“Greening the Beige 3″ Comes to Beijing

Greening the Beige 3 is currently running for a week from November 21-November 28th! 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.

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 together 300 Chinese and international students from over 35 universities around [...]

TheCityFix.com: Is There a Future for Human-Scale Chinese Cities?

(Originally published on TheCityFix.com)
James Fallows of the Atlantic recently blogged about “today’s enormous, expanding Chinese cities,” comparing the more intimate architecture of Shanghai to the sprawling concrete slabs in Beijing.
“This is not a ‘which do you like better?’ discussion,” he emphasizes.
Rather the question is why the look and feel of Beijing seem so clearly to [...]

“Eco-documentaries” during New Beijing International Movie Week

I met with the president of the Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE) a few weeks ago and he got the term “eco-civilization” stuck in my head. Ever since, I’ve been sticking “eco-” in front of anything that’s environmentally friendly. Upon a quick Google search though, I found that “eco-documentaries” is actually a term in [...]

Making sure the environment thrives during the stimulus drive

Beijing recently held a national conference on environmental protection last week. Zhou Shengxian, head of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that China will increase urban sewage treatment capacity by 10 million tons in 2009 and increase sulfur dioxide scrubbers to coal-fired power generating units.
Other plans for pollution reduction set at the conference:

Reducing 1.9 million [...]