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China’s Great Wall is Crumbling Due to Mining

October 22, 2011

The Great Wall of China. Photo: Matt Barber / Creative Commons.

China’s rapid push to develop the country’s resources is now threatening its most iconic landmark. According to recent reports, both legal and illegal

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Define "Home" Anywhere: Mobile Crate Furniture, Kitchen, Bedroom Etc. By Naihan Li

October 19, 2011

Photos: Naihan Li

What’s in the box? As we move from static, consumption-driven lifestyles to living with portability, flexibility and “less is more,” it’s fascinating to see how thoughtful design can bring this vital ethic to bear. We’ve seen transfo…

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The Ancient Tradition of Fishing With Cormorants on China’s River Li

October 14, 2011

Sitting on a bamboo raft, with his birds at his side, the man listens to the lapping of the water. The age-old tradition of cormorant fishing in amazing images…

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Unit 731: The Horrors of the Asian Auschwitz

October 13, 2011

In Japan’s so-called ‘Asian Auschwitz’, a top secret bio-weapons facility operational during World War Two, people were experimented upon in truly horrific ways.

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China To Begin Additional Taxes On Fossil Fuel Production, Rare Earths Mining

October 11, 2011

It’s not exactly a carbon tax, but it’s a step in the right direction: AP reports that China will begin a nationwide tax on oil, natural gas, rare earth elements, salt, and other metals–with the estimated $615-770 million a year raised used to “help…

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Walmart Faces Trouble in China For Selling Fake "Organic" Pork

October 10, 2011

Image: Bill Lehane via flickr

Walmart stores in southwest China’s Chongqing have been forced to close following allegations that they have been labeling non-organic pork as organic and selling it at a higher price. There’s speculation that the incide…

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Eco-Friendly Products: B. Toys Zany Zoo Wooden Activity Cube

October 3, 2011

B. Toys has sent us products before, and I felt the company’s eco-friendly promotion was borderline greenwashing.  I am pleased to say the company has improved with this toy, and I love the Zany Zoo Wooden Activity Cube we were sent. Play as you please! There’s so much to do! Doors to open, friends to [...]

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Massive Chinese-Backed Dam on Irrawaddy River Halted by Burma’s Government

September 30, 2011

The Irrawaddy River just south of the proposed dam site, photo: Wikipedia.

One day after Brazil’s hotly protested Belo Monte dam is halted by court order, another massive hydropower project is halted, on the other side of the world and by a governmen…

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Eco-Friendly Products: Color Klean Kanteen Wide Mouth Insulated Stainless Steel Drinking Bottles

September 30, 2011

On one of my early reviews of Klean Kanteen, I remember a commenter warning me about putting tea in these stainless steel bottles for my kids. Obviously, I didn’t put boiling water in and then hand it to my child, but stainless steel does transfer heat and cold quickly. The solution: the Klean Kanteen insulated [...]

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China’s Per Capita Emissions May Overtake Those in US by 2017 – Now Same As Italy’s

September 28, 2011

photo: Saad Akhtar/CC BY

China became the largest national carbon emitter in 2007, overtaking the US. Last summer China also became the world’s largest consumer of energy. Currently its per capita carbon footprint (6.8 tons) is roughly similar to tha…

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