Environmental Film Festival

GREEN DRAGON, THE

"I have found the Green Dragon Project team . . . uniquely positioned to drive change in a meaningful way from an unbiased third-party perspective and, through this film, . . . to raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of sustainable building products and processes in China.” — David Nieh, General Manager of Planning and Development, Shui On Land, China

THE GREEN DRAGON (USA, 2008, 35 min.)

Washington, D.C. Premiere Chinese cities struggle every day with smog, pollution and traffic. With more than half of the world’s construction now taking place in China, the country’s central government has launched a wave of new policies to enforce energy efficiency in buildings. China’s Green Building Industry codes are nearing completion with more eco-cities on the horizon. New economic models of sustainable infrastructure are a hot topic and pilot projects are being planned across the country. Despite its current environmental challenges, China possesses an ancient culture deeply connected to the paradigms of sustainability. Is China set to embrace the global green building movement or even leapfrog the rest of the world in terms of what it really means? Produced by Caroline Harrison, The Green Dragon Media Project.

Introduced by Jennifer L. Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Discussion with filmmaker Caroline Harrison follows screening.

Ticket/Reservation Info:

FREE. No reservations needed

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Ronald Reagan Building,
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, Sixth Floor Auditorium, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
(METRO: Federal Triangle) For directions, please visit www.wilsoncenter.org/directions