友情链接 Green Allies, Friends and Supporters - 2009

Beijing Playhouse
www.beijingplayhouse.com
Beijing Playhouse, China's English Broadway Theatre, has presented such Broadway favorites as the musical Guys and Dolls, Love Letters, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Neil Simon's hilarious comedy The Odd Couple, and the annual holiday tradition A Christmas Carol. Beijing Playhouse has donated 2 tickets to this December's opening of 'The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge' to the GtB'3 Silent Auction on November 21st. 北京剧场作为中国的一个英文百老汇剧场，已经演出了许多脍炙人口的百老汇的音乐剧，如《红男绿女》、《情书》、Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, 尼尔•西蒙的喜剧《欢喜冤家》以及年度节日传统剧《圣诞颂歌》。

Burners Without Borders
http://www.burnerswithoutborders.org
Burners Without Borders (BWB) is a grassroots, volunteer-driven, community leadership organization whose goal is to unlock the creativity of local communities to solve problems and bring about meaningful change. Founded by Burners (Burning Man participants) who instinctively gathered in the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone to help those who couldn't help themselves, BWB has grown into a dynamic international, volunteer organization made possible by the generous financial support of the community and an army of highly creative volunteers.

China Youth Climate Action Network
www.cycan.org
CYCAN is the abbreviation of China Youth Climate Action Network. Established in August 2007, CYCAN is composed of 7 active youth environmental organizations whose merits and resources in dealing with climate change are integrated.

CYCAN has always paid close attention to global-warming issues and the important role played by Chinese youth in it, in the hope of directing young students to take down-to-earth measures in coping with concrete problems. Meanwhile, CYCAN makes full use of the network platform to seek a new mode for Chinese youth to carry out programs of the same kind and scientifically promote the programs concerning climate change.

CYCAN aims at a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emission in pilot higher education institutions (HEIs) in China before 2012, thus facilitating construction of resource-saving campuses and materializing the national objective of energy saving and emission reduction.

CYCAN是中国青年应对气候变化行动网络成立于2007年8月，由活跃在中国七个不同的青年环境组织，结合各自应对气候变化优势资源组合而成。

CYCAN关注全球气候变化以及中国青年在此所能发挥的重要作用，希望能够引领中国青年开展切实的行动应对气候变化；以开设应对气候变化行动网络平台为契机，寻求中国青年开展此类项目的新模式，并科学推广有关气候变化的项目，到2012年以试点高校减排20%的目标和实际行动，推动资源节约型校园建设及国家节能减排的目标。

Climate Changes Art
http://www.climatechangesart.org
The purpose of ClimateChangesArt is to help artists respond to climate change, and to help their voices to be heard. The facts of climate change are clear, pointing to the imminent dangers of human's impact on the planet. This organization calls on artists, the communicators of the world, to help people to understand climate change in both literal and emotional ways. GtB3 will present Beijing-made versions of the Climate Changes Art "Carbon Cube" during its 3rd Annual Event series, November 21-28th. Come and check it inside-out!

Club Football
http://www.clubfootball.com.cn
ClubFootball is the biggest organization for junior soccer coaching academies and Men’s 5 a-Side leagues in Beijing. Open to teams and players of all abilities leagues are held at Chaoyang Park and Side Park from Tuesdays to Thursdays.

ClubFootball coaching programmes are open to boys and girls aged 4 to 18 of all playing levels. Classes are held in an English-language environment, with a Chinese assistant coach also present where required. ClubFootball builds a passion for football and developing on-the-pitch skills and knowledge, courses emphasize the principles of teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership. Above all, courses are fun!

Club Football is participating in GtB'3 by sponsoring Green Pub Quiz prizes in hopes to raise awareness of the beneficial health and green aspects of playing football in a clean and green environment.

万国群星足球俱乐部是北京最大的青少年足球培训机构，它还承办成人五人制足球联赛，周二到周四的三天时间我们在朝阳公园和四得公园等多块不同的场地为不同水平的足球爱好者提供着最优质的服务。

万国群星青少年足球培训项目是面对4到18岁开放的足球培养计划。课程在全英语授课的环境下展开，面对不同基础的孩子们，我们适时地提供中文助教。我们致力于培养孩子对于足球的兴趣，锻炼孩子在球场内外的意志品质和基本足球理念，课程强调团队协作和运动精神，培养孩子的主人翁精神和领袖气质。最重要的是让大家享受足球的快乐。

唤醒参加足球运动的人们对于公共健康和绿色环保意识的重要性，使足球运动本身成为一项清洁环保的体育健身活动。

Environmental Education Media Project for China
www.eempc.org
The Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) is dedicated to continuous research and collaborative learning in environmental, sustainable development, and public health subjects; and to producing, gathering and distributing high quality audio-visual materials to supportpublic awareness of these crucial issues. On July 18, 2009, two films by the EEMPC were shown at DESERT DANCE, a Benefit Without Borders Event for Greening the Beige: "The Lessons of the Loess Plateau" and "A Line In the Sand"(http://www.earthshope.org). Following this series, on November 27th GtB'3 will feature a special premiere screening of "Hope in a Changing Climate" focused on ecosystem rehabilitation and poverty reduction working relief projects spanning from Asia to Africa. http://www.hopeinachangingclimate.org.cn

Future Generations China: The Green Long March
www.greenlongmarch.org
FutureGenerations is a non-profit educational institution founded in 1992 that teaches and enables a process of equitable community change that integrates environmental conservation with development. Since the 1980s, FutureGenerations/CHINA has initiated and developed many community-based programs in the Tibet Autonomous Region. In 2007, FutureGenerations/CHINA partnered with Beijing Forestry University to launch the Green Long March, a youth-based campaign to spread conservation awareness and practices across China and produce lasting change at the community level.

The Global Environmental Institute (GEI)
www.geichina.org
GEI is a Chinese non-profit, non-governmental organization that was established in Beijing, China in 2004. With a central office in Beijing, GEI now has three regional offices in Sichuan, Tibet, and Sri Lanka. Our mission is to design and implement market-based models for solving environmental problems in order to achieve development that is economically, ecologically, and socially sustainable.

The Hua Dan Project
www.hua-dan.org
Hua Dan is a Beijing based non-profit organisation dedicated to enabling the personal, social and economic empowerment of China’s rural and migrant population through participation in and leadership of inspirational arts-based projects. Hua Dan currently has several projects up and running in the migrant community in Beijing and an Earthquake Relief Project in Sichuan. Each uses the power of participatory theatre as means to help people build self-esteem, enhance human relationships and bring about healing. Since its foundation in 2004 by Hong Kong born British woman, Caroline Watson, Hua Dan has acted as a leader in China for bringing high quality, participatory arts and creative practise into marginalised communities as a tool for positive change at both the individual and societal level. Hua Dan believes their work has significant impact in changing the way that people think about their role in society, giving them the capacity to express their ideas and feelings, collaborate with others and become agents for change in their lives and the lives of others.

The Hutong School
www.hutong-school.com
The Hutong School was founded in April 2005 in response to the growing demand of Western students, graduates and young professionals for internships and Chinese language courses in Beijing. The Hutong School supports Greening the Beige as a positive initiative to help the global battle against environmental threats. Chinese instructors from The Hutong School are designing a special Language Workshop for the November 26, Green Cocktail Social event at Napa Bar & Restaurant.

iF Juice 如果
Best fresh juice in town! Sandwiches and seasonable salads available, too.
Open daily, Bldg 11, Central Park, 6 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie, Chaoyang District 朝阳区朝外大街6号新城国际11号楼14号商铺, tel 010 6533 6569

Kocoon Spa Lounge and Elixirs
www.kocoonspalounge.com
Kocoon is a boutique day spa for men and women created from the shared passion of a mother and daughter. Our mission is to make a difference in the quality of peoples’ lifestyles so that they can reveal their best personal self and by providing superior services in the most sanitary environment and friendly atmosphere. What defines Kocoon is personalized service. Our attention to detail and our holistic approach. We host educational workshops and offer natural therapies such as Reiki, Chakra balancing and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Natooke
www.natooke.com
This fixed gear bike shop & juggling equipment shop in the heart of Beijing (China) is very unique! It is a place to come and relax as well as hang out while chatting about urban cycling or juggling and performances. Natooke is also known as "The Green Banana", which GtB fully loves! Visit their shop in a peaceful Chinese traditional Hutong just a 2 minute walk away from the Lama Temple Subway Station.

Pecha Kucha Beijing
www.pkbj.org
Pecha Kucha is a global yet local non-profit discussion platform, hosting events in more than 185 cities worldwide. Specialists and creative people from various fields of work are invited to talk 6min40sec each, showing 20 images to explain their work to you. The sole purpose: to make you wiser than you already are. Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global - as Pecha-Kucha night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over a dozen cities across the world.

Pechakucha 是世界范围及地区性的非盈利讨论平台,已在全球185个城市 开展活动.来自不同领域的专家和创意人将向您展示20张照片并在6分40秒之内向您解释他们的作品.其宗旨为:使您变得比现在更具智慧. 不必与杂志编辑热络就能便利地,非正式地展示创造性工作的论坛的需 求.这种需求看来是全球性的—正如 Pecha-Kucha 之,无需任何推广,已经自动传播到世界各地的十多个城市.

Roots & Shoots – Jane Goodall Insitute China
www.jgichina.org
The Jane Goodall Institute China works to advance the power of individuals to take informed and compassionate action to improve the environment for all living things; and strives to create healthy ecosystems, promote sustainable livelihoods and nurture new generations of committed, active citizens. In promoting this mission, we focus in China on implementation of the Roots & Shoots Program.

Roots & Shoots is the global youth program of the Jane Goodall Institute. Through Roots & Shoots, young people take positive action to make the world a better place for animals, the environment and for the human community. With tens of thousands of members in almost 100 countries, the Roots & Shoots network connects youth of all ages who share a common desire to help make our world a better place. This powerful, youth-driven network fosters an environment where young people and adults alike come together to share ideas and inspiration, implement successful community service projects and participate in special events and global campaigns. The program is designed to be youth driven and emphasizes the principle that knowledge leads to compassion, which inspires action. Groups select service projects after they have surveyed their communities to better understand local issues and problems.

Seven Horns LLC
www.7horns.com
7 Horns LLC is incorporated in the State of New York as an artist's agency representing international works for distribution through alternative channels: We run a post-production studio in Beijing where we edit documentary footage, add effects, and translate / subtitle a variety of video for our own concerns and for a number of established clients. We care about each project as we care about the audience; as we care about art. Every media distribution company has a responsibility to their culture and society to maintain the standards of quality set by the artists they represent. 7 Horns has provided curatorial, subtitling, and management support for the green film screening events at GtB from 2007 to present. Seven Horns is also the primary sponsor behind the New Beijing International Movie Week series of events, www.beijingfilmfest.org

Shangrila Farms
http://www.shangrilafarms.com.cn/
Our friends at Shangrila Farms helped perk us up and fuel the opening night of GtB'3. We heart their fair trade certified "green" coffee beans grown in the "pristine and protected mountain environment with fresh air and water". 可口绿色中国咖啡!

Stitch-n-Bitch
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stitchnbitch_beijing/
This group is to encourage the gathering of gals (& guys if you like) to come together over crocheting, knitting, needlepoint or whatever hand craft you'd like to do whilst solving the world's problems.这个小团体旨在鼓励姐妹们（兄弟们想加入也欢迎！）的聚会，大家聚在一起针织、编织、钩针或者是任何什么你感兴趣的手工艺，顺便谈论国际大事指点江山!

Vegan Hut
www.vegan-hut.com
An ideal alternative to Pizza Hut and tasty GtB favorite, the first vegan center in China is located in Beijing, at Jianwai SOHO, open 7 days a week. Operating primarily as a sit-down, affordable, fully vegan restaurant, the center also features a fresh juice bar, mini-organic supermarket, library, and nutritional seminar/event space.
外卖中餐，即将开业：早餐，蔬果巴，有机素食超市,中餐 晚餐 下午茶.素食环保，有机健康；开始吃素，加入环保!

World Health Store (WHS)
http://www.worldhealthstore.com.cn/en/
World Health Store is a foreign owned and managed health store offering imported health and environmentally friendly products such as vitamins, packaged organics, sports nutrition, natural beauty care and eco-friendly options. The flagship retail store is located in the CBD of Beijing with a second location in Shunyi district. The Beijing staff is fluent in English and Chinese, having over 85 cumulative years of domestic and international experience in the health, wellness and fitness industries.

World Wildlife Fund China
www.wwfchina.org
Since it was founded in 1961, WWF has become one of the world's largest and most effective independent organizations dedicated to the conservation of nature. WWF now operates in around 100 countries, supported by nearly 5,200,000 people worldwide. WWF has been active in China on the conservation of giant panda and its habitats since 1980, when it was invited by Chinese government as the first international NGO to work on nature conservation. In 1996, WWF opened its Beijing office and then set up its presence in eight other cities across priority eco-regions in China. Today, WWF CPO (China Programme Office) has a staff of more than 90 working on conservation programmes, such as species, forests, freshwater and marine, climate and energy, education for sustainable development, wildlife trade and scientific development and international policy.
WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature by:
● conserving the world's biological diversity
● ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable
● promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption.