Monthly Archives: June 2010

My students are sending their papers to me via email and I just received my first one today. The paper seeks to offer a cultural sociological explanation for why peasant factory workers want overtime work and why they protest labor … Continue reading →

If you haven’t guessed, we’ve been shocked into silence. If our 10 months is China vaciliated between being exhilarating and exhausting, our first 12 days at home have encompassed the spectrum from fantasy to nightmare. Our last post announced the … Continue reading →

Blumenthal dies following Colo. cycling accident: Times Argus Online.

I thought that once we got home I would be in such a hurry to eat the foods that we could not get in China and to make use of the oven but, so far, it just hasn’t been that … Continue reading →

While I won’t be posting regularly from this point forward, I thought I’d share some initial thoughts about my return home from Guangzhou, China to Montpelier, Vermont. Environment: What is most striking about coming home is our natural and physical … Continue reading →

Aiming to use lawsuits more effectively to fight pollution and protect workers, Vermont Law School’s U.S.-China Partnership for Environmental Law has received a $1.5 million federal grant to establish China’s first public interest environmental law firm and expand a university-based … Continue reading →

We’re back in VT. It’s very late and we’re very tired.

Save the last minute toiletries and my carry-on bags we are packed. The minibus will retrieve us at 6 am. Right now it just seems surreal. This evening Wang Xiu Li (of cooking lesson fame) came by to drop off … Continue reading →

Well, today was our last day in China, and I don’t think I’ll be able fully process this experience and these final days until I’ve returned to the U.S. I’m certain this experience will change my teaching and it has … Continue reading →