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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. [...]
Environmental Virtue: What Can We Learn From China?
Previously, I’ve blogged about environmental justice as a framework of looking at environmental protection and why we should act. In the past few years, a new form of environmental ethics has been gaining momentum – environmental virtue ethics (EVE). Aristotle saw moral virtue as a reflection of a certain state of character, rather than our [...]
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 [...]
New Ventures: Disruptive Green Innovation
Announcement from my colleague at the World Resources Institute, Ray Cheung: Disruptive Green Innovation New Ventures China 2009 Forum July 24th, 2009 Beijing, China For more information and to register: http://www.new-ventures.org.cn/forum2009/intro_en.html INVITATION The World Resources Institute and the DAO Institute of Environment and Development cordially invite you to the New Ventures China Disruptive Green Innovation [...]
TheCityFix.com: E-Bike Boom in China
Originally posted on TheCityFix.com. From TIME.com: On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming June 14, 2009 By Austin Ramzy In China, electric bicycles are leaving cars in the dust. Last year, Chinese bought 21 million e-bikes, compared with 9.4 million autos. While China now has about 25 million cars on the road, it [...]
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