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  • Once again, China’s ability to handle a changing climate is being tested. In 2013, rainfall in south China’s Yunnan province dropped 70 percent below average levels. This, combined with similar rainfall decline over the past three years, has turned the once water-abundant region into a much drier place. China is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. An extreme weather event like Yunnan’s... Is China ready for climate change?

    Once again, China’s ability to handle a changing climate is being tested. In 2013, rainfall in south China’s Yunnan province dropped 70 percent below average levels. This, combined with similar rainfall decline over the past three years, has turned the once water-abundant region into a much drier place. China is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. An extreme weather event like Yunnan’s…

  • SHANGHAI — China will soon begin its grand experiment to rein in climate change, using the nation’s regionwide carbon markets as the building blocks for what could become the world’s second-largest emissions trading market. Four out of seven Chinese pilot regions — Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin and Hubei — have issued their versions of cap-and-trade plans for greenhouse gas emissions. While... MARKETS: China nears launch of large emissions trading pilot programs

    SHANGHAI — China will soon begin its grand experiment to rein in climate change, using the nation’s regionwide carbon markets as the building blocks for what could become the world’s second-largest emissions trading market. Four out of seven Chinese pilot regions — Shanghai, Guangdong, Tianjin and Hubei — have issued their versions of cap-and-trade plans for greenhouse gas emissions. While…

  • Do you know what goes into making ONE shirt? Few people consider the underlying natural and human resources embedded into our clothing, including water, energy, chemicals, labour, and transport. Check out this Fashion Lifecycle video by Redress to see what goes into making your shirt. You’re sure to think twice the next time you design, devour or discard a garment... Do you know what goes into making ONE shirt?

    Do you know what goes into making ONE shirt? Few people consider the underlying natural and human resources embedded into our clothing, including water, energy, chemicals, labour, and transport. Check out this Fashion Lifecycle video by Redress to see what goes into making your shirt. You’re sure to think twice the next time you design, devour or discard a garment…

  • Fairglobe is pleased to offer SMART special in accordance with the coming World Fair Trade Day on May 11, 2013. ALL products in the SMART special are fair trade certified. Many of the products are also organic certified, which is good for your health while nurturing a healthy, sustainable society. Nine Special Offers! Sale products are as follows: Divine Chocolate... SMART Sale Good Deals for Green Drinkers

    Fairglobe is pleased to offer SMART special in accordance with the coming World Fair Trade Day on May 11, 2013. ALL products in the SMART special are fair trade certified. Many of the products are also organic certified, which is good for your health while nurturing a healthy, sustainable society. Nine Special Offers! Sale products are as follows: Divine Chocolate…

  • Cutting waste out of fashion The EcoChic Design Award is a sustainable fashion design competition challenging emerging fashion designers to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste. The 2013 cycle is open to designers in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, UK, France, Belgium and Germany. Following months of inspired design and rigorous judging, eight finalists will compete for career-changing... The EcoChic Design Award 2013

    Cutting waste out of fashion The EcoChic Design Award is a sustainable fashion design competition challenging emerging fashion designers to create mainstream clothing with minimal textile waste. The 2013 cycle is open to designers in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, UK, France, Belgium and Germany. Following months of inspired design and rigorous judging, eight finalists will compete for career-changing…

  • Living with Dangerliving with danger China is the world’s largest phosphate fertilizer producer. In its current state it is at serious overcapacity. By the end of 2011 this colossal phosphate fertilizer industry has left the country with 300 million tons of phosphogypsum, an industrial by-product that contains a variety of harmful chemicals.Living with Danger China is the world’s largest phosphate... Living with Danger

    Living with Dangerliving with danger China is the world’s largest phosphate fertilizer producer. In its current state it is at serious overcapacity. By the end of 2011 this colossal phosphate fertilizer industry has left the country with 300 million tons of phosphogypsum, an industrial by-product that contains a variety of harmful chemicals.Living with Danger China is the world’s largest phosphate…