are attempting to relieve themselves of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions, blaming developed countries, such as the United States, for global warming, instead.
Developing countries (i.e. India and China) must focus on reducing poverty as their primary objective, according to Chinese state official Zhang Yesui.
Guess you can’t really argue with that - [...]