01/09 – Greennovate Movie Night – TED Night, Part III

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:46:44 +0000

Hello Movie Fans,

This week’s TED movie night was such a great success, that we decided to have a third TED themed event. 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 with Chinese subtitles.

TED is short for Technology, Entertainment and Design It is an annual conferences which aims at bringing together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

Time: Wed, 25 August, 7pm
Location: Shanghai, Jing An District, 528 Kangding Road, Building 1, on the roof!

Attendance is limited to 35 people. Please RSVP on our Douban Website

Bring your own drinks and snacks!

Shanghai GECKO Volunteers are back from Qinghai!

Tom Bley — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:11:50 +0000

Qinghai School Kids, listening to the Story of Easter Island

This summer, 12 students from Shanghai International Studies Universities set out from Shanghai. They went all the way to Qinghai province, on a 10 day trip with the goal to raise environmental awareness among local children. Here is their account of their journey:

We have been to Xining, Datong, Menyuan, Huangyuan and Huangzhong. We visited 5 local schools including primary schools and high schools. About 1000 students got our lectures. Besides, we also did a research on environment in Xining, Datong, Xihaizhen and we got 120 questionnaires back from local residents and students. We were warmly welcomed by students and schools and encouraged by local residents. Based on last year’s experience, this year’s project is well organized. We took classes from Greennovate and made everything prepared for our trip. After 2 days’ long trip, we finally got to Xining on July 4th… click here to download the full report

Taking a break from class, in Xining

25/08 – Greennovate Movie Night – TED Talks

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:36:36 +0000

After last week’s great TED movie sucess, we decided to have another movie night wit the same theme: We will watch only TED Talks. TED is short for Technology, Entertainment and Design It is an annual conferences which aims at bringing together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

A lot of us are big TED fans, and we watch the talks on their website. Now we want to give everyone the opportunity to recommend their favourite TED Talk, and we will play a selection of them during today’s Wednesday’s movie night.
To suggest a TED Talk to us to play, please send an email to feifeilan@hotmail.com. The talk should be about a sustainability or world issue, and it should be available with Chinese subtitles.

We are excited receiving your recommendations, and to watch and discuss about the presentations.

Time: Wed, 25 August, 7pm

Location: Shanghai, Jing An District, 528 Kangding Road, Building 1, on the roof!

Attendance is limited to 35 people. Please RSVP on our Douban Website

Bring your own drinks and snacks!

GreenCup@Expo, co- organized by Greennovate and AIESEC – a competition of sustainability projects at Expo

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:17:28 +0000

The conference room of the USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expo was filled yesterday by more than 100 students from Chinese universities, who all had the same goal: winning the ‘GreenCup’ award for their sustainability project! As members of AIESEC student organization, the students have been running green projects in their cities, such as Wuhan, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Beijing, Dalian, Nanjing, and Shanghai. For ‘GreenCup@Expo’, Greennovate and AIESEC worked together to organize this special event.

MIhela Hladin, announcing the opening of the event

Several distinguished members of the corporate world attended the event, to learn more about sustainable youth action in China, and also to share sustainability knowledge from their own business practice. Among the keynote speakers were representatives from InterfaceFLOR, Nike, FedEx Express, and Wellnessecity.

During the competition, the guest speakers formed a panel of judges, to evaluate the pitches of the AIESEC project teams. Each of the 11 project teams had a six-minute time- window to convince the judges of their project, who then ranked the projects according to their impact, creativity, and presentation. In addition, each project had its own promotion video online, which could be voted upon by the general public.

The competition turned out to be a tight race between several projects. In the end, ‘Hi-Green’, the project by AIESEC at University of Nottingham Ningbo, came out as winner in the category ‘Best project of 2009/10’! Here they are with their trophy, and a cheque over 5000 RMB, sponsored by Greennovate.

GreenCup Winner: AIESEC at Nottingham University Ningbo

The video votes made the difference, and put AIESEC HUST a close second, even though their judging panel score was higher. Congratulations to AIESEC UNNC for your project, and for your video, for rallying the support of 736 votes.

The Scoreboard of the competitors for 'Best Project of 2009/10'

In the competition category ‘Best New Project Idea’, the winner is AIESEC at Nanjing University with their concept for their project called ‘Engreenment’. Their prices are bicycles, sponsored by Momentum.

AIESEC at Nanjing University, winner of 'Best Project Idea'

In the end, all of the teams can consider themselves winners, for showcasing their efforts in front of their peers, industry representatives, and the general public through significant media exposure. The event is featured in print publications such as Shanghai Daily, and on TV through International Channel Shanghai.

20/08 – GECKO ‘Train the Trainer’ in Greennovate Office

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:07:27 +0000

On 20 August, starting at 7pm, we will hold a GECKO Training session in our office in Shanghai.
The address is: Room 203, Building 1, 528 Kangding Road, Shanghai.
The easiest way to get there is to take the Metro to Changping Road Station (on line 7). From there it’s just a 5 minute walk.

It’s a great opportunity to get started as a volunteer. During the training, 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

18/08 – Greennovate Movie Night – TED Edition!

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:48:34 +0000

Hello Movie Night Fans!

Next week we will have a special movie night: We will watch only TED Talks. TED is short for Technology, Entertainment and Design It is an annual conferences which aims at bringing together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

A lot of us are big TED fans, and we watch the talks on their website. Now we want to give everyone the opportunity to recommend their favourite TED Talk, and we will play a selection of them during next Wednesday’s movie night.
To suggest a TED Talk to us to play, please send an email to feifeilan@hotmail.com. The talk should be about a sustainability or world issue, and it should be available with Chinese subtitles.

We are excited receiving your recommendations, and to watch and discuss about the presentations. See you next week!

Time: Wed, 18 August, 7pm

Location: Shanghai, Jing An District, 528 Kangding Road, Building 1, on the roof!

Attendance is limited to 35 people. Please RSVP on our Douban Website

Bring your own drinks and snacks!

11/08 – Greennovate Movie Night – ‘Addicted to Plastic’

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:23:24 +0000

Join us this Wednesday, for another iteration of our Green Movie Night.

We are going to watch ’Addicted To Plastic’. “For anyone who’s wondered what eventually happens to all the plastic in water bottles, packaging, and hundreds of other everyday uses, the feature-length documentary Addicted to Plastic offers a visually compelling, entertaining, ultimately frightening explanation…Candid interviews, especially a particularly revealing one with a representative of the industry’s American Plastics Council, permit viewers to form their own opinions. Connacher’s on-screen presence as a curious, energized hipster on a plastic road trip lends immediacy to his narrative and enables him to filter complex information and hypotheses into a manageable form that will provoke viewers without confusing them. All in all, Addicted to Plastic is an absorbing, shocking, only partially reassuring odyssey.” Jeffrey L. Meikle, Professor, American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Author, American Plastic: A Cultural History

Time: Wed, 11 August, 7pm

Location: Shanghai, Jing An District, 528 Kangding Road, Building 1, on the roof!

Attendance is limited to 35 people. Please RSVP on our Douban Website

Bring your own drinks and snacks, preferrably in reusable containers, and not made from plastics!

04/08 – Greennovate Movie Night – ‘Earth’

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:19:56 +0000

Hello movie friends. This Wednesday, we will show the movie ‘Earth’ for our Movie Night.
Since we have so many visitors, we require that you make a reservation on our Douban site if you want to attend.

Looking forward to see many of you on our green rooftop this Wednesday!

Meet the GreenCup@Expo competitors!

Tom Bley — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:50:18 +0000

As the preparations for GreenCup@Expo are under way, we want to introduce the AIESEC project teams who will take part in the competition for the GreenCup Trophy and a prize of 5000 RMB!

AIESEC at Nanjing University
Our project includes workshops on campus about a range of green topics. We wanted to take an interactive approach, not only lecture about environmental theory. Through events such as fingerprinting of students and eco- riding, we impacted more than 500 people.

AIESEC at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
Our project goal is to spread sustainability knowledge among the young generation. To this end, we organized workshops on green issues, facilitated by Chinese and international trainers. Our sessions have been delivered in 17 high schools, thus impacting more than 2100 students.

AIESEC at University of International Business and Economics, Beijing
Our Waste Paper Recycling Project is about collecting waste and spreading awareness about recycling practices. We organized clean up events on campus as well as in communities. We involved NGOs and media organizations into our campaign, which reached 850 people.

AIESEC at University of Nottingham in Ningbo
The ‘Low Carbon Life’ project is all about reducing your personal carbon footprint. We organized a variety of low carbon activities, including a picnic, recycling, and a no-lights party. We reached more than 10.000 university students.

Also, we will have teams from:
AIESEC at Shanghai Jiaotong University
AIESEC at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
AIESEC at Dalian University of Technology

We will update the list as soon as more teams confirm their participation!

28/07 – Greennovate Movie Night – ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

admin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:08:22 +0000

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. After the the movie, we will have a little discussion on the topic of the film. The intention is to make everyone get the most out of the movie.
Hope that the concerns of interest to our friends, click greennovate sponsor, facilitate timely information to the movies to look good to you!

Next wek, we will watch: An Inconvenient Truth

Synopsis: An Inconvenient Truth focuses on Al Gore and his travels in support of his efforts to educate the public about the severity of the climate crisis. Gore says, “I’ve been trying to tell this story for a long time and I feel as if I’ve failed to get the message across.” The film documents a Keynote presentation (dubbed the slide show) that Gore has presented throughout the world. It intersperses Gore’s exploration of data and predictions regarding climate change and its potential for disaster with his own life story.

Invite your friends! To participate, please complete the registration form on Douban.com: http://www.douban.com/event/12272628/

Bring your own drinks and snacks!

Looking forward to see you on our green rooftop next week!
Flora