The conference
on Disaster Management and Sustainable Development had been
postponed as the reason of the impacts of SARS. Co-organized
by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD)
and Oxfam-Hong Kong, it will be held on August 27-28 in Beijing.MORE
Important
notice: SNISD has moved to Dongxiaolou, Zhongshan Park (
near the east gate of Zhongshan Park).
The new telephone number: 86-10-66050105; 66069810; 66069844;
66055360 and new fax number: 86-10-66050115.
New Energy,
New Hope, a film made by CCTV and SNISD in Sweden and Denmark,
will be broadcast at 3:25 on July 17 Thursday in Man& Nature,
one of the most popular feature programs in CCTV-1.MORE
SNISD
Coordinated A Study Tour to Sweden and Denmark MORE
CCTV
to broadcast three documentaries co-sponsored by SNISD MORE
Two
films about SNISD project in Yunnan to be screened in CCTV MORE
SNISD
worked with CCTV covering UNFCCC COP8 MORE
The
1st Media Forum of Sustainable Development, convened by South-North
Institute for Sustainable Development, was founded on Aug. 7,
2002 in the Orchard Room, Zhongshan Park where the Institute
located. Attendants included both national and local Beijing
media such as China Central Television, China Radio International,
China Electric Power News, Beijing Youth Daily, Beijing Morning
Daily.MORE
TV
programs by SNISD & CCTV shown MORE
Funded
by the Energy Foundation and WWF, Zhan Wanli & Yin Chuntao,
two SNISD program officers, attended training courses concerning
renewable energy in the USA from Jan. 22 through Feb. 9 2002.
MORE
The
Committee of Population, Resources and Environment of China
People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and South-North
Institute for Sustainable Development will host the Workshop
on Promoting Green Electricity in Beijing and Shanghai on Sep
25, 2001, in association with The World Bank, Energy Foundation
and World Wild Fund.MORE
The
21st Century Forum:Forestry & Environmental Protection,2001"
is an ad hoc conference to be held in Beijing on September 4-6,2001.
The conference will be jointly organized by the Committee of
Population, Resources and Environment and the Committee of Foreign
Affairs of the CPPCC National Committee in collaboration with
China's State Environmental Protection Administration and State
Forestry Administration. The theme of the conference is Forestry
& Environmental Protection.Professor Yang Jike made a presentation
of Promoting
Green Electricity In China at the conference.
When
Will the Electricity for Beijing be Coated Green was
published in Shopping Guide, No.657.
The
Millennium Calls for Alternative Fuel of Automobile written
by Chen Qing, director of SNISD, along with the a paper of Wang
Yi, the member of the National Conditions Analysis and Research
Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Zhang
Jiqiang, senior program officer of W. Alton Jones Foundation,
was published in the Economic Daily.
the
31st anniversary of Earth Day Global Village of Beijing commemorated
the 31st anniversary of Earth Day. It issued the first set of
environmental conservation CD-the Earth suite,
and instructed a series of environmental issues on green consumption
and sustainable energy including green electricity. Green electricity
is an opportunity for us to consume green energy and thus to
pursue the theme of the 31st Earth Day, promoting sustainable
energy and retarding the climate from getting warmer.
SNISD
held a lecture on green electricity for university students.
More than ten students from different universities attended
the event with enthusiasm. Meanwhile the lecture obtained much
attention from journalists of the newspaper of China Consumer.
Two
films, both of which were about sustainable energy, were shown
to the public. South-North briefed the audience on its green
power project to extend the knowledge of sustainable energydevelopment.
Deputies
from SNISD, Global Village of Beijing and Greener Beijing had
a discussion on green power with the residents in green community.
Supported
by The Energy Foundation, SNISD will carry out public survey
on potential green power consumers in Beijing together with
two other Non-profit Organizations in China: the Global Village
and Greener Beijing
With the promotion of SN, the help of SH AUTO and Tongji University,
SMEC has developed a rather specific work plan of FC auto development,
in 4 basic phases starting early Feb. (NEW)
1--Global resource investigation andresearch on development
strategy;
2--Product planning;
3--Manufacturing sample vehicles;
4--Manufacturing in moderate volume, setting up a brand name
for next generation of vehicles;
Promoted
by South-North Institute for Sustainable Development (SNISD),
Beijing Fuyuan Century Fuel Cell Power Ltd. and Antelope Electric
Bicycle Factory, a subsidiary of Suzhou Machinery (Group) Holding
Corporation jointly manufactured the first fuel cell powered
scooter in China. The two companies decided to establish a joint
venture in Shanghai in March of this year to produce 100w -
5 kw fuel cell powered scooters or motorcycles. Antelope Electric
Bicycle Factory currently produces 100,000 electric bicycle
per year.
Beijing
Fuyuan Century Fuel Cell Power Ltd. and China Shipping Corporation
were discussing the possibility of cooperation on fuel cell
powered yacht in Shanghai last week. The design of the first-generation
fuel cell powered yacht has been completed.
The
SNISD will organized leaders of relevant government departments
and relevant companies to visit their cooperative partnership
on fuel cell in California.
Great
news from Yunnan: Currently, two four-in-one installations have
been completed at Shusong Village, one is for the nature reserve,
and the other is for a local farmer, Nanji who borrowed money
from local Agricultural Bank. Biogas has been produced and used
for cooking both by Nanji and the Nature reserve. Last week,
Nanji have got his first vegetable harvest from the four-in-one.
He gathered a basket of garlic sprout and sold them out to local
residents in one day.
Good
news: A new project "Promoting high quality and high yield
rice cultivation and integrated utilization of biogas in Wa,
Myanmar" has been approved by Toyota Foundation.
