March 2006
February 2006
Aberdeen-ian
by ikusei
家住香港島南區30多年，就讀中學也有『香港仔』(Aberdeen)三個字。一天，中學老師要給我們起一個名字，結果便選了這個Aberdeen-ian (香港仔人)。
August 2005
July 2005
Slashdot | China Planning For Sustainable Cities
by multilinko (via)
The Chinese ... have commissioned McDonough's company to create an environmentally sustainable village as a pilot project for the more ambitious idea of sustainable cities. McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart have also written a book on the subject, Cradle to Cradle, previously reviewed here on Slashdot.
April 2005
The True Cost of Coal (in China)
by tsalon
For every dollar of profit made by CLP last year, it is estimated it cost communities across the region nearly $4 in health and environmental impacts.
China Herald: NGO's - The upcoming environmental grassroots
by tsalon
SEPA is to build an environmental NGO cooperation network in the next years and provide training to grassroot orgs.
March 2005
February 2005
Climate fears prompt energy U-turn in China
by tsalon
China has abruptly slowed and halted work on building 22 major dams and power stations
December 2004
U.S. Rallies China, India Against EU Climate Talks
by tsalon
The U.S. rallied the support of China and India to block European Union efforts to start talks on how to reduce greenhouse gases after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol on climate changes expires.
November 2004
New York Times: China Widens Economic Role in Latin America
by tsalon
New dependency. Environmentalists worried that Chinese business practices will bring huge environmental and social damages in Brazil
September 2004
BBC NEWS | China facing environment 'crisis'
by tsalon
We need new laws and regulations, otherwise we're just talking slogans - Pan Yu
August 2004
The New Republic Online: Purple Haze
by tsalon
the ecological destruction is spawning a grassroots environmental movement that might have a positive impact.
FT.com: Shanxi admits meagre 'green GDP'
by tsalon
no GDP growth for Shanxi in 2002 when environmental damages are taken into account
July 2004
CFR Publications: The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenge to China's Future
by tsalon
Economy examines the growing role of nongovernmental actors in protecting the environment and expanding the boundaries of political action, and sketches out several possible futures for the country.
June 2004
Asia Times Online: China to set up 'Green GDP' index system
by tsalon
The State Statistical Bureau (SSB) and the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) are jointly working on criteria for a "green gross domestic product (GDP)", which deducts the cost of environmental damage and resources consumption from the t
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