Gansu – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Keeping Gansu green https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/10/keeping-gansu-green/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:31:45 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2487 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

]]>