CBC Radio: A Human Tsunami - China's Coming Urban Transformation
Peggy Liu chairperson of JUCCCE, talks to CBC Radio journalist James McGregor about China’s urban transformation. "In the last 30 years we've been experiencing what I call the largest animal migration the world has ever seen. In these next 20 years, we're going to see approximately 350 million people moving into cities - so that's more than the entire population of the United States today, actually picking up from a farm and moving into a city where there are escalators that
CNN: Why China Must Urbanize
Peggy Liu speaks with CNN's Kristie Lu Stout about the need for urbanization in China. Watch the video at: http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2014/01/21/on-china-urbanization-kristie-lu-stout-intverview.cnn #Press #CNN #Urbanization #KristieLuStout
JUCCCE Develops Class on Sugary Drinks
JUCCCE has developed a class to help children identify and understand sugar in drinks as part of "A New Way to Eat". Here fourth graders in Shanghai make their own alternative drinks with fresh fruits. The kids had great fun guessing how many cubes of sugar were in each drink. They loved when we counted out the number of sugar cubes into their hands and made disgusted noises when we showed the consequences of too much sugar. This class will be rolled out to all food technolog
Shanghai Daily: NGO Trains Officials and State Business Chiefs
Shanghai Daily spoke with JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu about training over 550 government officials and executives in topics such as municipal waste management, water treatment and eco-city development. Peggy Liu, an American-born Chinese whose family is from Taiwan, left her high-powered position in Silicon Valley to focus on clean energy in China. Liu, who lives in Shanghai, cofounded the NGO Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy in 2007. She was named “Hero of the Env
Shanghai Daily: People Who Walk the Eco-Talk
Shanghai Daily spoke with JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu and other local environmentalists about living sustainably. As dangerous smog smothers Shanghai and other cities, soil contamination sows worry, and food safety scandals erupt, some people are doing more than lamenting: They are changing their lifestyles and urging others to live more sustainably. Shanghai Daily recently spoke to a local businessman who grows his food on Chongming Island, an environmentalist working on cl
