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 [...]

E-waste not, want not

After receiving much media exposure about its illegal “e-waste” problem, the Chinese government is taking steps to crackdown on markets that import electronic garbage, such as old printers and copiers, but experts say the raids won’t do much to reduce the importation of high-tech garbage, which is often extracted for raw materials or reassembled and [...]