30/03/2017

探秘:鲜为人知的道教环保联盟

从道法自然到守护自然，是什么促使一百多座道观成立“道教生态保护网络”?

Taoist monks find new role as environmentalists

By building a network of ‘ecological temples,’ leading Taoist monks are serving as role models for sustainable practices, writes Denise Hruby

20/03/2017

斯马尔登事件：英国现代环保运动的起点

斯马尔登事件揭露出，抚育了现代文明的科学技术也可以深深伤害生命和地球。

How a toxic spill and a book launched Britain’s environmental movement

The death in 1963 of some farm animals in Kent would drive the emergence of modern environmentalism in Britain, writes John Clark

10/03/2017

通往滴水泉的路

李娟以细腻的笔触道尽了新疆阿勒泰戈壁滩里人与沙漠的百年纠葛。

Fiction: The Road to the Weeping Spring

Award-winning Xinjiang writer Li Juan's short story about the remote Altay region's changing landscape and the Kazakh nomads who inhabit it

01/03/2017

1952，伦敦呼吸之痛

到底是什么令1.6万人丧生于一场大雾？学者彼得·托尔谢姆为我们复盘了65年前的伦敦烟雾事件。

The truth about London’s killer fog

The 1952 fog killed thousands but catalysed action to clean up London’s dirty air, writes Peter Thorsheim

31/01/2017

车轮上的乡愁与乌托邦

自行车曾是社会主义中国现代化、工业化的符号象征。现在，共享单车正在为这一符号注入新的含义。

Nostalgia and utopia on two wheels

Bicycles, once a symbol of modernisation, are taking on new meaning in China, writes Tang Damin

25/01/2017

如果你是一头大象……

拥有超乎人类理解范围的敏锐感官、清晰的“自我”意识、严格的母系社会……大象的世界看起来比人类的精彩得多！《化身为兽》的作者写道。

If you were an elephant…

…the world would be a brighter, smellier, noisier place, and you would be a better, wiser, kinder person. The author of Being a Beast explains all

13/01/2017

“美好生活”理念能否改变主流环境观？

大卫·汉弗莱斯表示，大自然享有权利这一理念正在渐渐改变各国政府的环境观，但把理念转化为实践并不容易。

Buen vivir: Can the ‘good life’ deliver environmental harmony?

Nations are coming round to the idea that nature has rights but implementation is proving challenging, writes David Humphreys

23/12/2016

在洪水到来之前，我们必须走下道德高地

作为一部助选意味浓厚的气候变化纪录片，《洪水到来之前》缺乏足够的道德力量。

DiCaprio’s climate documentary is bold but unconvincing

The documentary film has a strong climate change message but it may be too broad to influence people, writes Tang Damin

17/11/2016

山河之间：清朝边疆地区的环境、帝国和身份认同

历史学家贝杜维的新书从一个鲜为人知的角度揭示，人与动物的关系怎样影响了中国边疆地区的历史进程。

Book: Across Forest, Steppe and Mountain: Environment, Identity and Empire in Qing China’s Borderlands

How the history of animal-human relations in the Qing dynasty shaped modern China’s borders and diverse sense of identity

10/11/2016

自然现代化：探询黄河三角洲自然保护区的历史

透过对黄河三角洲曲折历史的梳理，环境史学者侯深剖析了中国当代历史演化中，对现代化不同层面的追求与自然保护间的复杂张力。

Nature modernized: Birds and people in China’s Yellow River Delta Reserve

The nature reserve is a testing ground for competing ideas of economic development, nature and conservation, writes Hou Shen