- Huangbaiyu
Huangbaiyu (
Hanzi : linktext|黃|柏|峪|村) is a model village inBenxi ,Liaoning ,People's Republic of China .Planning
Huangbaiyu was conceived by
William McDonough and Partners in conjunction withTongji University inShanghai , the Benxi Design Institute, and China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development. The town is being built in stages and is to be model ofsustainable development using principles laid out by McDonough. His main thesis is that instead of trying to reduce waste you eliminate it by having everything be capable of being broken down into technical or biological nutrition that can be reused so that no waste is created and no waste needs to be disposed.Construction
In April 2006, the project was encountering some difficulties: some housing was completed, but no residents had moved in. [ [http://www.sijournal.com/sijnews/2713166.html Big trouble in rural China?] ] By September 2006, 42 houses had been built.cite web
title = Greening the Dragon
publisher = Green Futures
date = Sept. 2006
url = http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/docs/page/165/432/Greening%20the%20dragon.pdf
accessdate = 2006-11-11 ]References
External links
* [http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/projects/benxi/ McDonough + Partners]
* [http://www.chinauscenter.org/organization/newsdetails.asp?NewsID=40&NAV=1# China-US Center for Sustainable Development]
* [http://www.ecoworksfoundation.org/projects.html Ecoworks Foundation]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5084852.stm BBC Article on Huangbaiyu]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/green-dream-vanishes-in-puff-of-reality/2006/08/25/1156012739220.html Green dream vanishes in puff of reality SMH Article]
* [http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/green_dreams/ FRONTLINE World, China: Green Dreams - A NOT SO Model Village]
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