JASON J. CZARNEZKI

The weather in Vermont this summer has been great, as have the trips to the pool and lake, the bike rides, and sitting on the deck. But I have been swamped with work this summer, and have found no time to blog. I was finishing up a book at the intersection of food policy and environmental; writing papers on natural resources law in China, food safety in China, and eco-labeling; prepping for an extended trip to Sweden and China including a conference at Sun Yat-sen University; accepting submissions for the third annual Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship at Vermont Law School; and hosting a dozen Chinese judges in Vermont as Faculty Director the U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law. I hope I’ll have more time to blog since, over the next two months, I’ll be working and doing exciting things in Gothenburg, Åhus, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Kalmar and Uppsala.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/for-hong-kong-beaches-a-scourge-of-plastic-pellets/

When Beijing Cleared the Air – NYTimes.com
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/remembering-beijings-accomplishment/

http://chinaenvironmentalgovernance.com/2012/07/20/chinas-per-capita-carbon-emissions-near-eu-levels

Written by a Vermont Law School student doing a internship at WWF-Hong Kong

http://chinaenvironmentalgovernance.com/2012/07/16/hong-kongs-beautiful-views-marred-by-pollution

http://vtdigger.org/2012/06/04/u-s-e-u-align-organic-standards/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/business/kakha-bendukidze-holds-fate-of-gene-engineered-salmon.html?hp

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-moser/if-china-has-a-john-stossel_b_1495917.html

As Faculty Director of the U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law at Vermont Law School, I am very pleased to share the following links:

From Burlington Free Press: Leahy preserves funding for law school program

Senator Leahy Press Release: Leahy Rescues $3.9 M. For Vermont Law School And Vermont-Based Institute For Sustainable Communities To Continue Program That Is Helping To Foster Environmental Advocacy In China

My book Everyday Environmentalism was reviewed by MIT Press. You can read the full review here (with subscription).

I would describe the review as weakly positive, mostly because the author thinks are significant limits to the impacts of greening choices in everyday life. Due to this strong baseline view, I think the review could perhaps look at it from the other side, i.e., that government regulation and infrastructure influence everyday behavior. The reviewer writes about my book:

"The book is at its best when it acknowledges the limits of green consumption and highlights the promise of regulation that re-engineers, in small ways and large, the fabric of daily choice. Where Czarnezki really shines, though, is when he considers the interplay between individual consumer choice and broad policy change."