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WildChina’s Community Service Day at Bethel: Our Day in Photos

February 10, 2010 in On the Road, environment by Alex G | No comments

Last Friday, as we wrote about on this blog, WildChina spent the day at Bethel, an education and training center for blind childen in Hebei province. We cleaned up and prepared the foundation of a greenhouse to be constructed this year, and met some of the people behind this great organization in the process.

We invite you to peruse our Flickr photostream and take a look at our 2010 Off-Site photo album. Here we feature a behind-the-scenes look at Bethel, our work on the greenhouse, some of Bethel’s ‘main characters,’ and a couple new furry friends we made along the way.

Have questions about our trip to Bethel? We’d love to hear from you. Send Alex an email at alex.grieves@wildchina.com.

Asia Society video: “Why China Why Climate?”

February 4, 2010 in In the News, environment by Alex G | No comments

On the subjects of climate change, the Tibetan Plateau, and Orville Schell, our friend at New York-based Asia Society, Michael Zhao, recently sent us a video in which he combines and documents all three.

In his 3:35-minute film, Zhao captures the drastic physical changes of Asia’s most famous glacial peaks, shows the importance of glaciers to the livelihood of local cultures, and records Orville Schell’s insights on the importance of Chinese-American collaboration on climate change.

Orville notes in the video, “they’re [the glaciers are] the alarm system, and the alarm system has gone off. The question is, will we hear it?”

Watch the video on Michael Zhao’s YouTube channel. You can also send him a tweet @MikeZhaoYunfeng.