British Council hosts youth climate change leaders in China

Photo via British Council
It seems the British Council these days is busy cultivating youth climate change leaders in China.
This past Saturday evening at the Bookworm Chengdu, a cultural events center in central Chengdu, several youth ambassadors spoke to an audience of largely grade school students on climate change action, as well as their own involvement [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Introduction to readers from RespChi’s “Sichuan office”

By Mark Hiew, contributing blogger

Hello ResponsibleChina readers!
Greetings from Chengdu, the famously laid-back capital of Sichuan province, here in Southwestern China. Given that a lot of the existing blogging on China comes from the economic powerhouse centers along the East Coast, I plan on bringing some alternative voices of people working on sustainability issues here in [...]