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Beijing Earthview Education and Research Center (Earthview):
Promoting environmental awareness in the world's most populous country
 
  · WHY does China need Earthview?
  · WHO is Earthview? Our Vision, Our Mission
  · HOW we work: Using the media to spread the message
  · WHAT we do: Key Activities
  · WHAT else do we do? More of our activities
  · WHERE can you find us? Get in touch
  · Our work report
 
Brief Work Report of Earthview for year 2004
(1 January - 31 December, 2004)
 

Publications released: 28 writings/publications were released in 2004, Table 2004.1 shows the detail.

Public events held: 14 public seminars/speeches/meetings (Table 2004.2) and 14 media interviews (Table 2004.3) for the publicity of environmental science knowledge were given in 2004.

Campaigns participated: 4 Campaigns listed below were participated by Earthview in 2004.
1) Campaign for Energy Saving initiated by China Youth Daily
2) Campaign for Better Air Quality initiated by Beijing EPA
3) Campaign for Improving Public Transportation System in Beijing initiated by Beijing Association for Natural Science and Social Science
4) Campaign for Raising Content Quality of Internet Educational Resources initiated by China Association for Science and Technology

 
Multimedia projects: 2 multimedia projects were completed in 2004, please see the Table below.
 
Project Founder
Project content
Duration and Progress
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) VCD Distribution of new TVE titles to 50 VCD Lending Libraries (each with 40 Titles) across China Jan 1- Dec 31, 2004, Completed
International Development Research Center (IDRC) Establishing a Digital Library with Films, Images and Text Files for Environmental Education in Chinese Language Jan. 1 – Jun 6, 2004, completed
 
Consultancy assignments carried out: 11 consultancy assignments were carried out in 2004, Table 2004.4 shows the detail.

Broadcast distributions: 48 film copies were distributed to China Central Television (Table 2004.5) and Beijing Television (Table 2004.6), and 31 film titles were provided to 11 TV/film makers for footage use (Table 2004.7) in 2004.

Non-broadcast distributions: The total video copies distributed to non-broadcast users in 2004 were 5,436, among which 380 videos were borrowed (Table 2004.8), 2,916 were donated (Table 2004.9), 140 were sold (Table 2004.10) , and 2,000 (Table 2004.11) were distributed to VCD lending libraries across China.

 
Overview of non-broadcast distribution in 2004
Users
Number of videos distributed
Percentage
Universities
2,445
44.98%
Schools (primary, secondary)
1,446
26.60%
NGOs & Individuals
1,245
22.90%
Research Institutes
144
2.65%
Private/corporate sector companies
52
0.96%
Non-school Public Education
40
0.74%
Government/semi-government agencies
25
0.46%
Media Staffs
20
0.37%
International organizations
19
0.35%
Total copies
5,436
100.00%
 
Language versions produced: 18 film titles from TVE were translated and versioned into Chinese, Table 2004.12 shows the titles.
 
 
 
Annual Work Report of Earthview for Year 2003
(1 January - 31 December, 2003)
 
Broadcast distributions: 121 film copies were distributed to 5 Chinese TV broadcasters and film makers (Table 2003.1A),and 16,871 seconds of film footage were distributed to 8 Chinese TV programme makers (Table 2003.1B) in 2003.
 
Non-broadcast distributions: The total number of video copies distributed to non-broadcast users were 6730, among which 884 videos were borrowed (Table 2003.2A), 5,621 videos were donated (Table 2003.2B-1 and Table 2003.2B-2), and 225 videos were sold (Table 2003.2C) in 2003.
 
Overview of non-broadcast distribution in 2003
Users
Number of videos distributed
Percentage
Universities
2744
40.77%
NGOs & Individuals
2340
34.77%
Research Institutes
1014
15.07%
Schools (primary, secondary)
201
2.99%
Media Staffs
121
1.79%
Government/semi-government agencies
116
1.72%
Private/corporate sector companies
99
1.47%
Non-school Public Education
91
1.35%
International organizations
4
0.06%
Total copies
6,730
99.99%
 
Language versions produced: 45 international films from TVE, TVE-AP and BBC were translated and versioned into Chinese, Table 2003.3 shows the titles.

Publications released: 31 publications and other writing works were released in 2003, please see Table 2003.4 for details.

Public events held: 15 public seminars/speeches (Table 2003.5A) and 23 media interviews (Table 2003.5B) for the publicity of environmental knowledge were given in 2003.
 
Campaigns participated: 3 Campaigns listed below were participated by Earthview in 2003.
 
1) Campaign to Stop Wild Life Consumption initiated by China Environmental Journalists Association in May 2003
2) Campaign to Stop Building up Big Dams in Southwest China initiated by China River Conservation in July 2003
3) Campaign for Conservation and Sustainability of Old City Areas in Beijing initiated by Beijing Decision-making Consultant Center in Sept. 2003
 
Multimedia projects started: 4 multimedia projects described in Table below were carried out in 2003.
 
Project Founder
Project content
Duration and Progress
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF)
Establishing 50 VCD Lending Libraries (each with 100 film titles from TVE and UNICEF) over China
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2003, Completed
International Development Research Center (IDRC)
Establishing a Digital Library with 500 films, 2000 images and 1000 text files for the Environmental Education in Chinese Language
Jan. 1 – Dec. 10, 2003, 2/3 of project plan was completed
China Science and Technology Museum
Establishing a Digital Library with 500 films, 2000 images and 1000 text files for the Environmental Education in Chinese Language
June 8 – Oct. 5, 2003, Completed
Beijing Youth Activity Center for Science & Technology Education
On line Cinema for Excellent Public Science Educational Films (19 films from Earthview video library were selected and shown)
June 1 – Oct. 31, 2003, Completed
 
Consultancy assignments carried out: 19 consultancy assignments (free of charge) were carried out in 2003, Table 2003.6 shows the details.

 

 
Earthivew's work report 2002
(1 January - 31 December, 2002)
 
Broadcast distributions: 168 film copies were distributed to 8 Chinese TV broadcasters (Table 2002.1A) and 34,427 seconds of film footages were distributed to 21 Chinese TV programme makers (Table 2002.1B) in 2002.

Non-broadcast distributions: The total number of non-broadcast distributed videos were 1963, among which 836 videos were borrowed (Table 2002.2A), 603 videos were donated (Table 2002.2B), and 524 videos were sold (Table 2002.2C) at cost during 2002.

Overview of non-broadcast distribution in 2002
Users
Number of videos distributed
Percentage
NGOs & Individuals
612
31.18%
Universities
597
30.41%
Research Institutes
164
8.35%
Governmental Bureaus
144
7.34%
Enterprises
103
5.25%
Foreign-aided Projects & Foreign Guests
102
5.20%
Schools
85
4.33%
Broadcasters & TV/Film Production Centers
71
3.62%
SEPA Branches
67
3.41%
Non-school Public Education
11
0.56%
Media staff
7
0.36%
Total copies
1,963
100.00%
 
Language versions produced: 54 international films from TVE, Unicef and other organizations were translated and versioned into Chinese, Table 2002.3 shows the titles.

Publications released: 16 publications and other writing works were released in 2002, please see Table 2002.4 for details.

Public events held: 23 public lectures (Table 2002.5A) and 25 media interviews (Table 2002.5B) for the publicity of environmental knowledge were given in 2002.

Campaigns participated: 4 Campaigns were participated by Earthview in 2002 (Table 2002.6).

 

Multimedia projects started: 2 multimedia projects described in Table below were started in 2002.
 
Project Founder
Project design
Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) Establishment of 50 VCD Lending Libraries (with 100 educational films from TVE and UNICEF) over China
Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) Establishment of a digital library with 500 films, 2000 images and 1000 text files for environmental education in Chinese language
 
Consultancy assignments carried out: 26 consultancy assignments were carried out in 2002, please see Table 2002.7 for details.

 

 
Earthivew's work report 2001
(1 January - 31 December, 2001)
 
Broadcast distributions: 145 film copies were distributed to 11 Chinese TV broadcasters (Table 2001.1A) and 57,501 seconds of film footages were distributed to 21 Chinese TV programme makers (Table 2001.1B) in 2001.

Non-broadcast distributions: The total number of non-broadcast distributed videos were 2077, among which 1212 videos were borrowed (Table 2001.2A), 544 videos were donated (Table 2001.2B), and 321 videos were sold (Table 2001.2C)at cost during 2001.

 
Overview of non-broadcast distribution in 2001
 
Users
Number of videos distributed
Percentage
Universities
583
28 .07%
Media Staff
325
15.65%
Foreign-aided Projects & Foreign Guests
287
13.82%
NGOs & Individuals
227
10.93%
Schools
166
7.99%
Enterprises
123
5.92%
Governmental Bureaus
95
4.57%
Non-school Public Education
75
3.61%
SEPA Branches
73
3.51%
EETPC Partners
71
3.42%
Research Institutes
52
2.50%
Total copies
2077
100%
Language versions produced: 37 international films from Oekomedia Institute, TVE, Unicef and other organizations were translated and versioned into Chinese, Table 2001.3 shows the titles.

Publications released: 15 publications and other writing works were released in 2001, please see Table 2001.4 for details.

Public events held: 2001 Oekomedia Environmental Film Festival in Beijing was the most important event held by Earthview in 2001. In cooperation with China Forum of Environmental Journalists (CFEJ) and Oekomedia Institut, Earthview and TVE volunteers in China successfully held the first Oekomedia Environmental Film Festival in Beijing on April 4 - 21, 2001.

The film screenings were done at different places such as universities, governmental agencies and cinema, Table 2001.5 gives the detail of the venues and audience number. Besides, more than 100 schools, NOGs and other organizations borrowed the VHS copies of the festival films and did the screenings by themselves during the festival time (Table 2001.6 gives the detail). Therefore the total number of the audience reached to more than 100,000 people,

Campaigns participated: 19 public lectures were given to NGOs, governmental agencies, communities and universities in 2001 (Table 2001.7).

Consultancy assignments carried out: 21 consultant services were provided to governmental bureaus, TV and other mass media agencies and journalists in 2001, Table 2001.8 gives details.

 

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