Dicussion by Mariana Ribeiro Porto Araujo https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427 Soft confrontation: Strategic actions of an environmental organization in China en-us 2021-05-12 19:07:31 UTC 2021-05-12 20:34:40 UTC hello@padlet.com marianararaujo https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1518896480 What stood out to you the most from the reading]]> 2021-05-12 19:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1518896480 https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519030873 The concept of "Ren"]]> 2021-05-12 19:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519030873 "standing opposite the government, but not against it." https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519032471 2021-05-12 19:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519032471 nine dragons https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519034052 2021-05-12 19:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519034052 https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519034740 Water pollution easy to detect but air pollution is not so easy. How would an "air keeper" org work, or would it? Also less of a point source problem. Maybe harder to get public support/outcry for other types of issues. ]]> 2021-05-12 19:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519034740 Pressures https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519035041 Creating pressures from the public and the federal government on the local government, but in the meantime congratulating on a job well-done

]]> 2021-05-12 19:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519035041 The effort and management of NGOs and citizens that goes into their relationship with the central government and getting things done yet still appeasing them https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519036396 2021-05-12 19:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519036396 mixed signals and political ambivalence https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519040395 2021-05-12 19:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519040395 The Nightingale Action Project https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519043405 2021-05-12 19:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519043405 In China, environmental organizations have generally chosen to act in a form of “embedded activism” in the semi-authoritarian context, facing mixed signals and political ambivalence regarding public participation. In other words, their activities have been in line with government policies, and their framing and tactics are generally depoliticized and collaborative.What are the main differences in NGO actions comparing western “democratic” countries and China? What are its outcomes and consequences? The organizations have to restrain their actions within the government's tolerable limits. Can their work be really effective and change the structure as it does not contest the government in a social-political way? https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519068868 2021-05-12 20:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519068868 Chinese people use the term “Nine dragons controlling water” (九龙治水 Jiulong zhishui) to describe their current chaotic water management system. That is, with multiple government agencies being responsible for managing the water quality and usage, there is no consistent and well-coordinated water management system. How can we solve unfavorable circumstances like that taking into account the socialist political regime in China? Even with the obvious differences, have you seen any conditions like that in the USA? What both sides can learn from each other? What kinds of similarities and differences do we find across them? https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519083988 2021-05-12 20:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519083988 NGOs — nongovernmental organizations — are independent of both the government and the business sector. Their mandate is to promote the public interest and serve the public good rather than to make a profit or advance the interests of a narrow group of individuals. Their independence enables them to monitor government performance and advocate for improvements.Is that true? What aspects do you see in the field- in practice that disagree with this statement? https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519096495 2021-05-12 20:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519096495 In what ways has Chinese environmentalism been shaped by the transition in China to a market economy? How important is the political-economic system in shaping environmental values? In what instances in the case do values transcend class-political distinction and levels of economic development? How have prevailing definitions of the "national interest" and the "public interest" in China affected the environment and environmental decision-making? https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519120099 2021-05-12 20:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/marianararaujo/amhduloka1m4u427/wish/1519120099