China’s Grey Revolution

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

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

Xiaoxing textile mill Source: Edward Burtynsky

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Source: cargocycling.com Beijing’s Airpocalypse

Gansu Source: Associated Press

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

Guanqiao Lake Source: themysteryworld.com

Jiangxi province Source: Associated Press

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

Reuters/China Daiily.. (March 31, 2013) : If you Think China’s Air is Bad you Should see the Water, Business Insider. Threats to Food Security

China’s Watergy Hunger

Greenpeace: The True Cost of Coal

Mind the Gap Left By Weak Institutions

Top-Down Green Revolution

Ma Jun IPE Bottom-Up Pressures for Change

Promoting Transparency & Empowering the Public

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

Liang Congjie Source: The Guardian

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

Story of Two Rivers & Two Journalists Dai Qing Photo Credit: Wang Yongchen Photo Credit:

Shi Lihong and Xi Zhinong Source:

Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey By Xi Zhinong

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.”

Tiger Leaping Gorge Source: international rivers

Information politics Source: chinadigitaltimes.net

Symbolic politics Source: Greenpeace

Phosphate mining in panda habitat, Sichuan Source: Greenpeace

Industrial Water Pollution Campaign Source: Greenpeace

Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: vimeo.com

Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: Greenpeace

Greenpeace Detox campaign Source: cdn.greenprophet.com

Image from Greenpeace’s Poisoning the Pearl Report : NRDC’s Clean By Design Initiative Greenpeace China’s Poisoning the Pearl Report Engaging Business

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

Center for Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims Wang Canfa, CLAPV

Reporting on Illegal Gold Mining in Liaoning Province

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

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

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

Dalian PX protests Source: Reuters

Dalian PX Source: Associated Press

Source: globalvoicesonline.com Incinerator Protest in Guangzhou, 2009

Source: Associated Press Haining solar panel factor protests, 2011

Citizens Filling Waste Recycling Gap