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Whose Environmental Sustainability?

From “Green” Olympics to “Original Ecology” Folk Song

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2023

Ho Chak Law
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Abstract

Discussion on environmental sustainability in the past two decades has often engendered more controversy than agreement. The Beijing Olympics in 2008 and 2022 are examples of state bureaucrats and international media outlets upholding polarized viewpoints on achieving carbon neutrality. The “original ecology” folk song of 21st-century China further demonstrates how anthropocentric interests could easily divert people’s attention away from issues critical to planetary wellness.

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Systems and Structures
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TDR , Volume 67 , Issue 1 , March 2023 , pp. 114 - 119
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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