Toxic Lifen: How Can This Not Change?
I have been to plenty of cities in China that when you get off a plane, you can literally be able to taste the products that a city produces. The grey / yellow sky acts as a backlight in a way as you...
View ArticleStudy of Environmental Health in China.
In this month’s Lancelot, a group of 6 authors have published the 10 page article Environmental health in China: progress towards clean air and safe water, and I would highly recommend readers take...
View ArticleSustainability’s Big Four Questions
As Beijing tallies the costs of the smog that inundated the city this week, economic and social, I thought I would highlight a recent lecture I gave that explored the “Big 4″ questions that people are...
View Article3 Reasons Why Trump is Good for Sustainable Business — In China
In a previous post, we looked at the potential future of energy, environmental, and sustainability under a Trump presidency. In our discussion, we highlighted Trump’s potential impact on the Paris...
View ArticleTo gym, or not to gym? That is the question.
It is a question that many ask themselves as they look out the window to the fresh morning haze over the Shanghai skyline: To exercise, or not to exercise? As the full force of winter hits areas of...
View ArticleFrom China to India: Scaling Sustainable Solutions
Early this year, I took a flight from Mumbai to Shanghai – which included a five-hour, pollution-related delay in Delhi. During the whole time in the air, it was only over the Himalayas that I saw the...
View ArticleThree of the Top Concerns for Chinese Citizens in 2017
Last week, President Xi Jinping attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Businesses, world leaders, NGOs, and think tanks used the forum to forecast concerns, offer international...
View ArticleDonations in China, Government Priorities, Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs...
As always, we hope you find these questions and answers useful, possibly gain some new insights, and feel compelled or inspired to ask questions of your own! Enjoy Episode 003 below, check out the full...
View ArticleSmog in China: Wind Patterns and Pollution
Air pollution is on everyone’s radar, not just in China, but throughout the world. Recent news pieces are beginning to expose the extent to which air pollution is becoming a truly global problem. From...
View ArticleChina Renews Its Commitment to Battle Air Pollution
“People are desperately hoping for faster progress to improve air quality. We will make our skies blue again.” These are the words of a commitment made by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the start of the...
View ArticleCatalysts for Change and Solving China’s Air Pollution Crisis |...
Following up on a question posed by a viewer of Episode 005, and this weekend’s announcement by China’s Premier Li KeQiang that China needed to do more to clean the air, this entire episode was...
View ArticleChina’s Airpocalypse: Why London’s Playbook Won’t Work.
“Beijing’s pollution is bad, but they’ll clean their air just like London did …” In 1952, the five-day Great Smog of London killed more than 12,000 people and made over 150,000 people ill. It was an...
View ArticleBike Sharing: The Business Case for Sustainable Mobility
An illustration of the potential future of China’s growing vehicle ownership rates. Graphic Credit: Collective Responsibility As millions of China’s growing middle class have become new car owners,...
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