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GreenSOS: Environmental education and post-earthquake relief in Sichuan
(Welcome back to RespChi blogger, Mark Hiew, who contributes this Q&A from his post in Chengdu!) The Sichuan earthquake of 2008, beyond the tens of thousands of lives it took, left behind a massive reconstruction task, to which the Chinese government recently committed 1 trillion Yuan ($146.5 billion). Yet alongside all of the houses and [...]
Private investors, beware! China’s green sector still faces challenges
Ray Cheung, senior associate at the World Resources Institute, recently wrote about the challenges and opportunities facing China’s environmental and renewable energy sectors. His article, featured in the book, “Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long-term Performance,” offers a word to the wise for China’s “greentech entrepreneurs” who want to make profits by helping the environment: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
RespChi and EMBARQ
In April 2009, Erica was hired as the Information & Innovation Coordinator for EMBARQ – The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport – at the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank in Washington, DC. She will be creating, editing and managing multimedia content for EMBARQ’s international network of websites, and its blog, TheCityFix.com. Sphere: Related [...]
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