Chinese water and ice

A profile of Chinadialogue.net contributor and advisor Ma Jun:

Ma's institute's online China Water Pollution Map - ipe.org.cn - names and shames the worst offending regions and companies. It is a symbol of a new kind of social activism in China: pragmatic rather than idealistic, and relying more on maps and data than votes and speeches to lobby for change.

On a different but related topic, see Guanli Wang on Everest’s dying glaciers