Uploaded June 2015 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
Sheri Liao is perhaps the most influential environmental activist in China today. After the 2008 Szechuan earthquake, she determined that rebuilding should focus on ecologically-sustainable ways -- and committed herself to making that happen. This short film highlights some of her work.
Liao is one of the key plenary speakers at the SEIZING AN ALTERNATIVE conference on the Pomona College campus in Claremont, CA June 4-7. She joins Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, John B. Cobb, Jr., Wes Jackson, Herman Daly, and many others devoted to the task of rethinking civilization from the ground up.
Sheri Liao is perhaps the most influential environmental activist in China today. After the 2008 Szechuan earthquake, she determined that rebuilding should focus on ecologically-sustainable ways -- and committed herself to making that happen. This short film highlights some of her work.
Liao is one of the key plenary speakers at the SEIZING AN ALTERNATIVE conference on the Pomona College campus in Claremont, CA June 4-7. She joins Bill McKibben, Vandana Shiva, John B. Cobb, Jr., Wes Jackson, Herman Daly, and many others devoted to the task of rethinking civilization from the ground up.










