Category:News

April 9, 2013

MELTDOWN Opening Party at Southern Barbarian in Beijing

Dear Friends, Followers and Readers, I would like to invite you to the opening party for ‘MELTDOWN: Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on the...

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March 20, 2013

20 Images of China’s Severe Water Pollution

Water pollution has been in the news a lot recently in China. The most notable story that has been circulating of late was the...

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March 18, 2013

Jellyfish & Chinese Red Tea – Sharing Images on Instagram

Life in China is never dull. That’s one thing that I have learnt living here for the past 6 1/2 years. From one week...

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March 15, 2013

Online Talk with the News Literacy Project and Chicago Middle School

On Wednesday of this week, I had the unique experience of chatting online for this first time with middle school students at the Lindblom...

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March 12, 2013

New Published Work: China Dialogue & Deutsche Welle

A couple of quick links today to some recent published work. The first is on the excellent China Dialogue website. If you haven’t had...

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March 6, 2013

How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change

“The most massive tsunami, perfect storm, is bearing down upon us.” I came across this video yesterday that I felt compelled to share here...

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November 20, 2012

The Last Nomads of the Tibetan Plateau

For the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting “I was forced to move here three years ago. Before, I was a nomad. I’m not happy...

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August 20, 2012

China: Between the Glacier and the Dam

SEAN GALLAGHER, FOR THE PULITZER CENTER “Of course we are not happy with what has happened here. But what can we do?” Dolkar (name...

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August 10, 2012

China’s Disappearing Glaciers – Pulitzer Center

Meltdown: Climate Change and Environmental Degradation on the Tibetan Plateau for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting “Watch out!” came the scream from behind...

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August 2, 2012

New Pulitzer Center Project Now LIVE – Tibetan Plateau & Climate Change

I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new project for the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, “MELTDOWN: CLIMATE CHANGE & ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ON...

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