Asia Foundation and GEI launch environmental entrepreneurship program in Beijing

A note from Lijian Zhao, environment program manager for The Asia Foundation:
The Asia Foundation and Global Environmental Institute has jointly launched an environmental entrepreneurship training project in Beijing, for those interested in business solutions to environmental problems. For more information please visit the program webpage (in Chinese): http://www.geichina.org/eco-training
Please spread the word to those who might [...]

PACE Election: Last call for suggestions!

A note from the Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE) Election Committee:
After careful confirmation, we are pleased to announce the nominees of this PACE Board Election (listed alphabetically by the last names):

Jimmy Chen, Ph.D., Engineers, USEPA
Yuyang Gong, Ph.D., Managing Director, ESD China Limited Co.
Jie He, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Sherbrooke
Feng Jia, Deputy Director, Center [...]

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 [...]