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Top Olympic athlete Yao Ming is the UN Environment Programme’s first-ever Environmental Champion

Basketball megastar Yao Ming, who plays for the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) and for China’s Olympic team, is one of the most famous athletes in the world today. He is a national icon in China and carried the Olympic Flame into Tiananmen Square on 6 August, as well as being his country’s flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony.

“I am delighted and greatly honored to accept the UN Environment Programme’s offer to become their first ever ‘Environmental Champion’”, Yao Ming said. “In my role as Environmental Champion, I will work with governments, the private sector and the public to promote good and effective management of our environment so we can preserve the planet for future generations.”

SOURCE: UNEP Press Release

A DIY Guide To Building A Green Roof Hits The Virtual Shelves.

London, England. Two of the UK’s leading proponents of green roofs have teamed up to produce ‘THE DIY GUIDE TO GREEN & LIVING ROOFS’ - a guide aimed at individuals with a Do-It-Yourself inclination along with those having trouble persuading local contractors to take up the challenge of installing a green roof on their behalf.

‘The DIY Guide to Green & Living Roofs’ is available to buy in eBook formats at http://www.livingroofs.org/DIY_Guide_intro.html for GBP 11.65.

SOURCE: PressZoom.com - Global News Service - News and Press Release Distribution.

China’s Wind Power Equipment Research Report 2008 - Market Research Reports - Research and Markets

Research and Markets have published China’s Wind Power Equipment Research Report 2008

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Shanghai taps reservoir to provide safe drinking water - Shanghai Daily

CONSTRUCTION of the biggest reservoir in Shanghai will be completed in 2009 and its completion is expected to make tap water safe for drinking.

Read more @ the SOURCE: Shanghai taps reservoir to provide safe drinking water — Shanghai Daily 

Focus on medium-priced housing, says property consultancy - Thanh Nien Daily

Property company CB Richard Ellis Vietnam Thursday urged developers to shift the focus to smaller and more affordable apartments, saying end users are expected to make up the largest ratio of buyers this year.

“For now, speculators have left the market,” Nguyen Thai Nguyen, a deputy director at the Ho Chi Minh City-based unit of CB Richard Ellis Group Inc, said.

Read more @ the SOURCE: Vietnam latest news - Thanh Nien Daily.