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TheCityFix.com: Shanghai’s 2010 World Expo Exposes Challenges for China’s Cities
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com: Cities in China are “becoming ever less habitable,” and their future will depend on an “urban awakening” that includes the Chinese government’s support of public participation in urban planning and decision-making, says Zhang Song, a professor at Tongji University’s College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in a two-part interview on chinadialogue. [...]
TheCityFix.com: Back to Bicycling Basics in Beijing
Written by Angel Hsu. Originally posted on TheCityFix.com: According to The Guardian, 20 years ago, four out of five Beijing residents pedaled around China’s capital in some of the world’s best bike lanes. However, this number has decreased as private car ownership has gone up. From 1995 to 2005, China’s bike fleet declined by 35 percent while [...]
How Did RespChi Represent on 350 Day of Climate Action?
Our man Mark Hiew and friends John Romankiewicz (of China’s Green Beat) and Alex Pasternack (of Treehugger) called awareness to climate change on 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action on October 24 by rapping at the Roots & Shoots China Summit and Climate Action Carnival in Beijing. From Treehugger: …dropping green knowledge was legendary Beijing [...]
Videos: “Advancing Sustainable Enterprise in China”
New Ventures, a program of the World Resources Institute, recently debuted a series of videos about sustainable enterprise in China. The six videos were produced in partnership with theWarehouse, a media program of the journalism school at Shantou University. They tell stories of Chinese entrepreneurs that have developed “innovative business solutions to China’s biggest environmental [...]
International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change
International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change July 18, 2009 – July 19, 2009 Beijing, China Hosts: Tsinghua University Student Green Association Peking University CDM Club China Youth Climate Action Network To learn more, visit the official Web site: http://www.iysecc.org/en/index.html Executive Summary The International Youth Summit on Energy and Climate Change (IYSECC) will bring [...]
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