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Green Films Going for the Gold

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fox, The Warriors of Quigong, Waste Land, Fracking, Environmentalism and Art, Academy Awards, Vik Muniz, Jennifer Redfearn, Geefwee Boedoe, Environmentalism and Film, Environmentalism, Ruby Yang, China, Film, Brazil, Carteret Islands, Papua New Guinea, Gasland, Lucy Walker, Let's Pollute, Environment, Hydrofracking, Oscars, Hydraulic Fracturing, Sun Come Up, Green News
Bill Chameides

While the popularity and relevance of the Academy Award ceremony have waxed and waned over the years, movies have remained a good bellwether of America's interests.

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New Documentary Follows the Struggle to Save China's Environment

Alex Wang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green Anhui, Ruby Yang, Pollution, Thomas Lennon, China, Ngos, Hu Jintao, Environmental Crises, The Warriors of Qiugang, Anhui Province, Qiugang Village, Green News
Alex Wang

A great deal has been written about the struggles to resolve China's environmental problems, but I have seen no better portrayal of these issues than in a new documentary titled The Warriors of Qiugang.

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Women Changing China and the World: Modern-Day Lessons from a Foot-Binding Foe

Debora L. Spar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Women, Mao, Women's Issues, Barnard College, Chinese-American, Ruby Yang, College Admissions, Kang Tongbi, Asian-Americans, Water Cube, Chinese Women, Women's Health, Yang Lan, Yan Geling, China, Foot-Binding, Wu Qing, Asia, World News
Debora L. Spar

From my perch at Barnard College, I see an extraordinary generation of young women grappling with new ideas about feminism and new views of women's power and leadership.

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