The Green Long March is China’s largest movement of student-led environmental action. Launched by Future Generations China and Beijing Forestry University in 2007, the Green Long March (GLM) is a youth network that aims to build a more sustainable future for China. To date, Green Long March volunteers across China have taken on critical regional […]
Albert Lai was nominated as an Earth Champion for his personal dedication to environmental work especially in promoting public participation processes in Hong Kong. He has played an active role in the engineering and environmental sectors for over thirty years. Having led the Hong Kong NGO delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in […]
Simon has had many years of activism in Green affairs and has published writings, set up Green Tea Club with regular Friday meetings in Central and held Permaculture workshops with Bill Mollinson (Permaculture founder). He initiated Green Power Environmental organisation. Since the 1980s, Simon realised that the “environmental problem” is a misnomer. It is, in […]
Green Peng Chau Association is a charity organisation founded in 1991 by a group of islanders who love and care about nature and Peng Chau. We are committed to promoting public awareness and environmental education, attention in Peng Chau’s environment and local culture. Sannie Chan Lit Fong has done more than possibly anybody else to […]
In response to a 2007 case study, a group of twenty-one 15-24-year-old Scouts, including one Form 5 student, travelled to Jungfraujoch in Switzerland to study the reduction of the length of the glacier, which had from 24km to 23km in one year. This glacier will be almost gone by the year 2050. In 100 years […]
The Lantau Buffalo Association aims to conserve and protect the buffalo at Pui O, Lantau. The association addresses issues of extinction of the buffalo, collecting academic research and statistics on the buffalo and spreading public education on biodiversity. A Hotmail communication channel has been set up between the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department and the […]
Crested Bulbul Club, Elderly section of Hong Kong Bird Watching Society (HKBWS) was initially started by HKBWS with funding by the Healthy Ageing Fund. The club for elderly birdwatchers is now run entirely by the elderly members. They not only organise a range of indoor and outdoor activities but also lead guided bird watching walks […]
Animals Asia focuses on ending bear bile farming and cat and dog eating in Asia. The Hong Kong-headquartered charity has two Moon Bear Rescue Centres, one in China, the other in Vietnam. Working with the governments of these two countries, we are rescuing 500 endangered moon bears in China and 200 in Vietnam, while promoting […]
Globally Green Drinks started in London and has been regularly running since 1989. It is now a global movement represented in 100 countries. It is an informal networking opportunity for the environmental and sustainability sector — a Platform to share ideas and feel inspired and confident with local people. Jacqui had been to Green Drinks […]
In Lantau stray or feral dogs are producing too many litters and suffer from diseases. There is also mistreatment of animals by “owners” and “neighbours”. Building construction contractors use animals for security and then abandon them at the end of the project. Since 2000 PALS has rescued and re-homed animals while educating people about how […]
