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Friends of the Earth (HK) Newsletter August | September e-Newsletter
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Renewable Energy Forum: Achievable & Affordable
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In
view of the need for local renewable energy, FoE (HK), Carbon Care Asia
and the Open University of Hong Kong jointly organised the “Renewable
Energy Forum: Achievable & Affordable” on 15 August 2016 to explore
the feasible options of developing renewable energy in Hong Kong.
Around a hundred people attended the forum, many of them are
stakeholders from the Government, business and civil society, including
Deputy Secretary for the Environment, Mr. Vincent Liu, Principal
Assistant Secretary
for the Environment, Ms. Dorothy Ma, and representatives of the power
utilities and green NGOs.
The event has successfully demonstrated overwhelming evidence and
support for a renewable energy target well above 10%. Through this
event, we hope to urge the Government to respond positively to the Paris
Agreement and to implement feed-in tariffs for the future 2018 Scheme
of Control Agreement to drive local renewable energy generation and
tackle climate change.
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RTHK CIBS – “Earth COOL Living”
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Partnered
with Community Involvement Broadcasting Service (CIBS), FoE (HK)’s
“Earth COOL Living” is a radio program with the aim to inform, educate
and communicate to the public about the problems of Climate Change. The
program consists of 13 episodes, each episode offers insight and fun
facts to topics that each individual could make a difference to save the
Earth by changing their knowledge, attitude and practices.
Broadcasting of “Earth COOL Living” has been finished on 4 October,
2016. We would like to thank all the guests and singers for their
valuable contributions to make this radio program successfully
completed.
Listen to archived episodes of “Earth COOL Living”, please click
here.
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COOL Corporate - COOL Talk Series (Urban Farming)
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Thanks to all COOL Corporate members and participants for attending the second COOL Talk Series on 12 August 2016!
The speakers shared many successful cases and experiences on how to
implement urban farming in local community & business organizations
in view of corporate social responsibility.
Our next COOL Talk - Veggi COOLiving series will take place in October.
Please stay tuned to our newsletters for ongoing updates.
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COOL Outing - T ▪ PARK
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COOL
Outing - T．PARK was held by FoE (HK) on 27 August 2016. A visit to the
first self-sufficient sludge treatment facility in Hong Kong was
arranged for our COOL Corporates’ members and COOL Ambassadors. The trip
not just enriched our understanding about “Waste to Energy”,
“Desalination” and “Water Purification”, but also allowed us to enjoy a
relaxing SPA at T．PARK.
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Sons of Dongjiang
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In
July 2016, FoE (HK) organized the 15th Sons of Dongjiang Program,
bringing 20 students from Hong Kong, Guangdong and Jiangxi to carry out
an inspiring trip to the source of Dongjiang and other cities in
Dongjiang Basin. Participants conducted water quality monitoring,
developed eco tour guide of Dongjiang Source and conducted preliminary
evaluation of the afforestation sites. A 3-day creative art lesson was
jointly organized by FoE (HK) and “Shenzhen Charity Federation Duck Gaga
Fund” for
the children in Dongjiangyuan village.
We hope this journey can inspire our volunteers to ponder upon the true
meaning of sustainable development – the balance among economic and
social development and environmental conservation, and aspire to cherish
and protect our beautiful nature.
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“Eco Water Drifting at Liuxi River” kick off ceremony
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On
25 September 2016 (World River Day), FoE(HK) and Pearl River United
Action jointly organized the “Eco Water Drifting at Liuxi River” kick
off ceremony in Guangzhou Conghua, to promote the importance of river
conservation, recycling and waste reduction. On that day, we travelled
by an eco-canoe made by plastic bottles and drifted along Conghua Da
Jiang Li for around 3 km, to understand more about the river basins.
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BEAM Plus Award Presentation Ceremony2016
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On
9 August 2016, CEO of FoE (HK), Ms. Suzanne Cheung, was invited as the
award presenter at BEAM Plus Awarded Presentation Ceremony 2016. The
headquarters of the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) is
the first non-residential building in Hong Kong to be awared the
Platinum rating, the highest rating under the BEAM Plus Final Assessment
for Existing Buildings.
FoE (HK) would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Towngas on its outstanding achievement.
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Repair and Upcycle Market
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10
rounds of “2016 Repair and Upcycle Market” under “Green Delight in
Estates” programme were successfully completed on 21 August 2016.
Different kinds of workshops e.g. umbrella repairing, co-enzyme making
and so on, were organized with the aim to encourage the residents to
repair, reuse and remake the unwanted or damage items to reduce the
waste at source. Through our workshops, we hope to raise public
awareness about the importance of upcycling and sustainable lifestyle.
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Clean Recycling Reward Scheme 2016
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In
June and July 2016, “Clean Recycling Reward Scheme 2016” was held in
seven public estates, to promote the correct procedures of recycling
plastic and glass bottles. With this program, 29,576 PET plastic bottles
and 5,081 glass bottles were collected. Thank you for your support and
participation. Let’s continue to go green!
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Re-home Box Cover Design Competition
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Organized
by Hong Kong Housing Authority and co-organized by FoE (HK), “Re-home
Box Cover Design Competition” has come to an end. 16 awarded designs
were announced on FoE (HK)’s official website.
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you for your active participation!
Click here to check the awarded designs.
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No Car Day 2016
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"No
Car Day 2016" was successfully held on 22 September 2016, more than 140
corporations and 370 individuals pledged to support the “No Car”
movement. Thank you for your support! FoE (HK) had adopted trees on
behalf of all supporting and participating organizations at the source
of Dongjiang. E-certificates with unique identification number for the
tree adopted will be issued to these organizations, to recognize their
achievement in carbon-offsetting. Let's drive less and move for a
healthier
Hong Kong!
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Acknowledgement of Computershare Hong Kong Investor Services Limited Support.
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Computershare
Hong Kong Investor Services Limited has always been a generous
supporter of FoE (HK). In August 2016, Computershare donated HK$112,609
to FoE (HK) in support of the “Plant a Tree” program at Dongjiang river
source.
We sincerely thank Computershare for its generous support and appreciate
the company’s efforts on environmental sustainability via its services
to the customers, particularly on paper-saving. FoE (HK) will continue
to engage businesses to create a healthy and sustainable environment for
all.
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Acknowledgement of Maxim's Caterers Limited’s support.
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In
September 2016, Maxim's Caterers Limited donated HK$ 50,000 to FoE(HK).
We sincerely thank for the generous donation and appreciate their
support to reduce waste and promote sustainability through Eco-Pack
Mooncakes.
Let’s keep up the efforts and celebrate the coming festive seasons in an environmentally-friendly way!
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COOL
Corporate Volunteer Engagement Programme - Collecting and Recycling of
Unsold Fruits & Vegetable from Wet Market and Local Green Grocer
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Partnering
with Peoples' Council Social Service Association (PCSSA), the Voluntary
Engagement Programme for collecting and recycling of unsold and edible
Fruits & Vegetable from Wet Market and Local Green Grocer at To Kwa
Wan was started at the end of September. The purpose of this voluntary
recruitment is to engage the corporations, especially our COOL Corporate
Members into corporate volunteer teams to provide assistance on
collecting surplus fruits and vegetables, and redistribute them to
the people in need. The rescued food will also be prepared as hot meals
and be redistributed to serve the underprivileged communities.
Through this program, corporate volunteers will learn about the food
waste problems in Hong Kong and that the surplus food can benefit people
in need.
For details, please refer to
Programme Details
and
User guide on how to register online for volunteer recruitment under Social Career e-platofrm.
Enquiry :
Mr. Ringo Yu, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
Email : ringoyu@foe.org.hk
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Consume Wisely to Conserve Our Biological Resources
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Biological
resources provide for our daily needs. Over-consumption of biological
resources will lead to depletion and exhaustion. A public engagement on
sustainable consumption of biological resources by The Council for
Sustainable Development is now open for collecting public views on three
major aspects:
- How to facilitate smart choices for consumers?
- How to promote best practices among businesses and the public sector?
- What kinds of education and publicity activities
should be pursued?
You are welcome to contribute your opinions on or before 15 November
2016. The public engagement document and information on engagement
events are available at the Council’s dedicated website (www.susdev.org.hk).
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Rural Life Experience Day
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Every
day we make choices in our lives that affect the environment. Learn
how to live a more sustainable life a home, come join us at Sheung Shui
countryside o experience life on the farm and step into the farmer’s
boots for a day!.
Activities:
• To learn home-planting techniques, create own handmade potted herbs (kind of herbs: depends on availability)
• To understand farmland resource circulation; experience farmer’s daily work, such as weeding, fertilizing etc.
• To enjoy time at countryside
Please click
here
for activity details. Limited seats are available on first-come-first-served basis, all COOL Ambassadors are welcome to join!
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COOL Ambassador Program
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The
COOL Ambassador program is a platform for leaders to explore, discuss
and take action from the environmental perspective, to create positive
impacts on the society.
Our COOL Ambassadors play an important role in promoting and establishing environmentally sustainable lifestyle in Hong Kong.
To reward our COOL Ambassadors’ in making Hong Kong a greener city
through sustainable actions, e-membership cards will be issued to our
COOL Ambassadors and they are entitled to exclusive
discounts on green products provided by our partners. It is time for us
to establish low carbon lifestyle and plant for our green future!
Click
here
to register as our COOL Ambassador and view the exclusive benefits and special discounts.
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Urban Innovationsationsr
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FoE
(HK) fully supports the series of “Urban Innovations‧Vienna” organized
by the “European Union Academic Programme Hong Kong”. In this 4-month
series of events commencing on October 2016, not only will you find over
500 interdisciplinary change-makers from European Cities and Hong Kong,
but also be inspired by various pioneering ideas for solving urban
problems!
Click here to find out more:
http://euap.hkbu.edu.hk/series/
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Water Conservation Week 2016
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In
support of “Climate Ready @ HK” Campaign , Water Supplies Department
will organize "Water Conservation Week 2016" on 17-21 November 2016 to
promote water conservation, establish water saving culture, and
strengthen concerted efforts to overcome the challenge of climate
change.
Date : 17-21 November 2016
Time : 10am-7pm
Venue : Jockey Club Innovation Tower, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Fee : Free admission
Enrollment of activities via Facebook Fanpage started on 3 October 2016. Please click here for details:
http://www.facebook.com/watersavedave.hk
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Volunteer Recruitment
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FoE (HK) welcomes people from every background and sekctor to join us as volunteers.
We are now recruiting office volunteers to assist our clerical work
including data entry, letter mailing and information arrangement.
Interested parties, please email us at volunteer@foe.org.hk
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If you have any question or comment, please write to join@foe.org.hk
Tel: (852)
2528-5588 Fax: (852)
2529-2777 Friends of the Earth (HK) www.foe.org.hk
Copyright Friends of the Earth (HK). All rights reserved.
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