Related Posts
' src='http://gf1.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/5473.jpg' alt='chinas-chongming-island-development-wants-development-gets' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' />China’s Chongming Island: Development wants, development gets? A recent article in the Economist highlights concerns over the development of Chongming Island, a bucolic, green oasis...
Videos of China’s oil spill and cleanup
Here are two video reports on the oil spill cleanup efforts in China’s Yellow Sea.
Two oil pipelines exploded...
Record drought ravages southern China
Southern China is suffering through the worst drought in living memory. Conditions are particularly bad in the normally...' src='http://gf1.statico.be/wp-content/themes/greenfudge/thumbnails/3509.jpg' alt='cnn-video-report-on-chinas-green-plans' class='art-teaser' width='95' height='95' />CNN: Video report on ‘China’s green plans’ CNN's Eco Solutions explores China's growing need for energy efficiency, clean energy sources and pollution reduction. This focus...
The green argument for cities
High population density equals less waste, fewer emissions and more efficient use of resources. In short, urban living...
Tip of the Day
When given the choice, take the stairs instead of the elevator to save energy and workout at the same time!
Videos on green development in southern China
Shenzhen skyline - photo by ASDFGHJ (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Pollution poses significant problems in China’s rapidly industrializing landscape. As urban areas grow and develop with unprecedented speed, the environmental consequences of modernization are often an afterthought. But such afterthoughts must eventually be dealt with – sooner or later. On the tails of a massive revolution in development, China is also in the throws of a ‘green revolution’ where the Asian giant is increasingly confronting its environmental challenges in more creative and impressive ways.
The southern city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province is an example of swift and extensive urbanization, growing from a village to a metropolis of 12 million in only 30 years. Now Shenzhen is also looking to become a center for green innovation.
Al Jazeera English reports from Shenzhen on energy efficient, environmentally friendly building projects that China hopes will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and help fuel its green revolution.
Watch the video from Al Jazeera English here:
Another video story from China Dialogue’s podcast reports on sustainable construction projects in the southwest of China:
by Graham Land
Additional resources:
China Dialogue – Designing a greener China
FOCUS // CHINA – Fresh Green Chutes Among Growing Slag Heaps: Homegrown Chinese Eco Solutions
Tags: Al Jazeera, China, development, environmental, Green, Green Revolution, Shenzhen, video
Other Greenfudge.org posts
67 Bird Species Move Closer Towards Extinction
There is a saying that “birds of a feather flock together”. However, that’s not always a good thing—especially when it means that climate change is pushing 67 bird species towards extinction. All of these particular birds are of the oceanic variety—albatrosses, puffins and so forth. They are at risk for 2 main reasons: They don’t produce many offspring. Their habitats are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Other birds, such as the Puaiohi of Hawaii, have even more threats to contend...
One Unexpected Creature Discovered a Way to Cheat Death
When we think of immortality or eternal youth, many of us probably imagine things like gods, vampires, the Fountain of Youth, and even the Land of Faerie. Throughout history, there have been many legends and tales about creatures who cheated death or people who set out on a quest to find ever-lasting life. However, of all the stories and possibilities you might consider, I’ll bet none of you thought of the simple jellyfish. One jellyfish in particular has discovered the perfect...
Kuching’s colonial heritage
Fort Margherita. Pic: Aron Paul (Wikimedia Commons). Kuching – Explore the narrow streets filled with Chinese shophouses, the Astana and Fort Margherita in Sarawak’s most beguiling city. The most populous city and capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, Kuching is a beautiful and clean city with an intriguing history and a captivating character. Known as “Cat City” due to the similarity of the city’s name with the Malay word for cat (kucing), Kuching residents have embraced...
Help the people of Kiribati – Through music
The Republic of Kiribati is a small island nation located in the Pacific Ocean. It is considered one of the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, due to its geographical features: it is low-lying and tropical, with soil not highly suitable for agriculture. It is also a poor nation whose lucrative natural resources were long ago used up by British colonial powers. Now the main threat posed to Kiribati – as with other vulnerable Pacific island nations like the...
Radiation from Fukushima discovered in California kelp
About a month after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, radioactive particles were detected in giant kelp samples off the California coast. The level 7 nuclear incident resulted from the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region around Fukushima, Japan in March of 2011. In a recent study California State University marine biologists tested giant kelp up and down the coastline of the state, from Laguna Beach to Santa Cruz, and found radioactive iodine, suggesting that radiation that leaked...
Nigeria faces Gulf-sized oil spills every year
Large spills in Nigeria are routine, and oil companies go largely unpunished for destroying the local environment as well as poisoning the human population. Some of the damage is due to actions by rebel groups and criminals, who attack pipelines, but rusty old pipes continually leak oil, while gas flares both waste a valuable natural resource as well as release toxic pollution and greenhouse gasses. In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms...
The next Great Flood of Paris – a question of time
In January 1910 the Seine River burst its banks and water streamed into the streets of Paris, entering the city's basements and Métro tunnels. Now, the Great Flood's 100-year anniversary may inspire quaint feelings of nostalgia among some residents of the City of Light, but it should also be cause for concern. Another comparable flood could happen again at any time. 'But the Great Flood lingers without difficulty in the collective consciousness here—and these iconic photographs of a classical Paris submerged...
Farewell Wangari Maathai – Nobel winner dies in Nairobi
Throat cancer has claimed the life of one of Africa’s and indeed the world’s luminaries of environmental and human rights activism. Wangari Maathai, Kenya’s founder of the Green Belt Movement, has died from throat cancer at the age of 71. The Green Belt Movement combined ecological causes with social justice issues and planted 20-30 million trees on the African continent. In 2004 Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism on behalf of the environment,...
London’s iconic black cab goes electric
photo by shining.darkness (Flickr CC) The hackney carriage, better known as a black cab, has been synonymous with London for around 100 years. Though they've changed design over the years, becoming less spacious in the process, black cabs are still recognizable. Now they've gone electric. A Nissan electric black cab, which looks a bit like a mix between a soccer mom's minivan and a traditional black cab (4 door saloon car), is set to hit London streets as early as next year. From...
Japan tsunami/earthquake update: Help rescue animals
There have been many victims of this month’s earthquake and resultant tsunami disaster in northern Japan. The loss of human life, livelihood and property is immense and the suffering continues. Less attention has been given to the countless animals – wild, domestic and livestock – who have also suffered and are still in dire need of help. The title of this post has two meanings because there are two categories of help. There are still many animals stranded in or facing...
View all articles
You can also log in to post a comment.