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Environmental efforts are more effective when carried out in a concerted manner, thereby tapping different sources of know-how and expertise, mutually benefiting from each other's knowledge, combining fields of research, coordinating actions, etc. Taking this mechanism into account, the CESDRRC is contributing to networking tendencies in the environmental arena by initiating manifold activities like lectures, discussion forums, workshops, mailings, multimedia presentations, etc. It is our goal to represent a platform for the exchange and coordination of information and actions, providing a place for people from all backgrounds to meet and discuss environmental issues, and to decide to make a change.
   
Examples of the CESDRRC's exchange activities:

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Primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane Goodall at the CESDRRC.
Eva Sternfeld is board member of the Jane Goodall Institute/ Roots and Shoots, China.

   

The CESDRRC has hosted a series of lectures from different speakers of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Colorado/ USA. The Rocky Mountain Institute, established in 1982 by resource analysts L. Hunter Lovins and Amory B. Lovins, is a famous American NGO engaged in the field of resource efficiency.
 

Amory Lovins, co-founder and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, giving a lecture on 'Natural Capitalism' at the CESDRRC

 

Other lecturers at the CESDRRC:


DU Nong from the Wildlife Protection Bureau of the Xinjiang Forestry Administration talking about 'Nature Reserves and Biodiversity Conservation in Xinjiang'

Prof. Hartwig Steusloff, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing (IITB, Karlsruhe, Germany talking about 'Sustainable Water Supply in Semi-Arid Urban Areas'


MA Jun, journalists and author of the notable book 'China's Water Crisis' talking about the findings in his book
     


LI Junfeng, Secretary General of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA) on 'The Proposed Renewable Energy Promotion Law and Renewable Energy Technology Development'

Dr. Carl Pray, Prof. at the Dep. of Agriculture, Food and Resources Economics at Rutgers University, New Jersey talking about 'The Impact of Biotechnology on the Economy and the Environment in China'


LU Tongjing, Inner Mongolian photographer and environmentalist, discussing the impacts of desertification in China's northwest after having shown a slide show of his photos about the phenomena
     


Dr. Thomas Mc Carthy, Conservation Director of the International Snow Leopard Trust (USA) after his presentation on 'The Distribution and Ecology of the Snow Leopard'

Dr. Graeme Smith, Australian National University, talking about 'Recent Reforms in Rural China and Implications for Environmental Sustainability of Agriculture'

  
 

... and many more. You will find more detailed descriptions in our newsletters. Contact Eva Sternfeld  to be put on our mailing list for future announcements.

If you would like to give a lecture/ presentation at the CESDRRC, contact us.

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