Green news from Asia.

Professionals in Shanghai have found a way to cool themselves without having to actually to go a cool place. They are choosing instead to wear T-shirts and sneakers for the coming Cool Week activity.
White-collar workers in the Lujiazui financial district of the Pudong area will work at 26 C rather than 24 C temperatures in [...]

After three years in the wilderness, a movement to map out green spaces in Jakarta is back in style, riding the global trend towards an environmentally conscious lifestyle.
“The campaigning stage is over, people are aware of the ‘green’ lifestyle now. Let’s focus on green maps’ effectiveness, power to change, availability and design,” Marco Kusumawijaya, a [...]

Here is a brief history of the ongoing Light A Billion Lives (LaBL) campaign. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) North America has joined hands with TERI India to brighten the lives of the power impoverished across the world through Lighting a [...]

This year’s 2008 Beijing Olympics has been termed “Green Olympics“. But how green are the venues that will be hosting the Olympic games?
Lets take a look at three of such venues. Firstly, the National Stadium, known as the “Bird’s Nest” for its latticework of interwoven steel. Secondly, the National Aquatics Centre, or “Water [...]

According to Bi-Me, Middle East private equity and venture capital investors are set to play a crucial role in increasing global moves towards green technology and alternative energy.
“The region has amassed new fortunes from the rising worldwide price of oil and gas and now sees huge opportunities in green investing,” said Swati Taneja, Director of [...]

Remember the article where a 16 year old Canadian teenager found out a way to disintegrate plastic bags in 3 months? Well this time round, two students from Indonesia, Vici Riyani and Adrienne Trinovia Sulistyo, have found a waste treatment solution for styrofoam.

a2a_linkname=”Adding a fruity touch to [...]

In Japan, the Ministry of the Environment has introduced the Eco First Program. In order to become an Eco First Company under the Eco First Program, a company must commit (Eco First Commitment) to the Ministry of the Environment that it will undertake certain voluntary environmental protection initiatives in accordance with the following standards.

Based on [...]

A plan aimed at cultivating high-yield and pest-resistant genetically modified (GM) crops for China to achieve agricultural sustainability has been approved, the Chinese authorities have said.
The State Council announced on its website on Wednesday the approval of the plan, one of the 16 key State plans marked by the central government to achieve breakthroughs in [...]