Pictures from an “Eco-resort” near Beijing
A few weeks ago, I visited an eco-resort outside of Beijing. The resort promoted fishing and freshwater crabbing in stocked ponds, but when I ventured to a far corner of the man-made pond, I saw about a dozen dead fish floating in the water. Here are some photos:
Fountains, presumably used for increasing levels of dissolved oxygen in a man-made fishing pond
They were cultivating duckweed in enclosed areas of the pond. Maybe it was being used for excess nutirent (nitrogen and phosphorous) removal from ponds receiving reclaimed wastewater
Dead fish in the fishing pond
More dead fish. The resort cleans and cooks fresh catches from this pond to serve to visitors of the eco-resort.
Eco-travel, eco-vacations, and eco-resorts are all hot words right now in China, which is good, in that people are starting to be more aware of the importance of nature. But images like the ones above are a reminder that along with the new vocabulary, some major improvements need to be made in the actual quality of the environments here. Guests should be aware that sometimes, the letters “e-c-o” in front of something may not have much meaning.
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