http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog Green China, make it happen! 绿色中国, 人人有责! Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:07:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ok, I had some time to cook up an eco-rap, which I performed (with the help of beat masters 350 aka Three-Fitty and 环保PANDA) at the International Youth Climate Summit in Beijing a couple weekends ago. Here's the footage...and the lyrics below. Let’s look into the future and see the opportunity Wind turbines ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=43 Well it sure has been awhile since we have posted a new Green Beat, but I promise this is one of our finest works yet (in contains a decent amount of eco-rap). The main reason for our slowdown at Green Beat was because each of the main three green brothers ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=42 In 2004, there was a plan to put 13 dams along the Nu River, one of the most biodiverse regions of China.  The total output of the dams would surpass that of the Three Gorges Dam, and would be used to supply electricity to Southwest China.  Wen Jiabao put a ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=41 Yunnan province in Southwest China is a multicultural, beautiful place and a hotbed of biodiversity. Many rural people rely almost solely on firewood for their energy needs of cooking and heating. Over collection of firewood is the most immediate and significant threat to biodiversity in Northwest Yunnan, because of the ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=39 This new video is also a result of the video training meeting held in Beijing in April. This one comes from our Hong Kong team comprised of Serene Wei Wei Gao, Tennia Yue Zhao, Andrew Stevenson, and Alley Pezanoski-Browne. The video alerts the viewer to the growing problem ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=38 Last time on Sun Zhe's Adventures, our hero lined up some hot dates while touting the advantages of his bike and the bus even in the face of Beijing air pollution and traffic.  This time, he has a new crush, Zhu Ying, who is as green as they come.  Let's ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=37 This episode, produced by Kunming Green Sisters Ouyang and Jenny, tells about "No Car Day". What kind of effect does this once-a-month activity have on the city of Kunming? What do the local people think about it? Watch to find out. 众所周知，9月22日是世界无车日，而昆明是全国首个施行“月月无车日”的城市。自去年9月世界无车日后，昆明就把每月最后一个周六定为无车日。在无车日这天从早上9点到下午5点，共8个小时，主城一环内只对自行车、公共汽车、出租车、特种车辆及其他公共交通车开放。全市公务车一律封存，私家车则遵行车牌尾数为单号的逢单月时可进入一环；逢双月时，则车牌尾数双号可通行。另外，还规定17座以上的客车满座率在50%以上可自由出入禁行区域。 September 22 was "No Car Day" around the world, but ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=36 This new video, produced by Green Sisters Leigh Billings and Tina Hou in Shanghai, was a result of the video training meeting held in Beijing in April. In China, packaging for consumer products is often excessive and gorgeous. Packaging creates a huge amount of waste, how can we get rid of ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=35 Beijing International Theatre & Entertainment (BITE) in conjunction with China's Green Beat will be performing the "Lean, Mean and Green" comedy to entertain audiences as well as to raise awareness about the environmental and business solutions. The hilarious show uses a Reality TV show format to discuss about the environment, ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=32 中外对话和中国绿色脉搏合作绿色视频系列即将与大家见面！ It has been awhile since we have updated our viewers with news or given you new content, but rest assured the Green Brothers have been hard at work the past few months. Our biggest news is that we are now in cooperation with China Dialogue, a premier bilingual site ... http://www.chinasgreenbeat.com/blog/?p=31