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The Sustainable Shanghai (mini) Shopping Tour. Day 5.
Sustainable shopping in Shanghai? You betcha. Continue reading
Does one rotton apple spoil the supply chain? Yes. Think suicide when you look at your PDA. (Sustainabile Shanghai Day 4 Part 4)
Then Richard told me something that challenged my entire American activisty way of thinking. “Their supply chain is rotten~ Apple outsources their entire production of iPhones, iPads, iTouch, and other gadgets to Foxconn, so they don’t own it. “It” being the production of the products… the labor hiring, processes, supplier selection .. the fundamentals of the supply chain. Continue reading
Posted in activism, china, climate change, environment, sustainability, sustainable shanghai
Tagged apple, china, CSR, foxconn, foxconn suicides, over population, rethink shanghai, richard brubaker, shanghai, sustainable china virtual tour, sustainable shanghai, travel writing, urban migration
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Send your e-waste to China. No really, it might be good for the planet. (Sustainable Shanghai Day 4 part 3)
Activists & legislation says we shouldn’t be sending our e-waste to China. Meet Adam Minter, who says there no place better on the planet to send e-waste. Continue reading
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Tagged adam minter, china, e-waste, shanghi scrap, sustainable
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Reclaiming China’s Future: Greennovate Teaches a Rising Middle Class Not to Over Consume: Sustainable Shanghai Day 4 Part 2
How do you teach China’s rising middle class that they can’t replicate the Western model of consumption? Greennovate is trying to crack that nut. Continue reading
Sustainable Shanghai Day 4 (part 1) Factories blowing up & public official executed: all before my morning coffee
Making a map of China’s green scene starts with a story about factories getting blown up for breaking environmental laws. Fact or Fiction? Continue reading
Sustainable Shanghai Day 3: Over Population, The World is Our Oyster, and The World Expo
Video tours of World Expo: The GM Pavilion, Italian Pavilion and the UK Pavilion! And the affects of over population on my feet, and GM’s vision for future cities that run without cars. Continue reading
Sustainable Shanghai Day 2: First lesson in over population: Elbows up
Day 2 in Shanghai, survival tactics in an over populated city, a view from the highest observation deck in on the planet, insight into an architects wet dream, and burning man meets blade runner. Continue reading
Posted in china, climate change, environment, green, news, sustainability, travel writing
Tagged china, go green initiative, jill buck, over population, rethink shanghai, shanghai, sustainable china virtual tour, sustainable shanghai, travel writing, urban migration, word financial building
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Sustainable Shanghai: Day 1: Entry. And a glimpse into the vision of carbon neutral cities
When I flip through the memory banks of what I know about China, it is almost all negative. So I appreciated that my first moments in Shanghai included a conversation with Dr. Zhao Gang about his vision for carbon neutral cities. Continue reading
Sustainable China Virtual tour magically transforms into the Sustainable Shanghai Virtual Tour
So the idea started out simple enough. I was going to coordinate the sustainability segment into the Rethink Shanghai section of the Geeks on a Plane Conference. But my brother was scheduled to graduate from college on the same day … Continue reading
Ingredients for earth day: 1 cup listening to the enemy, 2 teaspoons of radical love, 3 pounds of self reliance
I am about to break the party line. Forgive me in advance. For the past 5 years I have studied what motivates people to engage with addressing the state of the environment. I have developed a kind of recipe if you will, information, instigation, inspiration, and a distinct absence of blame or guilt.
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Posted in activism, climate change, environment, global warming, green, love, organic gardening, random thoughts
Tagged activism, dairy industry, earth day, environment, graham hill, green, industry, inspiration
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