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Shenzhen Dailies becomes first in China with Sustainability Symbol

Front page of Shenzhen Special Zone DailyChinese Language newspaper “Shenzhen Special Zone Daily” and reporter Jennifer Fan become the first in Chinese Media to explain the meaning behind the 3 Finger Sustainability Symbol. Here’s the link to the page in Chinese - http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2008-03/30/content_117774.htm    an English translation should be available within the week.

The English paper, Shenzhen Daily also carried a full page on the Earth Hour event http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2008-03/31/content_118302.htm

The Shenzhen Earth Hour gathering was organized by James Baquet of Shenzhen Buzz,  and Ranajit Dam, from Shenzhen Daily.

Philip McMaster, Principal Researcher with the McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce was  warmly welcomed to speak about the meaning behind the 3 finger Sustainability Symbol. 

Around 60 young Chinese and a few foreigners gathered on Saturday evening in a beautiful downtown park in the city of Shenzhen, China’s first “Special Economic Zone” just north of Hong Kong.

For more details on how the consciousness behind the 3 finger Sustainability Symbol is sweeping Shenzhen, please revisit these websites, thank them for mentioning the Sustainability Symbol and covering the story.  Please leave a comment on every site where you see support of our common effort to be Climate Change Agents.

Sites where you can leave a comment:

http://shenzhenbuzz.com/earthhour_2008_report

http://szdaily.sznews.com/html/2008-03/31/content_118302.htm

http://sztqb.sznews.com/html/2008-03/30/content_117774.htm

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