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After 15 years working in the mainstream media in China, I came to Sweden to establish my family. After almost ten years of freelancing for other media, now I created this website, www.greenpost.se hoping to spread information in sustainable development, sharing life experiences with readers both in China and Sweden, serving as a bridge. I enjoy the good environment in Sweden, fresh air, clean water, blue sky and beautiful flowers. 陈雪霏,女,1966. 摩羯座,满族,出生在辽宁省凌海市,班吉塔镇,地藏寺村。兄弟姐妹6个当中最中间的一个。和二哥一样是全科人,就是哥姐弟妹都有,幸福感很强。万能血型,很容易打交道。喜欢高大上,但同情弱者,追求平等,公平正义,善良,是环保主义者,提倡节俭,从不浪费一粒粮食。创立瑞中桥绿色科技文化公司就是为中瑞绿色科技文化牵线搭桥。 教育程度:英国米德赛思大学可持续发展领导力硕士,英语和国际政治双学士,文学和法学学士。新西兰坎特伯雷大学访问学者。 工作经历,中国国际广播电台工作15年,驻津巴布韦两年,采访过南非总统曼德拉,津巴布韦总统穆加贝。 2008年采访过瑞典首相赖因费尔特。 2006-2010 人民网驻斯德哥尔摩特约记者。 2010-2012 新华社斯德哥尔摩报道员 2012-至今中国国际广播电台英语环球广播自由撰稿人 《环球时报》,《生命时报》特约记者。 《北欧时报》副社长,英文主编,《北欧绿色邮报网》社长,主编。 chenxuefei7@hotmail.com, wechat: chenxuefei7, facebook: chenxuefei7

影评:耿军执导的《轻松+愉快》亮相斯德哥尔摩国际电影节

北欧绿色邮报网影评(记者陈雪霏)– 斯德哥尔摩国际电影节正在进行,来自中国黑龙江导演耿军的悲喜剧《轻松+愉快》令人深思,它也让人想起那句老话,吾日三省吾身。

影片以极慢的节奏,极简的线条却勾划出了社会上让人感到极其恶心的丑恶。最让人恶心的是一个伪装成和尚的人到厕所里把正在大便的人弄晕然后偷钱,真是恶心到极点。地方上的片警虐待妇女得报应死无葬身之地倒是真是体现了害人害己的下场。其中的荒诞无所不在。也对丑恶进行了无情的鞭挞。

故事一开篇是在东北一个破烂不堪的地方,一个冰天雪地里走着一个穿黑呢子大衣的男子。然后,镜头显示一个活波可爱的功夫青年,正在推销他的功夫课,迎头遇上这个黑衣男子。男子拿出一个淡绿色的香皂,说自己是卖香皂的,递给功夫小子,让他闻一闻,说是有好几种香味儿。功夫小子真闻了,说挺香,结果,扑通倒地,人事不省。黑衣男子立即搜身,把钱和手机都拿走。然后,点着两支烟,夹在功夫小子手指间。不一会儿,他醒了,赶紧来追黑衣男子。快要追上时,黑衣男子回头,手里拿着一支手枪对着功夫小子说,你还年轻,因为这点东西丧命不值得,你还是赶紧转身回去吧。

功夫小子真的转身往回跑。跑着跑着,遇到一个穿黄袍子的和尚。和尚说,施主,你摸我一下会带来好运,然后,给我点儿钱。结果,功夫小子一摸口袋,什么都没有,他说,我被人打蒙了。和尚说,你不是会功夫吗?这下功夫小子真的发功,把和尚打蒙了,然后把和尚的假佛珠也都拿走了。

黑衣男子走着走着来到了一个旅店。旅店破旧不堪,但他还是在这里住下了。旅店老板是个看树的,结果,丢了一棵树,村干部要把他开除,他很烦恼。(这个场景是十分真切地反应了现实,在我家乡的东小河畔,我小学时栽的杨树,后来长成了合抱大树,村里就有人半夜去砍树,公社后来罚他,我老爸还问我这样合理不合理。我说活该罚,就是应该罚。可是那个家庭也确实穷掉底了。当然,后来,改革开放了,他的孩子们日子都过得不错。偷树的时候,正是公家的东西没人管或者管理不善的时候,个人趁机肆意偷盗。)

黑衣男子每次用香皂迷魂人很得手,但是,有一次遇到了另外两个人和一个信基督的傻子(但痴迷基督)。结果,那两个正常人都闻了他的香皂,而傻子没听他的,不但没闻,还把香皂扔到了石头堆里。结果两个正常人倒地,傻子却没事。但黑衣男子命令他躺下。然后,黑衣男子又是一番搜钱,拿走钱财以后,找那块丢的香皂,却没找到,害怕他们马上都醒过来,他就跑了。

功夫小子和和尚都丢了东西,所以,去报警。警察说你会功夫?表演一下?但功夫小子假称身体不方便不演。(当时的警察就好像当初我的新自行车被偷,然后去报警,北京警察告诉我在大街上看着,如果见到谁偷了我的自行车,立即向他们汇报,他们马上出来抓小偷儿)。

不过两个民警真的出来找这个骗子。而且找到了那家旅馆,只是来回走走,没有发现异常,又回去了。仔细研究对策。

后来,和尚也来了。他们一起吃饭,这个老板感觉还是有人偷树,于是到地里去看,果然很多树都被砍了,他气得对天大声吼叫。

和尚第一次遇到黑衣男子的时候,也还是用那个伎俩,让人家摸他一下,好有好运。结果黑衣男子说,咱俩是同行儿。二人坐下来一起研究,说现在的骗法还是不太高明。

正在他们说着的时候,来了一个民警。民警用怀疑的眼光跟着他们。结果黑衣男子拔出手枪转过身对准民警(其实枪也是假的)。民警立即举起手来。黑衣民警示意和尚搜他。结果民警认出黑衣男子。你不是张志勇吗?咱俩小学同学。于是,他们一起喝酒吃饭。他也拿到了香皂。

回到饭店以后,又来了一个漂亮姑娘。结果,这个民警拿着香皂追了过来,立即对姑娘动手动脚,结果两人都闻到了香味而倒下。

看树的人发现民警可能因为酒精或者其他原因已经咽气。他说,他可以象树一样消失。于是,又把这民警弄到地里放玉米地里烧了。

另一个民警发现这个民警没了,发寻人启事,并怀疑这个和尚,骗子,傻基督和看树的都是嫌疑人。最恶心的是和尚和黑衣男子上厕所的时候,和尚还把一个上厕所的人弄晕偷了他的钱。

后来和尚也和功夫小子承认自己是个骗子,不是和尚。

所以整个骗子反应的就是大家互害,没有一个好东西。大家都是受害者,然后反过来又去报复别人,害别人。

该片的黑色幽默有点儿象前两年的《白日烈焰》。深刻揭露社会上的丑恶现象,扣问良心究竟哪里去了。连一位老大妈也是骗子。当然,这里是表现她想教训他们。但也是真实地用了欺骗的手法。

影片及其深刻地揭示了社会的变化。从过去拾了钱包大老远给人家送回去,到这种坑蒙拐骗的丑恶行径。

这也充分证明了反腐,严打,建立文明城市和社会主义新农村的必要性。这些行为也正是在国有经济向私有化转变过程中暴露的种种弊端。非常的赤裸裸。估计肥皂里加的就是毒品或者逍遥丸,可以让人昏过去,但还不至于死去。

总之,该片一针见血,揭露丑陋,鞭挞骗子。令人深思,让人不得不深刻反思如何才能再次树立诚信,人们怎样才能再次相互信任。那就是坚决不能那样做。

影片的名字是《轻松+愉快》,其实非常沉重当然也非常可笑。

今年的斯德哥尔摩国际电影节还真有不少这种讽刺幽默的骗子,例如昨天看的《晚会》,还有电影《我那纯净的国》其实都是反语。今年电影节也聚焦社会的巨大变化带来的种种问题,让人伤心和烦恼,同时也应该思考如何解决问题。

Swedish Chinese Protest about DN’s Story Kinesisk hämnd on Nov.7

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(Greenpost) — It is well-known that the western media often report negative news about China with the pretext that good news is not news, bad news is news.

When the 19th National Congress of Communist Party of China opened,  all the world media were reporting the opening of this important conference which decides the future of 1.3 billion people as well as the world situation, DN used the whole page talked about China’s production of jeans.  Anyway it is about China.

Then on Nov. 7,  there is a small old story about a Chinese cook Cheng. The title is Kinesisk Hämnd.  Those who read Swedish can understand that this story is a joke about the Chinese cook.  This time it stimulated a protest among Chinese, especially among those who are engaged in restaurant business and other businesses.

It is also well known that most Chinese in Sweden are engaged in restaurant businesses.  This story ridiculed the Chinese cook, even though it is an old Canadian story,  the Chinese cooks felt very angry about it because they felt it will bring negative side effect to their business, to the image of the Chinese people. They think it is an insult.

James Wang, Director of the Swedish Chinese Assistance Center and President of Swedish Chinese Federation of Industry and Commerce said this was a strong disrespect of Chinese people. In particular, it ridiculed the pronunciation of  the southern Chinese accent, it is rasist.

Lydia Liu, director of CSBC also thinks this is rasist action, she has written a protesting email to the editor of DN in Swedish.

Peter Liu, Manager of Restaurant China, also wrote email in Swedish to the editor of DN.

Zhou Yueyou, Ji Zhanyou and Wu Junbo who are  Directors of Chinese Cuisine Associations in Sweden also voiced their protests against DN’s report thinking that is very bias.

Some Chinese propose to hire lawyers to reserve the right of resorting to legal procedures if DN continues to have non-objective negative reports about Chinese in Sweden.

影评:《晚会》一部令人深思的好电影

北欧绿色邮报网影评:今天看了一部好电影《晚会》。是丹麦导演拍摄的,但是,演员全是英国口音,电影是关于英国的一个竞选议会女议员的妇女珍妮开一个家庭Party的故事。

故事一开始就是家里来了客人,男主人公比尔却好像是得了老年痴呆症,神情恍惚,目光呆滞。女主人珍妮光彩照人,一副女强人的样子。电影是黑白的。非常严肃,但是非常具有黑色幽默。

一对朋友先到,女人APRIL显然在家里占主导地位,不停地谴责德国裔丈夫。丈夫却温柔地对比尔微笑。期间,珍妮说你不能因为他的父辈是纳粹而依然恨他。

然后,又来了一对女同性恋朋友。女人已经怀孕,而且是三胞胎。是人工受精的结果。对象女人长的象女人,但是,行动象男人。

接着又来了一个男人叫汤姆。汤姆说他的爱人玛丽安暂时来不了。但是,他非常紧张,一进来就问厕所在哪里。原来,他带了一把手枪,是来报复杀人的。他先吸点儿毒品,为自己壮胆,但还是紧张的不得了。

等到他来到客厅的时候,人们都到了。这时,男主人比尔说,他想宣布一个消息。大家静听,比尔说,他被诊断得了绝症。就在这前一秒,珍妮还在和另外一个女人通信息说,没有你不能活。说明她有一个情人。

但是,听到老公得绝症的消息,她立即跪下,向比尔说,我决定不参加竞选了,我要照顾你。这些年我怎么不知道好好照顾你呢?女朋友说,你太热衷你的政治了,你好像不太在乎朋友关系。

此时,比尔说,我是在一家私人医院检查出来的。大家似乎有了希望,觉得私人医院不一定准。只是为了挣钱。

比尔说,我想临死前坦白一件事情,年轻时,我曾经和你的女朋友玛丽安有过关系,有一两年的关系,和这对女同性恋中扮演男角的马特也有过一两次关系,因为他们曾经住一个宿舍。

女主人珍妮一听,立即大发雷霆,给了老公一大巴掌。期间,汤姆本来想来杀他的情敌比尔,但看到珍妮那个样子,他决定把枪扔到垃圾桶。但这时鸡肉在烤箱里烧糊了,于是,珍妮去扔垃圾。看到了枪,并拿了回来。

这时,女同性恋的怀孕女子开始责骂对象,怎么能和比尔发生关系呢,真是太恶心了。

珍妮在厕所里大哭,女朋友April说,其实竞选议员也没啥意思。结果在珍妮让她进到厕所以后,她居然向珍妮表达了爱慕之情。

客厅里比尔精神好了一些,讲出了与三个女人有关系的历史,让汤姆格外愤怒,汤姆也给他一拳,尽管他是耶鲁大学的学者。德国朋友说,你这个奸商不应该这样对待一个有学问的学者教授。比尔也辩解说,你老婆不喜欢你的臭钱,她喜欢我这个没钱但有学问的人。结果汤姆把他打倒在地,但没想把他打死。所以看到他休克了,又赶紧抢救。就在这时,珍妮和朋友从厕所出来,看到丈夫躺在地上,珍妮立即给丈夫进行心脏起搏式抢救,使劲儿按压心脏,结果比尔真的醒了过来。

这时,门铃想了,是玛丽安来了,结果珍妮这回真的拿起手枪冲向门去,她说,玛丽安,你说你是爱我的……

中间有一句非常有意思的台词是德国人说的,当时,窗户的玻璃碎了,他说,那是通向门的窗户,不是通往心灵的窗户。

通篇台词非常紧凑幽默,彷佛是赵本山的小品一样天衣无缝,但又是标准地道的英音,尽管马特是美国人。最后,在比尔休克的时候,德国男人对比尔的动作,又好像他们俩也有恋情似的。

整部电影让人看了情不自禁地捧腹大笑,同时,也能感觉到这种黑色幽默在扣问良心,扣问道德,扣问我们的价值观,男人到底是不是男人,女人到底是不是女人,男人和女人到底是什么关系,妇女解放,女权主义,最终结果是什么?一系列的问题都被提了出来。

或许这就是现实的反应,最根本的又是知识分子的虚伪。这个比尔好像是英国病人,也可能是某个喜剧演员。

总之,这部电影很好看,好像我们的小品。这个Party可能也是双重含义,晚会或者是政党。

2017斯德哥尔摩国际电影节聚焦变化

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)– 2017斯德哥尔摩国际电影节于11月8日开幕,到19日闭幕,总共有150部电影集中放映。

今年国际电影节的主题是变化。今年的铜马奖得主是美国影星Vanessa Redgrave,她得过奥斯卡奖,Emmy奖,Tony奖,这回是斯德哥尔摩终生成就奖。她导演的电影《大海的忧伤》将在颁奖期间放映。

今年也有好几部电影是关于中国的,例如《北京之王》,讲述北京父子俩酷爱放电影的故事。虽然生活困难,但非常愉快,为电影着迷。

电影《逍遥自在》是由耿军导演的。讲述的是东北人如何互设骗局,最后拷问良心的一部片子。还有周迅主演的《我们的时代必将到来》是安慧的第三部关于抗日战争时期的片子。此前她导演了《沦陷城市之爱》和汤唯主演的《黄金时代》(萧红的一生)。

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China Special Series–Chinese wears better than ever before

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(Greenpost)–No matter you travel in the subway or in a bus, you will see beautiful boys and girls wearing beautiful clothes.

 

Even in the countryside, the free market sells various kinds of beautiful clothes and the prices are not expensive.

All the people no matter old or young, they just wear very good clothes. In other words, very new clothes.

When I was a child, we learnt from Lei Feng, a role model for youth. He said he wore a pair of socks for 9 years. Nowadays people have a lot of clothes and people begin to change a lot too.

Women change much more than men. But some men are also good at changing and buying new clothes.

Some women even go to another extreme to have too much clothes.

Children’s clothes are also in a great variety.  China’s export actually started with textile industry.

In Marx’s words, clothes, food, house and travel are not a problem now.

According to Xi Jinping’s report at the 19th CPC National Congress,  among 1.3 billion people, now there are still four percent of the total population living under poverty line. That translates into 40 million people and that is four times more than the whole Swedish population.

Xi has promised that China will wipe out poverty in three years by 2020. That is a great goal and that will really mark China to enter a new era.

I was so glad to see this when I was in China two weeks ago.

China has changed greatly and is experiencing the great transformation. Green environment is the goal people strive for.

 

 

Chinese Special Series–Chinese Housing enough for the next generation

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(Greenpost)– To be honest, I came from a poor farmer’s family. But now those who live in the countryside enjoy big house, bigger space.

My brother and sister both have about 100 square meters apartment.
Recently a woman from Qingdao, Shandong province told me that they live in a 150 square meters apartment just for two persons.

Many civil servants have bigger office areas and enjoy two or three apartments.

Even those who came from the countryside and later lived in the city can enjoy very big apartment, not just one.

China has built so many buildings, so many cars and so many bikes.

A great change now is that people live much better.

Beijing attracts architeks from all over the world and it is a test site for all the vanguard builders. I saw an instrument type of building in Chaoyang district.

The famous CCTV building is even more protruding.  Skyscrapers are everywhere. And in many provinces, counties and cities, there are many buildings built.

Many people in local areas even have much more houses than those in bigger cities.  Chinese people enjoy far better material enjoyment now than ever. But their time of course is much tighter than before. They work harder than before.

Chinese Special Series–Fast train can benefit the whole world

Stockholm, Nov. 12(Greenpost) — When China built fast train in 2008, I was astonished by Chinese accurate drivers and fantastic services in the Hexiehao or Harmony Train.

I used to take more than 8 hours from Beijing to Jinzhou by train. Now I fly back from Stockholm to Beijing by airplane through 8.5 hours. So sometimes I jokingly said that Stockholm is my backyard garden from my Beijing home.

This summer we went back to Beijing again.  Surprisingly it only takes half an hour from Beijing to Tianjin and only four and half hours from Tianjin to Shanghai. It used to take 12 hours.

We travelled around half of China from Tianjin to Shanghai, from Shanghai to Suzhou, just half an hour. From Suzhou to Beijing it just took four and half hours. From Shenyang to Dalian it only takes two hours. From Dalian to Jinzhou, it also jus took two hours.

There is wifi in the waiting room in Jinzhou Station and it was terribly clean and nice.  People can buy all kinds of snacks from all over China and people don’t have to be so crowded as before.

From the very beginning, I supported the idea of developing the fast train. It is absolutely great! People think it is expansive, but it is not expansive if people consider the overall benefit it brings to the society, to the business and to people’s health as well as wellbeing.

I strongly suggest Sweden build fast train. Maybe it is a better idea to join hands with Denmark and Norway to build fast train from north to south. Think of Chinese train from Harbin to Dalian, just five hours.  It is just perfect.

Think of people taking train just from Oslo to Denmark via Stockholm or surrounding Solna or Uppsala just by four hours or from Oslo to Stockholm just one hour! It will bring a lot of human flow and it will bring a lot of vitality to our economy and people’s spirit.

Sweden has been very proud of its Tunnelbana because it starts from 1940s and the train has been very good in capacity. But now it need improvement.

I suggest Sweden use Chinese fast train technology and workers.  We shall benefit from it in the long run!

Now I do think Chinese fast train is the best in the world!

China Special Series: Chinese food–the best food in the world

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(Greenpost) — In the early stage of China’s reform and opening up, even we Chinese ourselves felt we have been eating too much and felt we Chinese only pay attention to eating.

We used to joke about ourselves to say that our Chinese is an ethnic group that is good at eating.

Then I also began to travel around the world. I have been to Australia first and stayed in Sydney for half a year.  We cooked Chinese food every day and felt the China Town’s food was not bad.

Then I stayed in Zimbabwe for two years and cooked a lot myself and then I stayed in New Zealand for a year.  In London I stayed for four months and a couple of weeks in the US and Canada as well as Spain and other Nordic countries.

I boasted to have travelled all over the world and then came back to China, I felt the Chinese food is the best in the world.

This summer I and my family travelled to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Suzhou, Jinzhou, Shenyang and Dalian.  Wherever we went, we tasted very good Chinese food.

In Shanghai we have the delicate green vegetables and many other kinds of food.  In China, people do love food and food is the basis for all the other aspects of life, innovation, invention, high technology and so on.  Even if you produce space shuttle or a lot of cars, you still need to eat good food.

You spend about three hundred, you can have a whole table of good food and eat a full.  Coming back to Sweden, we have to come back to a single dish or very few fresh vegetables.

Chinese food is fresh with a lot of different kinds of vegetables. Chinese food is delicious.  Of course I know a lot of people are not used to Chinese food and don’t appreciate it because they are not used to it.

But comparatively speaking, I feel lucky to be able to eat Chinese food and I really think Chinese food is the best in the world because in the food there is a lot of culture and history as well as stories in them.  And for me the best food is the Tofo and cabbage in Northeast China.

Of course I shouldn’t be so narrow-minded, I think Swedish have a lot of kinds of food for herb use too, such as using plum or linfrö to cure certain diseases.  Chinese food too can be used as a kind of medicine to cure chronicle diseases.

Traditional Chinese Cuisine Delegation visit Sweden and Demark

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 12(Greenpost)– Traditional Chinese Cuisine Delegation of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council of China visited Sweden and Denmark recently.

Led by Lyu Jing from Jiangsu Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, the delegation includes Mr. Wei Xueyong, researcher from the office, Ms Gao Daiming, Wang Bin, Zhang Jun, Jin Fengbin and Shi Zhiyuan, Masters of Chinese Cuisine.

Lyu Jing said the purpose of the visit is to introduce traditional Chinese cuisine from Huaiyang, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang areas which is one of the four most famous cuisines in China. The other three famous cuisines are from Sichuan, Shandong and Guangdong provinces.

Ms Gao Daiming said she came from a traditional Chinese cuisine family. Among 400 kinds of famous cuisines in China, Huaiyang dishes account for over 70 percent,  up to 290 kinds which have more than 2000 years of history.

Wang Bin who opens cuisine school in Huaiyang area said the Chinese cuisines pay great attention to color, smell, taste and form which are also very good for health.

Huaiyang dishes pay great attention to the original taste of the food and dishes, thus keeping all the vitamins and proteins, good for health. It means the food is never overcooked.

The most famous dish is Lion’s Head which can be steamed and stewed.

The masters showed the local chef in how to make the best Chinese cuisine and indeed attracted about 60 chef to come to cook and over 100 food lovers to taste the gourmet.

The cuisine delegates stayed in Sweden for three days to prepare the food and to cook and teach and visit some places in Stockholm.

The activity was held in Jufu Yuan, Thai Restaurant in Upplands Vasby near Infra Scandic Hotel.  Jufu Yuan means a restaurant that gathers happiness.

Wang Yuli, Manager of Jufu Yuan Restaurant said he was happy to help organize this activity because it helps chefs from China and Sweden to exchange experiences and learn from each other.  In particular this Huaiyang Cuisine tastes very good and is just suitable for us.

After three days, the delegation left for Denmark to introduce one of the best cuisines in China.

Vanessa Redgrave has received the Stockholm Life Time Achievement Award

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10(Greenpost)–This year’s Stockholms Lifetime Achievement Award goes to the Acadamy Award-winning actress and Hollywood legend Vanessa Redgrave. In connection to the screening of her debute as a director with the documentary Sea Sorrow, the actress will tonight visit Stockholm International Film Festival to receive the Bronze Horse.

Motivation: This year’s winner of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award has been one of the most prominent actors in the world for over five decades and has been named ”the greatest living actress of our time” by Tennesse Williams. She is as brilliant in costume dramas and political documentaries as she is in works of some of the greatest auteurs in cinematic history. With astonishing force and great social commitment, Vanessa Redgrave has made acting her life’s work.

Redgrave has an impressive career with over a hundred movies, reaching over five decades, behind her. But now she is changing path and makes her debute as a director with the documentary Sea Sorrow. The film will also be screened at the Stockholm Film Festival.

Vanessa Redgrave is famous for her part in the movie Blow Up, directed by Michelangelo Antonionis. Other roles include Murder On The Orient Express (1974), Julia (1977), for which she won an Acadamy Award for best female supporting actress, and Mission: Impossible (1996). Vanessa Redgrave is also one of few who has been awarded both an Acadamy Award, a Tony and an Emmy.

She is also known for her involvement in politics throughout her career. During the Vietnam war she was an outspoken opponent and in her Acadamy Award speech in 1977 she drew great media attention to herself for openly criticising Israel.

This political involvement becomes even clearer in her touching debute as a director with Sea Sorrow. The documentary is a strong tale about migration, the refugee crisis and war, where Redgraves own experiences from the second world war is combined with reflections about todays global influx of migrants.

The film is a powerful outreach for humanism in a time of national tendencys and corresponds with this years festival theme – Change.

The Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to honor and acknowledge a longstanding career and an outstanding achievement in cinema. The prestigious award, in the shape of a 7,3kg (16 lb) Bronze Horse is the heaviest film award in the world. It is also a paraphrase on a national design icon, the Swedish Dala horse, and was created by artist Fredrik Swärd. The prize has previously been awarded to directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Quentin Tarantino, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Oliver Stone and Mike Leigh.

Solvatten–An Innovative Tool to Achieve Climate and Development Goals 

By Xuefei Chen Axelsson

STOCKHOLM, Nov.7(Greenpost)– Climate change is a reality and people from developing countries – specially women and children – are suffering the most. How can technology support governments to overcome these challenges?  Getting ready for the future. Credit: Solvatten. 

Here we have an interview between Analice Martins, independent writer, activist for women’s rights and founder of Internacionalidade and David Wadström focusing on an innovation called Solvatten.  The following is the details of Q and A.

Hej, David! Thanks for having me here! Can you tell me more about Solvatten?
Hej Analice! Sure! Solvatten – which means “Sun Water” in Swedish – is a jerry can that uses solar energy to purify contaminated water. After a few hours exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light, specifically UV-B, the water is free from the pathogens that cause diseases such as dysentery, salmonella and cholera. We created a durable design that stands intense heat and sunlight for many years and it has the capacity to process up to 40 liters of water per day, all we need is sunshine!

Sounds very promising! And how is Solvatten addressing global challenges such as poverty, inequality and climate change?
Billions of people still use firewood to cook, heat and boil water in order to make it cleaner. There are numerous social and environmental consequences of this practice; for instance, burning firewood causes harmful indoor air pollution, releases greenhouse gas emissions, and impact the lives of many girls and women who need to walk dozens of miles every day to fetch water and firewood.
A typical household used to spend up to three hours a day to generate energy to water needs. Solvatten saves time and allow people to pursue more economically productive activities. Additionally, decreasing firewood burns is beneficial to both the household’s members as well as the trees in the local environment.

In which ways is Solvatten supporting governments and organizations to achieve their climate and development goals?
Solvatten is both a short and long-term solution. In the short term, Solvatten is a powerful relief tool for communities affected by natural disasters. Governments and International Organizations can use Solvatten in areas suffering from water contamination. In the long-term, Solvatten has been proven to be a change maker: it empowers women, increases girls’ attendance in schools, changes hygienic behaviors, and transforms its users into true climate heroes! Families have saved thousands of hectares of forest and a million trees by using Solvatten. That is real climate Action!
 

Solvatten works with governments but also green-minded companies, please tell me more about that? 
We work in partnership with governments, local organizations and corporations to provide Solvatten to millions of people living off-grid. Since 2007, we have initiated 45 projects reaching out over 300.000 people living in more than 20 developing countries. For instance, the Solvatten CSR and Climate Project provides companies and partners an opportunity to connect social and environmental impact with their business needs. An increased use of Solvatten can also improve the way a responsible company is doing business in East Africa and other emerging markets. It can really add value to their supply chains in agro-business. 

 

Can you give me an example of a successful partnership? 
Yes, good examples are the partnerships we have with sugar and coffee grower cooperatives. Solvatten plays a key role in improving the farmer’s lives at the same time it can be a practical way to offset the carbon emissions that the business contributes to. Solvatten is also being used by corporations like Axfood, International Organization such as the UN-Habitat, and environmental foundations like myclimate. 

 

It’s really inspiring! Now, to finalize, what is your biggest dream? 

My dream is to live in a world where everyone has access to safe and clean water, just as we do here in Sweden. I also hope that Solvatten shall inspire other entrepreneurs and innovators to raise their voice and come up with great solutions to address climate change! 

今日头条:瑞典华侨华人热烈欢迎中国驻瑞典大使桂从友履新

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)– 10日晚,60多位瑞典华人华侨侨领汇聚斯德哥尔摩市中心最有名的中餐饭店富都阁热烈欢迎中国驻瑞典大使桂从友和夫人宋景丽履新。

瑞典青田同乡会会长叶克雄首先致欢迎词。他说,我代表瑞典青田同乡会和各兄弟协会在这里热烈欢迎桂大使和夫人到瑞典履新。桂大使虽然到瑞典时间不长,但是,多次参加华人华侨举办的多项活动。我们感受到桂大使平易近人,为我们华人之所想,真正体会到使馆是我们华人的家,桂大使就是我们的“父母官”。

桂从友大使对瑞典华人华侨的盛情欢迎表示感谢。他说:

“刚刚召开的中国共产党第19次全国代表大会为我们制定了更加宏伟的蓝图,为中国描绘了更加美好的发展前景,相信广大华人华侨也会衷心拥护祖国的发展蓝图,让我们举杯,为我们伟大祖国的繁荣昌盛,祝我们的祖国更加美丽。我们的人民过上更加美好的生活,也借此机会祝愿广大华人华侨身体健康,工作顺利,家庭幸福,开开心心”。

瑞典中国侨联青年委员,瑞典青田同乡会副秘书长徐力也代表华人华侨发表讲话。

他说,桂从友大使的到来,是对我们旅居瑞典华人华侨的关怀,是对我们华侨社团工作的肯定和支持。桂大使到瑞典短短的两个多月时间里,却与我们华人侨团互动不下几十次,我有幸参与了使馆的国庆庆典,瑞典斯京高尔夫球颁奖仪式,华助中心成立大会,瑞典侨界学习十九大报告座谈会等活动,亲眼目睹了桂大使优雅风趣的谈吐,对国家政策精准的理解。桂大使不辞辛苦,在短短的时间里就与我们华人华侨打成一片,感到非常高兴。

“我们瑞典华人华侨虽然身在异国他乡,但是,对祖籍国的热爱却是有增无减,在祖国遇到自然灾害时,总是第一时间开展募捐,慷慨解囊。香港回归,迎奥运,抗议日本强占钓鱼岛等国内重大事件时都积极组织华人华侨开展大型活动,用实际行动拥护和支持自己的祖籍国”。

徐力虽然是华人华侨中的青年代表,却也说出了很多老华侨的心声。

欢迎会由瑞典青田同乡会秘书长甘建广主持。

出席欢迎会的还有瑞典华人工商联合会会长和瑞典华助中心主任王建荣,瑞典华人总会执行会长叶沛群,瑞典华人联合会荣誉会长王吉生,瑞典安徽科技商业协会会长和卡罗林斯卡医院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科段茂利教授,瑞典潮州同乡会会长陈徳忠(来自林雪平市),温州商会会长吴俊博,中欧文化协会会长陈雪霏等60多位侨学商代表出席了欢迎会。

驻瑞典使馆领事部主任王昌宁和其他领事也出席了欢迎会。

从中国驻瑞典大使馆送旧迎新招待会看新一代外交官的幽默感

北欧绿色邮报网报道(记者陈雪霏)–中国驻瑞典大使馆10日举办招待会欢送政务参赞李军峰期满卸任,同时欢迎政务参赞张彪履新。

驻瑞典大使桂从友在欢送李军峰参赞和欢迎张彪参赞会上讲话。

中国驻瑞典大使桂从友发表了热情洋溢而又幽默风趣的讲话。桂大使说,李军峰参赞在瑞典工作三年多,已经算超期服役。他在瑞典工作期间,为促进瑞典和中国两国政府和人民之间的相互了解,为中瑞关系的发展作出了重要贡献。他在瑞典工作期间也交了很多朋友。正象一位同事说的,他会想念李参,其实他是说出了我们全体馆员的心声。We miss you。全场爆发出欢快的笑声。桂大使以前是驻莫斯科大使馆的,突然来句英语说,我们会想你的,真的让人忍俊不住要笑出声来。

左:张彪参赞,右:李军峰参赞

“希望你回去以后,要把在瑞典工作的经验带回去,不但有个人前途的更大发展,也要把中瑞友好合作的精神带到新的工作岗位上。希望李参以后无论在什么岗位上工作都要继续关注我们,继续关注中瑞友好合作。” 真让人感觉有种送战友踏征程的感觉。或许这就是60后那种同志加战友的感觉。

桂大使也介绍了新任政务参赞张彪。他说,张彪参赞也是职业外交官,曾经在中国驻印度使馆工作过。他也在外交部工作过,一直战斗在中国外交前线。他和李参一样,有极高的职业素养,也和李参一样非常热爱瑞典,也期待跟各位建立良好的工作和个人友好关系,在新的起点上,推动中瑞友好合作,取得更大的发展。希望各位朋友支持他的工作。Thank you!

确实,李军峰参赞在瑞典工作期间,尤其是最近一段时间,两次出席中瑞论坛,用熟练的英语和瑞典人进行交流和对话,讨论和辩论,你来我往,用英语讲好中国故事,对于瑞典人对中国情况不明白的地方或者有误解的地方能够及时解疑释惑。通过相互交流,增进理解。

桂从友大使也是,虽然是通过翻译交流,但也不乏幽默感和风趣感,让人感觉容易接触,开诚布公,短短几个月,就在外交方面,团结侨胞方面打开了新局面。给人带来一股新风。

桂大使几乎在每一次讲话中都说,“我来瑞典的主要任务就是要和大家交朋友。我来瑞典之前,我的领导也告诉我,要和瑞典的一千万人口都交朋友。” 当然,目标很宏伟,任务很艰巨。但是,能感受到桂大使带来了一种活力,一种亲和力。

图文/陈雪霏