In a move reminiscent of a James Bond film plot point, government officials in Indonesia have arrested an unusually prolific tiger poacher. While this kind of arrest is not an entirely uncommon occurrence, this time the forest rangers have netted themselves a prize catch: the unnamed man, 57, is a legendary figure among law enforcement because he has personally killed over 100 Sumatran Tigers, an extremely rare and endangered species. It was a carefully-orchestrated sting operation in Kerinci Seblat National Park that finally nabbed the poacher, a man “very well-known in the underworld”...

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When people talk about making the world greener and more sustainable, an integral part of that vision is always the development of technology to help ween us off of fossil fuels and other unsustainable practices and systems. For this kind of work to get done and for serious progress to be made, there needs to be a certain entrepreneurial, innovative spirit about. Coming up with new ideas and entirely new ways of doing things is going to be massively helpful in moving things forward, and so we’d like to highlight a number of companies who are rethinking how business can be done, to make for a greener,...

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Ecotourism is a business that is exploding around the globe, to the tune of over 100% growth each year, which means that the ecotourism industry literally doubles in size every year. Here in China though, ecotourism has, unfortunately, taken a bit longer to catch on. Not to worry though, because there are dedicated operators here, committed to ensuring that sustainable tourism will gain ground in the Middle Kingdom. But first, what is ecotourism? The International Ecotourism Society (who, we imagine, are pretty knowledgeable about the subject) defines it as “responsible travel to natural areas...

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Yes, yes... we know that it took us a looooong time to set this up so thank you for your patience. We hope that our new greennovate.net offers everything you wanted to know about us and more. We  spent some time on a new resources section to save some of your time and we welcome any more suggestions. Regards from our Shanghai office where Rui, Judy, Tea and Louis are working hard to get the Chinese version up and running soon! Stay cool.

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TEDxShanghai was an independently-organized chapter of the world-renowned TED Talks and we were very excited to be a part of it. Mihela spoke about rediscovering common sense and how it could be applied in the form of a Common Sense Index to inform consumers about the environmental and social impacts of their purchases. The event was streamed live on Tudou. More information at www.tedxshanghai.com.

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Spark09 event was organized by ClarkMorgan covering igniting ideas and propelling Shanghai back into a positive state-of-mind based on topics in Humanity, Environment, Business and Science.  Mihela delivered a speech 'How doubling contributes to a greener China' to inspire businesses and individuals to take actions towards better quality of life. Find out more at www.spark09.org

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Greennovate and Naked Retreats are joining forces to create more reason to come and enjoy the fresh mountain air of Moganshan! The partnership between two companies will be contributing to sustainable development by educating the next generation of decision-makers and series of innovative green projects throughout 2009. GECKO program will be launched in February in Moganshan town’s middle school with Greennovate teaching 200 kids for the next 6 months. At the same time, Naked Retreats are integrating Greennovate’s BEAT , Business environmental awareness...

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