Wired: Rethink green. China is the solution.

Have you seen in the latest issue of Wired magazine?
It says:
ATTENTION ENVIRONMENTALISTS:
Keep your SUV.
Forget organics.
Go nuclear.
Screw the spotted owl.
If you’re serious about global warming, only one thing matters: Cutting carbon. That means facing some inconvenient truths.
And, according to the magazine’s list of “10 Green Heresies,” China is the Solution.
Pop quiz: Who’s the volume dealer in [...]

Age ain’t nothing but a number when it comes to discussing climate change…

(Image via TaylorFrancis.org)
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai welcomes Taylor Francis, the youngest presenter trained by Al Gore for The Climate Project, a grassroots nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading awareness about the climate crisis.
Francis, who has been featured in the New York Times and TIME magazine, will be discussing climate change and global [...]

Bambu hatches idea for NEST collective

Check out my recent post on WorldChanging.com about the NEST collective, co-founded by Jeff Delkin and Rachel Speth of bambu, a renewable bamboo kitchenware and utensils company based in Shanghai. Stay tuned for an upcoming ResponsibleChina podcast about bambu’s vision of “responsible manufacturing.”
Proudly Made in China: NEST collective
WorldChanging Team
May 27, 2008
A group of foreigners doing [...]

Responsible Bloggers: China earthquake coverage

The aftermath of the earthquake will continue to cause suffering for millions of people, and the full scale of environmental damage remains to be seen, so I know this won’t be the last time I report about this terrible disaster.
But while help is on the way and China maintains the recovery process, I thought I’d [...]

Secondary damage: collapsed dams and flooding

Thanks to John P. Romankiewicz of China’s Green Beat for alerting me to this update on the aftermath of China’s quake

“Fears over China dam sparks more panic“
May 17, 2008
CNN.com

Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims and rescuers are fleeing areas near the epicenter over fears of floods from a river blocked by landslides.
The stampede of thousands of [...]