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1 China’s Grey Revolution

2 China Environment Forum Convener, Information Clearinghouse, Matchmaker Cooperative Competitors: Building New US-China Clean Energy Networks Choke Point: China Exploring the Water-Energy Nexus Environmental & Energy Governance

3 Exploring China’s Grey Revolution (a.k.a the Environmental Movement)  Failure of Top-Down Pollution Control Policies: Sparks Laws and Other Efforts to Create Political Space for Citizens and NGOs  Expansion of Bottom-Up Eco-Warriors: Chinese NGOs, International NGOs, Journalists, Laobaixing, & Students (& GONGOs?)  Challenges Facing Chinese NGOs

4 Xiaoxing textile mill Source: Edward Burtynsky

5 Source: china-sourcing-agent.com

6 Source: chesamelnewsblog.com

7 Source: pictobank.com

8 Source: businessinsider.com

9 Source: indiatransportportal.com

10 Source: cargocycling.com Beijing’s Airpocalypse

11 Gansu Source: Associated Press

12 Rivers Run Red, Green, Denim Blue.... ~35% Rivers Grade IV, V & V+ 300+ Million Lack Access to Clean Water

13 Guanqiao Lake Source: themysteryworld.com

14 Jiangxi province Source: Associated Press

15 Guiyu E-waste Source: thetechnologicalcitizen.com Unseen Groundwater Contamination

16 Reuters/China Daiily.. (March 31, 2013) : If you Think China’s Air is Bad you Should see the Water, Business Insider. http://www.businessinsider.com/china-water-pollution-2013-3?op=1 Threats to Food Security

17 China’s Watergy Hunger

18 Greenpeace:http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5660-China-s-street-protests-won-t-change-failing-system The True Cost of Coal

19 Mind the Gap Left By Weak Institutions

20 Top-Down Green Revolution

21 Ma Jun IPE Bottom-Up Pressures for Change

22 Promoting Transparency & Empowering the Public

23 Two investigative reports Nanjing-based Green Stone conducted investigation of nearby supplier Apple met with groups in 2011 Apple now conducting audits IPE & Other NGOs Go After Apple

24 Liang Congjie Source: The Guardian

25 NGO Coalitions Undercover Investigations/Tapping News Media Empowering Communities Information Politics Naming and Shaming Supply-Chain Analysis Symbolic Politics Partnering with Businesses “Taking a Walk” Public Interest Lawsuits Harder Hitting Bottom-Up Strategies

26 Story of Two Rivers & Two Journalists Dai Qing Photo Credit: http://www.ires.ubc.ca/2010/11/02/dai-qing/ Wang Yongchen Photo Credit: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841781_1841806,00.html

27 Shi Lihong and Xi Zhinong Source: www.facetofacemedia.ca

28 Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey By Xi Zhinong

29 Liu Jianqiang Source: cawa.fr " As a journalist, my job should be focused on writing a good report. But half of my effort is spent on considering how to get a story past the censors and the likelihood of punishment.”

30 Tiger Leaping Gorge Source: international rivers

31 Information politics Source: chinadigitaltimes.net

32 Symbolic politics Source: Greenpeace

33 Phosphate mining in panda habitat, Sichuan Source: Greenpeace

34 Industrial Water Pollution Campaign Source: Greenpeace

35 Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: vimeo.com

36 Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: Greenpeace

37 Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: cdn.greenprophet.com

38 Image from Greenpeace’s Poisoning the Pearl Report : http://www.greenpeace.org/international/Global/international/planet-2/report/2009/12/poisoning-the-pearl.pdf NRDC’s Clean By Design Initiative Greenpeace China’s Poisoning the Pearl Report Engaging Business

39 NGOs, INGOs, & GONGOs Trying Out Public Interest Law Angle

40 Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims Wang Canfa, CLAPV www.circlofblue.org/reignofsand

41 Reporting on Illegal Gold Mining in Liaoning Province

42 Mind the Gaps  Most Chinese NGOs Small & Unregistered  Competition from GONGOs (Some Help!)  Government Pressure  Funding Dependent on International Orgs (BUT Domestic Funding Increasing)  Many NGOs Led By Charismatic Leader— Questions of Institutionalization  Capacity Challenges

43 Source: New York Times/Associated Press “Taking a Walk” Chengdu, 2008

44 “Taking a walk” Protest in Dalian, 2012 Source: BBC

45 Dalian PX protests Source: Reuters

46 Dalian PX Source: Associated Press

47 Source: globalvoicesonline.com Incinerator Protest in Guangzhou, 2009

48 Source: Associated Press Haining solar panel factor protests, 2011

49 Citizens Filling Waste Recycling Gap


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