4 Chinese among "50 people who could save the planet"

4 Chinese among "50 people who could save the planet"
Jan 10, 2008 01:16
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: offline	Four Chinese were included in the Guardian ranking of "50 people who could save the planet". Among those included were Zhengrong Shi, founder of China's Suntech Power; activist actor-director Jia Zhangke; the Malaysian "green skyscraper" architect Ken Yeang; and British civil engineer Peter Head, master planner of Dongtan, the world's first sustainable eco-city, being built near Shanghai. The British newspaper the Guardian also choose the "Ultimate Green Heroes" including Pan Yue, deputy director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA); Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environment Affairs; Jockin Arputham, president of India's National Slum Dwellers Federation and Slum Dwellers International; and Terry Tamminen, a consultant on energy and climate policy and former environmental adviser to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nineteen nationalities are represented on the list, and one in three of those selected is from a developing country. That suggests -- in the Guardian's words – "that grassroots resourcefulness will be as important as money and technology in the future". The list, the newspaper said, gives "a sense of the vast well of people who represent the stirrings of a remarkable scientific and social revolution, and give us hope as we enter 2008".

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Four Chinese were included in the Guardian ranking of "50 people who could save the planet". Among those included were Zhengrong Shi, founder of China's Suntech Power; activist actor-director Jia Zhangke; the Malaysian "green skyscraper" architect Ken Yeang; and British civil engineer Peter Head, master planner of Dongtan, the world's first sustainable eco-city, being built near Shanghai.

The British newspaper the Guardian also choose the "Ultimate Green Heroes" including Pan Yue, deputy director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA); Ma Jun, director of the Institute of Public and Environment Affairs; Jockin Arputham, president of India's National Slum Dwellers Federation and Slum Dwellers International; and Terry Tamminen, a consultant on energy and climate policy and former environmental adviser to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Nineteen nationalities are represented on the list, and one in three of those selected is from a developing country. That suggests -- in the Guardian's words – "that grassroots resourcefulness will be as important as money and technology in the future". The list, the newspaper said, gives "a sense of the vast well of people who represent the stirrings of a remarkable scientific and social revolution, and give us hope as we enter 2008".

Jan 10, 2008 01:19	#1
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Director Jia Zhangke directed the movie Still Life raising people's awareness of environmental protection.

Jan 10, 2008 01:23	#2
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Shi Zhengrong

Jan 10, 2008 01:25	#3
ICEBLUE Points: Join Date: Aug 30, 2007 Status: Offline	Pan Yue, deputy director of China's State Environmental Protection Administration

Jan 10, 2008 01:29	#4
APAULT Points: Join Date: Mar 11, 2006 Status: Offline	Good journalism, but that's about all, I think.

Jan 10, 2008 10:34	#5
GRIZ326 Points: Join Date: Jun 12, 2006 Status: Offline	Arny the Terminator could save the planet??? I'm with you Paul...

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