Joining in the Efforts to Help Sichuang Earthquake Relief!

Dear Sino-Eco members and friends:

I would like to express our deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in our 'Sichuan Earthquake Disaster Relief Donation' effort. Especially for those of you who are colleagues and friends of our Sino-Eco members, We would like to say 'Thank You' for your generosity and spirit of help.

By May 21, 2008, we have received more than $2000 from more than 30 donors, More donations are on the way. Based on your suggestions, we are sending two separate checks ($1000 each) directly to two earthquake victims' families at Huaxi Botany Garden of the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Those two victims, Mr. Feng Zhengbo and Ms Xiong Hailan, were key staff members of the Garden and lived in Dujiangyan, near the epicenter of the earthquake.

Please visit http://sichuanearthquake.sino-eco.org/ for details and progress of Sino Eco's Sichuan earthquake relief efforts.

Thank your for your attention and donations.

Ge Sun , Ph.D. President, Sino-Eco

On behalf the Sino-Eco 2008-2010 Executive Committee

New Term Stars May 1, 2008!

Dear Sino-Eco members and friends:

It is my pleasure to announce the executive team for the term 2008-2010. I am sure you will agree that we have an outstanding team with extraordinary talents.

• President: Dr. Ge Sun
• Vice President: Dr. Jianwu (Jim) Tang
• Science, Policy and Research Coordinator: Dr. Xiaohua (Adam) Wei
• Webmaster/Newsletter Editor: Dr. Frank Chang
• Public Affairs/Student Liaison: Mr Xubin Pan
• Treasurer and membership coordinator: Ms Wei Ran
• Advisor and Past President: Dr. Ben Gu

Many of you have expressed encouragement and high hopes for the new Sino-Eco leadership. Once again, I thank you for your support. In particular, I'd like to acknowledge our team members' enthusiasms to serve. Some of them are veteran Sino-Eco members and some are new comers, but we all have one common goal -- that is to make our organization better. I was grateful for that and see this is a great start.

Our team will work on a few fronts in the coming months including the annual ESA gathering and celebration of 20th anniversary of Sino-Eco, membership campaigns, and others. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any comments and suggestion.

Ge Sun , Ph.D. President-Elect, Sino-Eco

On behalf the Sino-Eco 2008-2010 Executive Committee

Green Olympics and More!

This is the last of the seven issues of newsletters published under Dr. Ben Gu's initiative from 2006-2008. You will find out what Dr. Ben has to say in his farewell speech and 2006-2008 accomplishments in review. Meanwhile, Dr. Ge Sun is introducing his team and ready to lead from Day One starting May 1, 2008.

Drs. Charlie Huang, Lixin Wang, Ben Gu, Qinqin Liu won Editor's Awards for their contributions to the Newsletter. Send in your submissions and you could be the winner next time.

If you like the eye-catching cover background photos of the Water Cube, you don't want to miss the article about how Beijing’s Olympic Aquatic Centre exemplify the Green Olympics.

http://www.sino-eco.org/pdf/newsletter_2008_2.pdf

Dr. Ge Sun is elected!

Voting of the Sino-Eco president (2008-2010) concluded on March 31, 2008. The election committee sincerely thank you for your supports and votes. We especially thank Dr. Ge Sun and Dr. Jianwu Tang for their willingness to serve as candidates and readiness to lead Sino-Eco when elected.

Among the 59 qualified members, 44 members or 75% casted their votes with 43 valid votes (one vote was casted after March 31). Below is the final vote count:

Dr. Ge Sun: 25 votes
Dr. Jiangwu Tang：18 votes

Dr. Ge Sun

We are pleased to annouce that Dr. Ge Sun is now elected as the Sino-Eco president for the 2008-2010 term. He will form an executive committee and take over the job beginning on May 1, 2008.

Sili Miao, Hong Liu and Ben Gu, Sino-Eco Election Committee

Dr. Chung-Hsin Chung passed away at age 100

Dr Chung-Hsin Chung, a distinguished ecologist in Nanjing University, passed away on March 2, 2008 at age 100. Sino-Eco President Ben Gu has sent a letter of condolence on behalf of the Sino Eco Community.

• Letter of Condolence by Dr. Ben Gu on behalf of the Sino Eco Community
• In Memory of Dr. Chung from Dr. Hong Liu
• A Poem from Dr. Quan Dong
• News from Tsinghua Alumni Association
• Dr. Chung's Biography from Baidu

2007 in Review and Happy New Year 2008

Time flies. We are approaching the end of another fruitful year of our ecological life. In 2007, Sino-Eco as an organization has fulfilled many important tasks. Read them in details in our newsletter. These accomplishments would not be possible without the dedications of the current committee and other Sino-Eco members. We hope more students and young ecologists will actively participate Sino-Eco activities and build our association into an even more effective and influential force in helping ecological education, research, and management worldwide.

Holidays are already here. I wish all of our new and old friends a safe and enjoyable break and a wonderful new year.

Ben Gu , Ph.D., President, Sino-Eco

http://www.sino-eco.org/pdf/newsletter_2007_3.pdf

In this issue, you will be greeted by President Gu's review of Year 2007 along with impressive news, publication list and activities from our members.

A few weeks ago, I was listening the radio in my car. It talked about the impact of divorces on the environment. I thought it was fascinating yet making good sense. However, I did not realize that the research was conducted by one of our members until Ben and Changhui mentioned it to me. Find out who did such a great job in the Hot Link section.

If you like Lixin's eco essay about Africa from last issue, you definitely want to read his adventure to the Death Valley. It's a shame that I have not made it there as it is very close to me. Now I have to put it on the list when I plan my next trip.

Thank you all for your contributions and keep them coming.