Crossroads Foundation is a Hong Kong based, non-profit organisation serving global need. We link those who are in need with those who can provide help. We literally provide a crossroads to bring both together. We offer four services: Global Distribution, which distributes Hong Kong’s quality excess goods as needed, internationally and locally; Global Village, which […]
DB Green is a local non-profit organisation, which supports and promotes public awareness and environmental education by concentrating on Discovery Bay’s environmental and local culture. Discovery Bay is well known throughout Hong Kong for having a reputation for being a “Green Community”. This unique area attracts hundreds of expatriate and local residents alike for numerous […]
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 […]
Kevin works for the Business Environment Council. His initiative is BEAM society (Building Environmental Assessment Method); creating a way of communicating and changing standards for the environmental assessment and accreditation of buildings. BEAM provides the framework to assess environmentally sustainable design, construction and operations. Previously there were no Hong Kong standards for efficiency, water use, […]
The Project is about the introduction of environmental development programs, technologies and solutions within the Hong Kong Sea School, and its surrounding community. This includes the placement of Wind Turbines on the roof, water saving options, lighting improvements, and educational programs that relate to land and ocean environmental issues. The project enabled the better operation […]
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong is a proactive, non-government body representing more than 1200 members with business interests in Canada, Hong Kong and Mainland China. Founded in 1977, we are today the most prominent Canadian business association outside Canada and one of the largest and most influential business groupings in Asia-Pacific. The […]
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 […]
