John D. Liu, a Chinese American who helped open the CBS News Beijing News Bureau in 1981 during the normalization of relations between the U.S. and China, has since the mid-1990s concentrated on producing, writing, directing and presenting environmental films for the BBC, National Geographic and others. In 1997 he started the Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) in China and helped create the China Environment and Sustainable Development Reference and Research Center. His award-winning film Hope in a Changing Climate has led to public speaking engagements on 6 continents. Liu’d work provides compelling evidence that it is possible to rehabilitate large-scale damaged ecosystems and points toward the path humanity must take to ensure sustainability. www.eempc.org
