Solving China’s Pollution Crisis from the Grassroots Up


Speaker	Dr. Kristen McDonald
Summary	Dr. McDonald’s organization, Pacific Environment, helps grassroot groups in China solve environmental problems in their own community by giving them training and legal advice. Grassroot efforts promote environmental awareness and education. Though the central government focuses on environmental issues, uniform and rigorous application of environmental laws has been lacking and thus presents a key challenge. China’s major environmental issues are water pollution, particularly ground water pollution, soil pollution, and air pollution.
Keywords	environment, pollution
Publish Date	August 5, 2014
Source	Speech given at 1990 Institute Teachers Workshop on “Balancing Eonomic Development ant Environmental Sustainability”, August 4-5, 2014, at San Mateo County Office of Education, Redwood City, CA.
Speaker Bio	Kristen McDonald bio