China community action

China is the most populous nation on Earth. It covers a massive land area There is both great poverty and great wealth there. It is a nominally communist nation - largely free market in practice, but access to information is restricted and government regulation is extensive in many areas, notably the one child policy for reducing population growth.

China is investing large amounts in sustainable technologies such as solar energy, as well as low-carbon technologies such as carbon capture and storage. However, it continues to build large numbers of coal-fired power plants.

Sustainability initiatives

• Friends of Nature FON, Friends of Nature FON (En)
• Friends of the Earth (HK) (Hong Kong), wikipedia:Friends of the Earth (HK)
• Global Environmental Institute (GEI)

Initiatives by topic

Biodiversity

Wikipedia: Biodiversity in China - Wildlife of China

Climate action

Wikipedia: Climate change in China - China Carbon Forum

Community and voluntary action

Wikipedia: List of charities in China - List of NGOs in China

Community energy

Wikipedia: Renewable energy in the People's Republic of China, Wind power in China, Solar power in China

Cycling activism

Citizens data initiative: China has the greatest number of bike share systems for a single country (237 in total) (September 2015) ^[1]

Environment quality

Desertification in China

Wikipedia: China Pollution Map Database, Electronic waste in China, Water resources of the People's Republic of China, Water supply and sanitation in the People's Republic of China

Food activism

Urban agriculture in Beijing, China

Urban agriculture in Shenzhen, China

chinese language websites for city farmers, from City Farmer News

Solar cooking resources in China

Open spaces

Wikipedia:Protected areas of China

Social inclusion

Wikipedia:Poverty in China

Sustainable transport activism

Wikipedia: Rapid transit in the People's Republic of China, Waterways in China

Urban sustainability

Wikipedia: Urbanization in China, Sustainable city article lists five examples in China

News and comment

See separate article: China news

Resources

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Chinese-language homepage of its website.
• United Nations Development Programme China

Calendar

Regular events: China Green Drinks, listings for 7 cities

Community resources

Chaihuo Maker Space, Shenzhen

New workshop - XinCheJian, Hackerspace in Shanghai

Maps

commons:Atlas of the People's Republic of China - China pollution map

Video

more video: China Green, multimedia enterprise, documenting China’s environmental issues

Interwiki links

Wikipedia: China, Environmental issues in China, Transport in China,

Hong Kong: Conservation in Hong Kong, Ecology of Hong Kong, Nature centres in Hong Kong, Transport in Hong Kong, Water supply and sanitation in Hong Kong

External links

via List of Ashden Award winners, winners in China from 2006 - 2008

wikipedia:List of Ashden Award winners, winner from USA/China in 2009