May 12, 2014
By: James Miller
In this three minute video presentation, I give good reasons why we should be optimistic about how China is dealing with its environmental issues, and how the whole world can benefit. You can read the full story on my blog....
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By: James Miller
Quick! Picture China's biggest environmental problem. I bet you saw in your mind the polluted skies of Beijing and its citizens wearing face masks as they go to work. The western news media have been filled with alarming stories of China's...
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October 1, 2013
By: James Miller
James Miller. 2013. "Is Green the New Red? The Role of Religion in Creating a Sustainable China." Nature and Culture 8.3: 249-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/nc.2013.080302 Abstract The Chinese Daoist Association has embarked upon an ambitious agenda to promote Daoism as China’s “green religion”. This new construction...
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May 25, 2013
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_646" align="alignright" width="300"] A view over the Forbidden City in Beijing[/caption] In a recent column in Nature, Qiang Wang argues that responsibility for transforming China's environment lies with its citizens. He points to several instances in which local protests...
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September 2, 2010
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_374" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Laozi Statue on Maoshan"][/caption] In May this year I had the opportunity to visit Maoshan (Mt. Mao) a Daoist mountain sacred to the Shangqing (Highest Clarity) tradition of Daoism that I studied in my most recent...
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June 8, 2010
By: James Miller
I was in LA last weekend to attend the Sixth Annual Conference on Daoist Studies which was organized by my former teacher, Livia Kohn, and LMU Professor Robin Wang. The conference drew the usual mix of academics and practitioners (which...
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April 3, 2009
By: James Miller
I have just finished teaching my undergraduate course on religion and the environment. Most of the students are in engineering or environmental science, and the course fulfills a humanities requirement for them. It's been fascinating teaching scientists about religion, as...
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December 5, 2008
By: James Miller
[caption id="attachment_141" align="alignleft" width="350" caption=""carry out family planning""][/caption] By James Miller I've been following Andrew Revkin's dot Earth blog at the New York Times. The tag-line of the blog is "Nine Billion People. One Planet" and is premised on the demographic...
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December 4, 2008
By: James Miller
By James Miller The image of China in the Western media is often that of a monolithic totalitarian state, run by a cabal of shady figures in Beijing whose decisions affect the lives of downtrodden millions. When I bring visitors to...
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