Environmental Defense Fund looking for Green China Supply Chain Project Manager (Beijing, China)

The Environmental Defense Fund is hiring a Green China Supply Chain Project Manager in its Beijing office. The job involves “leveraging the purchasing power of major global retailers like Wal-Mart to propel change in China.” Pretty cool stuff. For more info, click here.

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Responsible Roundup: Yao Ming the champ, costly clean air, a new library, sustainable Olympics, green dragon, and fancy footwear

A roundup of this week’s interesting and important stories, brought to you by ResponsibleChina.com.

YAO MING IS A CHAMPION IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
Sure, he’s China’s most famous superstar athlete. But did you know he’s also the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion? Found this scoop via China Crossroads. Maybe that cute little kid Yao walked [...]

Green Olympic sponsor: ExxonMobil

I’ve been watching Olympics coverage on NBC like a fiend. It’s an addiction. Those dramatic intros, that heart-pulsing music, those bite-size pieces of sports footage and that occasionally dorky commentary by Bob Costas–it’s pure entertainment. And let’s face it, I have Phelps Phever. I even friended him on Facebook.
And those commercials! I practically shed a [...]

The Beijing Olympics are greener than you think

I can’t help but open this post with a scientific fact: the Opening Ceremony for the Olympic Games kicked some serious sit bone.
Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony Video Links:

United States coverage

China coverage

With 5,000 years of rich culture to draw upon, the Opening Ceremony was thoughtful and mesmerizing.  I was transfixed, really, just STARING as the scroll [...]

“Develop first, clean up later”: Olympic smog a real kick in the face mask

I don’t live in Beijing. I don’t even live in China. So I’m not able to observe first hand the Olympian efforts made by the Chinese government lately to clamp down on air pollution. But from everything I’ve read so far, these efforts are futile.
And I know this isn’t a new story, either. China has [...]