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e-Newsletter Issue May 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jockey Club COOL Neighbours for Energy Saving X District Council | | We are currently cooperating with district council members to promote our energy saving programme. You can acquire knowledge of energy and climate change through the community talks or simply, join the Jockey Club Cool Neighbours and actively participate in energy saving.
Please call us at 3184 1507 or email us at jccn@foe.org.hk for enquiries. | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | Online Petition – Curb the Use of Disposable Plastic Items | | 22 April was Earth Day. The focus theme of Earth Day 2018 was plastic pollution. Every year, tonnes of plastic waste are disposed of into our oceans. We appeal to you again: please petition the government to implement legislation to curb plastic waste and tackle the problem at the source.
Sign the petition now | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Green Delights in Estate | | | The theme of the new phase of “Green Delight in Estates” programme is ‘Green Home’. In the second half of this year, MSW Auditing Scheme and Home Greening Workshop would be the highlights of Green Delight in Estates. The participants can accumulate experience in the MSW charging scheme and be ready for the future implementation of MSW charging. They can also learn how to reduce household waste and reuse food waste. Please come and join us! For enquiries, please contact us at LOHAS Fun Day or visit http://ha.foe.org.hk/. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Creativity in Upcycling Competition | | To avoid depleting the resources from our planet, we must strive to reduce waste. You are welcome to participate in the “Creativity in Upcycling Competition” co-organised by FoE (HK) and Bayard Presse Asia. Figure out some smart and creative ways to reuse or upcycle the waste your family generated! Be creative!
Competition Categories: Kindergarten parent-child group, lower primary, upper primary
Format: Text, drawing, photo, video, etc (No restrictions)
Application Deadline: 18 May 2018 (Sunday)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HKQAA Symposium 2018 | | We fully support sustainable development. The main theme of “HKQAA Symposium 2018” is “Towards Sustainable Economy: Divergent Thinking in Business Strategies”. We will bring together renowned local and overseas speakers to discuss the latest management trends for addressing today’s sustainability challenges and opportunities.
Date: 17 May 2018
Time: 9:15 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Venue: Ballroom, 3/F, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers
Details & Registration | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Mr. CW Cheung Appointed as Chief Executive Officer | | Mr. CW Cheung, newly appointed CEO of FoE (HK), came on board on 9 April 2018. CW brought with him more than 30 years of experience in the environmental and commercial sectors.
CW thanked the Board of Governors for giving him the opportunity to work in such a leading environmental NGO to contribute to the protection of the local and regional environment. CW aspires to work with the Board of Governors and his team to bring FoE (HK) to a new page in its 35th anniversary.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Tree Planting Challenge 2018 | | | To combat climate change and increase biodiversity, one of the FoE (HK)’s flagship programmes, namely ‘Tree Planting Challenge 2018’, was held on 29 April 2018 at Tai Lam Country Park. It is a unique environmental activity that combines tree-planting, hiking and endurance testing. Approximately 2,000 local saplings were planted by the participants. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Response to Feed-in Tariff | | The Government submitted the LegCo paper on the feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme and the renewable energy certificates. FoE (HK) welcomes the policies in tackling climate change by promoting local renewable energy development. To ensure effective implementation, FoE made six recommendations which included extending the guaranteed purchase period, regulations review on installing solar systems and more.
For details, please click here. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Power Smart Energy Saving Contest - Solar Model Car Mini Olympics of Primary Schools | | | The "Power Smart Energy Saving Contest - Solar Model Car Mini Olympics of Primary Schools", sponsored by Hang Seng Bank, was held at Chiu Chow Association Secondary School and Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Secondary School. Nearly 140 students participated in the competition. The competition aims to deepen their understandings on renewable energy through building and controlling the solar model cars in the four different kinds of time-limited and scoring games. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Earth Academy: Summer Institute 2018 – Internship Briefing Session | | | Students from different local universities attended our Summer Institute 2018 Internship Briefing Session held by The Earth Academy (TEA). We have introduced three different areas of internship programme, including energy, municipal solid waste and urban forestry. We hope they could select the most suitable project based on their interests and improve our living environment together. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Half-day Tour to Organic Pineapple Farm | | The first Green Tour of our COOL Corporate programme of the year - "Half-day Tour to Organic Pineapple Farm" was successfully conducted!
Members of COOL Corporate visited the Organic Pineapple Farm in Yuen Long. They participated in the pineapple cake making and pot planting workshops. Through the fun-filled “green tour”, the message of environmental sustainability was promulgated.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Internship Training Program – Research on Consumption Habits and Attitude of Hong Kong People | | | Four students from The Education University of Hong Kong had their internship training at FoE (HK) to study on the Consumption Habits and Attitude of Hong Kong People. The students had collected views from hundreds of citizens in order to analyse their consumption behavior, as well as their awareness on sustainable consumption at different age groups. They had shared their results and some potential solutions with us. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Volunteer Recruitment | | FoE (HK) welcomes people from all walks of life 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. | | | | | | | | | | | 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
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