Global Village Beijing Founder Honored with the William J. Clinton Global Citizen Award

Nominated by a group of global leaders, the 2008 honorees of the Clinton Global Citizen Awards were chosen based on their innovative and effective approaches to making positive global change, and on their work’s potential for scalable growth and sustainability.  These are leaders whose efforts transcend borders, change lives, and set an example for us all.

Xaioyi (Sheri) Liao was one of four honorees of the Clinton Global Citizen Awards in December of 2008.  She was given the award based on her commitment to leadership in creating a more civil society.

Sheri Liao, one of China’s best-known environmental activists, founded Global Village of Beijing (GVB) in 1996 with her personal savings.   GVB has an international reputation as being one of the most influential non-governmental organizations in China working to help the country achieve environmental sustainability.  Liao and GVB have promoted a “Green Life” standard of living using a grassroots approach to environmental sustainability.  Liao and GVG has established an environmental program on Chinese public television, helped lead a garbage sorting operation, co-coordinated a “car-free day,” and assisted the Xuan Wu government in founding the first “Green Community” in China. 

Most recently, Liao was an environmental adviser to the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.   Liao now devotes much of her time to rebuilding sustainable villages in the earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province, which is still feeling the effects of last May’s natural disaster. 

Liao’s innovation, hard work, and dedication remind us all to “think green” for a better future.

To learn more about GVB, click here: www.gvbchina.org

To learn more about the Clinton Global Initiative, click here: www.clintonglobalinitiative.org

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