Last days in Hong Kong, camping on the southern island of Po Toi. Local fisheries have collapsed in recent years, and many locals have had to leave to search for work elsewhere. Nature is retaking the land, and it has become a popular place for weekend campers Continue reading Out of Guangzhou: Images from the Road
Pictured above: Me, Li Luying (黎璐英) and Li Qiang (李强 ) , taking a break from the road near Huaihua (怀化) Three cars roll down out of the Hunan countryside, their lines bold and new. Golden hour sunlight warms three fresh coats of wax. The leader, bluebird against the unblemished white of its followers, pumps pop music out … Continue reading The Twisted, Hopeful World of Chinese Electric Vehicles
Pictured above: Michael Lai, a Hong Kong activist with 350.org, in front of the famous Star Ferry Activists often struggle at the borders of hope and despair, fraught by the seeming indifference of the public and the necessary limitations of pragmatism. Here, Michael Lai, a Hong Kong activist currently involved with the local 350.org chapter, weaves together stories … Continue reading Cassandra: Thoughts on Climate and Credulity from a Hong Kong Activist
The release of Pope Francis’s encyclical (full text) on the environment, Laudato Si, has created a furor that has caught both environmental and theological circles off-guard. This sudden interest may be a sign of growing disillusionment with our globalized, consumerist lifestyle, but the pontiff also extends a direct invitation to all readers of the letter: Now, faced as we are … Continue reading The Pope’s Encyclical: Joining the Conversation
Environmental triage is particularly difficult in China, which can be afflicted by drought, floods, dust storms, and pollution disasters in a single week. That is not the only reason this is no ordinary developing nation. China is a 3,000-year-old civilization in the body of an industrial teenager; a mega-rich, dirt-poor, overpopulated, underresourced, ethnically diverse mass … Continue reading When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save Mankind — Or Destroy it
Make it this one: http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/may/27/why-india-is-captured-by-carbon David Rose demystifies the seeming hypocrisy of India PM Modi’s Environmental message. As with many developing countries, enforcement of environmental protections is an open question and the obvious weak point in any potential environmental advances for India. The biologist in me is highly skeptical that covering exhausted coal mines and replanting … Continue reading If you read one piece of climate-related reporting this month…
This is a message to everyone who’s followed me so far. I’m currently about 2 months from the end of a year of teaching in Hunan Province in China—and two months away from the wide open road. This summer, I’ll bike more than 2,500 km across China in the first phase of the project that … Continue reading T-minus 2 Months: My Climate Story, A Sketch of My Message
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/05/07/the-gops-widening-effort-to-stop-environmental-policies-by-targeting-science/ http://www.npr.org/2015/05/11/404200241/two-guys-in-paris-aim-to-charm-the-world-into-climate-action Continue reading GOP targets science (WP); “Two Guys In Paris Aim To Charm The World Into Climate Action” (NPR)
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/28/end-of-the-car-age-how-cities-outgrew-the-automobile?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it Can you advocate for a car-free future? What’s the best way to green a city? http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/06/dangers-ecogentrification-best-way-make-city-greener?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it Continue reading End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile
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