After a one-week break, the Green Movie Night will make a dramatic return with carefully selected TED talks. It's the time of mid-autumn festival, and the weather these days is just right to sit on the rooftop and watch movies! The concept of TED night will be the same as this week: You can send your favourite talks to Flora (lanfeifei@hotmail.com), and we will screen a selection of user submitted talks next Wednesday, while having little discussions about the topics. Make sure that the talk you want to submit, is about a sustainability or world issue, and it should be available with...

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Hello Movie Fans, After last week our movie night had to be cancelled due to a heavy rainstorm, this week will be our third TED - themed movie night. After all, there is a huge selection of TED talks, and we have only watched a few so far. The concept of TED night will be the same as this week: You can send your favourite talks to Flora (lanfeifei@hotmail.com), and we will screen a selection of user submitted talks next Wednesday, while having little discussions about the topics. Make sure that the talk you want to submit, is about a sustainability or world issue, and it should be available...

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Our movie night has become very popular, and we are overwhelmed by the nice people and the refreshing atmosphere. This week's film 'Earthlings' was suggested to us by a movie night guest. If you have a suggestion for what we should play, be it a short or long movie, just let us know! We get so many visitors now, that from next week on, we will introduce a reservation system. Our cozy rooftop can only accomodate 35 movie watchers, so we ask you to make a reservation in order to attend the event. Maybe we will bring a few tables and chairs in the next, so you can sit down and chat about the exchange....

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For the first time, on 24th August 2010, AIESEC, the world’s largest student organization, will hold an environmental themed conference at the Expo in Shanghai, where 10 project teams from all over China will compete for the Green Cup and a prize of 5000 RMB! AIESEC is having...

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This upcoming weekend, we will hold another GECKO Training session in our office. It's a great opportunity to get started as a volunteer. If you have already attended a training some time ago, it's nice to get a refreshment. This summer is the time to make impact and spread environmental awareness. Get started now! You will learn how the program functions, what content there is, and how to deliver it at High Schools. You will also receive access to all the teaching materials. And meet cool people! To get some background knowledge before the session, please check out the materials on www.greennovate.org/resources...

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On Friday, 28 May, Online Student Loan Community, will come to the Greennovate office to give a presentation to GECKO volunteers who want to raise funds for their programs. Qifang has the purpose of giving everyone a way to pay for their education. Leveraging the latest in web and community technologies, Qifang efficiently brokers data and relationships through a transparent platform built on trust to connect and assist everyone involved in education finance. If you are interested in learning more, please contact tom.bley@greennovate.net

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On 19 May, Greennovate will travel to beautiful Hangzhou to train a group of AIESEC students from Zhejiang University to run the GECKO program at their university. If you are interested in joining, please contact tom.bley(at)greennovate.net.

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It was a busy weekend for Greennovate, with separate teams traveling to different cities around China! After five visits over the past few months to local schools in Moganshan, we have successfully concluded our program with Naked Retreats, bringing environmental education to over 600 students at local high schools. We also finished up our last module with FedEx volunteers in Guangzhou, while training 25 new AIESEC volunteers in Beijing and Ningbo. Check back for more updates!

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On 15 May, Greennovate will travel to Beijing, and train dedicated student volunteers from Tsinghua and Renmin universities to become GECKO trainers. The training will take place from 3pm to 6pm on the campus of Renmin University. As AIESEC members, the students will facilitate the program in their universities, and also enable international students to volunteer in Beijing. After the training, there will be a 'Green Evening' networking event, also at Renmin University. It will be a chance for students to learn more about sustainability, and mingle with like-minded people. If you want to join...

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