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Keeping Gansu green

Gansu province in western China is poor, polluted and parched. After 29-year-old Zhao Zhong survived a serious climbing accident, he decided to dedicate himself to preserving Gansu. He founded the environment protection organization, Green Camel Bell and also publicized the water pollution map to raise awareness among residents of just how pollution their region had become.

Listen to the report by Ruth Morris in Gansu, China:

Keeping Gansu green

Zhao Zhong

Zhao Zhong’s life was changed by a dangerous climbing accident

Date

Tuesday 02.10.2012 | 12:31

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