点废成绿 Greening the Beige (GtB) is an eco-minded arts collective and not-for-profit community network dedicated to nurturing awareness of environmental issues. 点废成绿 GtB promotes and celebrates earth friendly artists and organizations in Beijing.
"Why are we being forced to choose between the economy and the environment? We tend to forget that without an environment we would not have an economy, as everything we consume and I mean everything comes from our environment."
~ Franke James (contemporary artist, photographer, writer)
Beijing's landfills are getting full fast! Reduce the "trash" you throw away by purchasing products with minimal packaging. Look for reusable, recyclable, and biodegrable items and remember to carry your reusable shopping bags!
What a day, what a day!
At precisely 12:30pm we started out with a human 350 formation at the Bell & Drum Tower park, joined by 50 students from the China Youth Climate Action Network, plus the office team from Future Generations China/The Green Long March, with support from the China Charity Challenge team, before hopping on our bikes to launch the 350 Beijing Green Train! Somewhere around 200 riders participated in this critical mass bike ride through the heart of Beijing.
Our 10km route finished outside the Temple of Heaven at the Museum of Natural History for the "Climate Action Carnival", hosted by Roots & Shoots - Jane Goodall Institute China (100 students from around the nation hosted Climate Change workshops) with guest speakers from the EU-China Biodiversity Programme, Oxfam China, and special trick bike performances from Natooke (www.natooke.com), the Children's Academy of Artistic Dance, Sustainable John and his mad crew dropping climate action rhymes (www.chinasgreenbeat.com), and The Carbon Cube project presented by GtB -- all aimed to address climate change, carbon footprint reduction, environmental rehabilitation and sustainability.
All my green love and thanks to the 350 Beijing Green Train Captains, the hundreds of riders that got onboard, the Roots & Shoots Climate Action Carnival organizers, participating speakers, all the student workshop leaders, the Carbon Cube crew, painters, and muralists Qiao Wanhua and Ross C. Harris, Natooke trick bike performers, Federico and Ines, the Dai Minority Dance Instructers from the Children's Academy of Artistic Dance, China's Green Beat, WeLiveInBeijing.com and all of our stellar photographers and tight film crew. Metomentoes from today's actions are right here at
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From Beijng to Copenhagen, and around and back again, I'm signing off with a wish for us all to spend our energy more greenly.
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| INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION 国际气候行动日 |
Photos by 刘润来
