A message from Peter Bosshard

Got this email from Peter Bosshard, who I interviewed about China’s relationship with Africa (read my previous post here):
Dear Supporter,
My name is Peter Bosshard and I’m the Policy Director at International Rivers. I wanted to invite you to a presentation that I will be giving at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Wednesday, [...]

Social entrepreneurship in Sichuan: Interview with Meg Young of Ecologia, a sustainable development program

This post is part of an occasional series of interviews with those working on development and sustainability issues in China, particularly southwestern Sichuan province.
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Contributing blogger Mark Hiew brings you an interview with Meg Young from Ecologia, an example of social entrepreneurship through rabbit farming in Sichuan. Here, Young explains some of her successes and development [...]

Responsible Roundup: 1/17/08

Every Friday, ResponsibleChina highlights major news about the environment, CSR and social entrepreneurship in China. For tips or suggestions, please send an email to erica [at] responsiblechina [dot] com.

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From online news:
Dry, polluted, plagued by rats: the crisis in China’s greatest river
The Guardian
By Jonathan Watts
January 17, 2008

The waters of the Yangtze have fallen to their lowest [...]

Beijing says “bag it up,” but you can’t use plastic

Image via China Digital Times
The Beijing government issued a ban against plastic shopping bags in an effort to reduce “white pollution” and step up its recycling efforts. The ban is effective June 1.

Shoppers: It’s BYO Bag in China
By Christopher Bodeen
Associated Press
January 10, 2008

BEIJING (AP) — Declaring war on the “white pollution” choking its cities, [...]

Conservation Education in China: an interview with Kasen Whitehouse, of the Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu

Interview by Mark Hiew
This post is part of an occasional series of interviews with those working on development and sustainability issues in China, particularly southwestern Sichuan province.

Kasen Whitehouse is a 24-year-old American working in Chengdu at the Panda Breeding Center. Originally from New York, he previously researched panda hormone and reproductive behavior at the Smithsonian [...]