Looking today at the China Greentech Initiative, an information-sharing web site for the collection and analysis of information about the greentech movement in China, where my contact Ellen Carberry is affiliated, and CGI’s aim of helping to “facilitate the collection, analysis and sharing of research on the evolving greentech market in China” reminds me of Ma Jun’s China Water Pollution Map.

China Greentech Initiative’s development of an open-source China Greentech Report makes me think of Ma Jun’s water pollution information sharing web site. The crux of the enviromental movement in China is access to information. We’re reminded by the BeiDa professors in the film though, that even when the information is provided, the public needs some background information connecting pollution and health effects. Enter Roots & Shoots! To me, this is all coming together really nicely and I’m getting excited about potential directions that we can continue to take this project forward. Ellen and I talk on the phone later this week about how we can potentially work together and I’m looking forward to thinking about what we can do to help bolster and strenghten this movement.