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“Greening the Beige 3″ Comes to Beijing

Attention all Beijing residents (and those who happen to be around):

Greening the Beige 3 is currently running for a week from November 21-28! This year’s festival is based around the theme “Re-energize Beijing” and features an eclectic variety of events, live performances, film screenings and community activities.

The festival kicked off yesterday with an elegant performance by Beijing Dance group LTDX and plenty of rapid-fire humor from Beijing Improv. Proceeds went to Hua-Dan, an NGO that empowers China’s migrant and rural populations through community theater projects. Starting initially in Beijing six years ago, the organization recently took its work to Sichuan, where it worked with children affected by the Wenchuan earthquake. The event also featured live and silent auctions for local green-themed artwork, and displays of some funky recycled-material transportation.

On Wednesday, swing by Napa bar for a green-themed pub quiz night, and on Thursday, the Hutong School is hosting a useful green cocktail social for those looking to improve their energy-related conversational ability.

On Friday, the festival moves to Trainspotting Cafe for a film screening and dinner event featuring the documentary film “Hope in a Changing Climate,” which will be aired globally by BBC World on the same day. The film, which documents and dramatically demonstrates how large-scale ecosystem restoration can stabilize the changing climate, catalyze sustainable agriculture, and significantly reduce poverty, will also be screened at the climate change conference in Copenhagen next month.

Finally, this Saturday GtB3 will close with a fantastic collection of events, featuring a (currently full) recycled film workshop, Pecha Kucha Beijing’s design presentations, the 3rd Annual Eco-Fashion Show, and then musical performances courtesy of Acupuncture Records.

For full details visit GtB’s website: http://www.greeningthebeige.org/gtb/

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