Not every climate action needs a hashtag. In Shanghai, young people are quietly planting herbs on balconies, beans in mugs, tomatoes by stairwells. No fanfare, no speeches, just daily, hopeful routines. Maybe real change smells like mint at sunrise. #GrowthGoesGreen
A READ ON URBAN AND GREEN
Stumbled on a hidden rooftop garden in Shanghai. It's a quiet rebellion against the city’s speed. Maybe the future isn’t built in steel & glass, but grown leaf by leaf. What’s your “hidden green” in the city? #GrowthGoesGreen
www.citynewsservice.cn/news/Green-a...
And that's not all! The branches of the mulberries are used to grow edible fungi instead of traditional tree trunks so that logging is reduced. #GrowthGoesGreen #EconSky #GreenSky
Results? Farmers got rid of poverty, land protected, forest restored and industry developed. A positive cycle is formed. #GrowthGoesGreen #EconSky #GreenSky
Now silk and fabric plants moved to Chongqing to form a complete industry chain: silkworms to cocoons, cocoons to silk, silk to fabric, and fabric to clothing and bedding. #GrowthGoesGreen #EconSky #GreenSky
Villagers have transitioned from low-yield tobacco or corn farming to raising silkworms, tripling their profit per hectare. #GrowthGoesGreen #EconSky #GreenSky
A THREAD
Recycling agriculture example in #Chongqing
Vast land of suburban Chongqing is covered in giant rocks, barren and thin, and locals developed sericulture as mulberry tree, whose leaves are food for silkworm, can grow on such land.
#GrowthGoesGreen #EconSky #GreenSky
See the pandas and China’s journey showing how tradition and innovation can grow together for a sustainable future (more pictures go on）
#GrowthGoesGreen #SustainableChina #GreenDevelopment #EcoInnovation
From rice terraces to solar fields, from ancient pagodas to green skyscrapers — China’s journey shows how tradition and innovation can grow together for a sustainable future.
Read more:
www.citynewsservice.cn/news/Beyond-...
#GrowthGoesGreen #SustainableChina #GreenDevelopment #EcoInnovation
See the changing colors in #Xinjiang regions: yellow (sand),green (plants), red (jujube) and blue (solar).
Tackling desertification with modern tech like #solar panels, #drones and AI irrigation are helping locals turn the tide and earn more.
#Xinjiang #Technology #GrowthGoesGreen #GreenSky
China kicks off green hydrogen fuel push
Beijing named 9 pilot projects to industrialize green fuels like methanol, ammonia, and ethanol, using wind & solar to power hydrogen production.
Most are in the energy-rich northeast,a move to soak up China’s massive renewables surplus.
#GrowthGoesGreen
Rural communities in #Chongqing, before and after: Flowers bloom in a barren land that once covered in rocks, as well as new industries that bring about gold. #GrowthGoesGreen
Story here:
www.citynewsservice.cn/news/Silkwor...
In Q1 2025, for the 1st time, China's carbon dioxide emissions fell during a period of strong growth (GDP growth 5.4%).That’s laregely because of the increasing share of clean energy consumption.
Industralization doesn't have to harm the environment.
(thread)
#EconSky
#GreenSky
#GrowthGoesGreen
China’s Keqiao is home to over 10,000 textile firms. Now,many are racing to clean up their act.
From carbon disclosures to recycled fabrics,local players are embracing the green shift under global pressure and domestic policy. #GrowthGoesGreen
Story here:
www.citynewsservice.cn/news/A-texti...
