Liao Xiaoyi (simplified Chinese: å»–æ™"义; traditional Chinese:
廖曉義; pinyin: Lià o XiÇŽoyì; Wadeâ€"Giles: Liao Hsiao-I), or
Sheri Liao, is a Chinese environmental activist, journalist and
producer of documentaries whose works are credited with advancing the
Chinese environmental movement.After graduating from Sun Yat-sen
University in 1986, Liao taught philosophy as a researcher at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where she first gained an interest
in environmental philosophy. She began to read environmentalist works
and film documentaries on China's ecological plight that appeared on
China Central Television. She then served as a visiting scholar at the
University of North Carolina, where she claims to have first
discovered the role that civil society can play in environmentalism.
She returned to China in 1996 and founded the non-government
organization Global Village of Beijing.Her idea is to promote "a life
of harmony" through reduced consumption and decreased use of harmful
practices in daily lives. She served as an environmental adviser on
the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games. Through
her role as president of Global Village of Beijing, she has produced
models for green neighborhood complexes, rural communities, and
organized many public awareness campaigns regarding pollution,
recycling and reducing consumption.
廖曉義; pinyin: Lià o XiÇŽoyì; Wadeâ€"Giles: Liao Hsiao-I), or
Sheri Liao, is a Chinese environmental activist, journalist and
producer of documentaries whose works are credited with advancing the
Chinese environmental movement.After graduating from Sun Yat-sen
University in 1986, Liao taught philosophy as a researcher at the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where she first gained an interest
in environmental philosophy. She began to read environmentalist works
and film documentaries on China's ecological plight that appeared on
China Central Television. She then served as a visiting scholar at the
University of North Carolina, where she claims to have first
discovered the role that civil society can play in environmentalism.
She returned to China in 1996 and founded the non-government
organization Global Village of Beijing.Her idea is to promote "a life
of harmony" through reduced consumption and decreased use of harmful
practices in daily lives. She served as an environmental adviser on
the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games. Through
her role as president of Global Village of Beijing, she has produced
models for green neighborhood complexes, rural communities, and
organized many public awareness campaigns regarding pollution,
recycling and reducing consumption.
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