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2014 International Student Conference on the Environment and Sustainability
Over the past week I had the opportunity to attend the International Student Conference on the Environment and Sustainability at Tongji University in Shanghai. Organized by UNEP and Tongji’s Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development, the goal of the conference was … Continue reading
Suichang Part II: Chinese New Year 2014
As I am sure you can imagine, I was ecstatic to get back in touch with the family from Suichang that I stayed with in 2010 (see previous post), and jumped at the opportunity when they invited me to spend ten … Continue reading
Posted in Zhejiang Province
Tagged rural China, Suichang, tea farming, wwoof china, Zhejiang
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Suichang Part I: A Tea Farm, and my Brief Celebrity as a Local Waitress
For my next 2010 field visit (following Julie’s family in Jiangsu province), I contacted a family that was running a large-scale tea farm; at least, definitely larger than the standard ‘noodle plots’ that rural families are allocated through the village … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Rural Field Visits, Zhejiang Province
Tagged rural China, rural land-use, Suichang, tea farming, wwoof china, Zhejiang
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Zhejiang’s 2013 Youth Environmental Leadership Summit
Coincidentally, just after I wrote my last post I was invited to give a presentation with another current Global College student, Paloma Criollo, and GC staff member, Eoife Huo, at Zhejiang’s ‘Youth Environmental Leadership Summit’ that is organized by the … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged climate change, conferences, environment, UNFCCC, Zhejiang
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China's Rural Land-Use: Notes from the Field 