自1996年3月起,廖晓义创办了民间环保组织——北京地球村环境文化中心(以下简称地球村),开始实施一系列环保计划,成为国内外较有影响的环保活动家。1998年美国总统克林顿访华期间,她作为中国七位民间环保人士之一,曾受邀参加了总统的圆桌会议。2002年挪威首相邦德维克访华期间,也专门会访了这位民间环保女士。她在美期间曾得到过“绿卡”,后因执着于中国民间环保事业而将“绿卡”放弃,她就是 Since March 1996, Liao Xiaoyi set up a non-governmental environmental protection organization, the Beijing Global Village Environmental Culture Center (hereinafter referred to as the Global Village), and started implementing a series of environmental protection plans to become a more influential environmental activist at home and abroad. During President Clinton’s visit to China in 1998, she was invited to attend the presidential round table as one of seven non-governmental environmentalists in China. In 2002, during his visit to China, Norwegian Prime Minister Bondevik specially interviewed this non-governmental environmental lady. She had been a “green card” during the United States, and later gave up her “green card” because of her devotion to the cause of environmental protection in China. She is