Getting involved in conservation, to benefit Hong Kong outdoors
Sunday the 21st of August see's a small handful of dive and Eco-enthusiasts / warriors take to to the waters with Splash Hong Kong (www.splashhk.com) to join the the world wide Project AWARE (www.projectaware.com) program Dive Against debris. The Fun diving is being organized through Splash Hong Kong and will comprise two fun dives with a good luncheon on board the boat.
If you would like to join us for a fun day out and be a part of this world wide event please contact Darren Gilkison at darren.gilkison@splashhhk.com (tel 90479603) or myself Rob Gordon at rob.gordon@splashhk.com
Submitted by robgordon on 13 August 2011 - 5:09pm
Hi,
Although I'm new here, there's a book project they may be interesting. I've copied the text of the flyer below. (Yes, I am currently interning with Project Kaisei, so if I sound like I'm advertising, I apologize.)
Submitted by plau on 16 June 2011 - 12:05pm
The government may wish to hide the incinerator away from the city, but it would be wrong to do so by damaging one of our loveliest and most ecologically significant coastal areas.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 23 March 2011 - 10:34am
The choice of building an incinerator on a specially constructed artificial island by Shek Kwu Chau is not justified on any scientific basis, and is environmentally unacceptable.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 17 March 2011 - 11:40am
Following the flurry of recent reports on - and public interest in - actual and planned damage to rural areas, the South China Morning Post has launched citizenmap ("For Hong Kong, By Hong Kong").
Currently, this focuses on environmental issues such as land development, village houses (planned or being built, presumably!), and landfills.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 17 November 2010 - 9:58am
Several Facebook groups and pages have recently been launched, with focus on conservation in Hong Kong. A few are territory-wide, but several concern certain threatened areas. They suggest Facebook is playing a role in HK conservation - helping show that people care about our environment, don't want developers screwing with lovely rural sites, and hope to breathe air that doesn't kill 2000 or more people per year. Here are a few groups and pages; you can still join [for page, this means hitting Like button], add your "vote" for a better Hong Kong.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 28 October 2010 - 10:52pm
Just had email from Designing Hong Kong, noting that Hong Kong ranks among world's most expensive cities, and yet not in top 50 most livable cities. Asked for ideas on how to make Hong Kong more livable; here's a quick list I sent:
Submitted by Martin Williams on 18 June 2010 - 2:03pm
Hong Kong will participate in the International Coastal Cleanup Challenge 2009 - when teams of volunteers will head to local beaches, to remove rubbish.
The event will span 19 September to 19 October; you can find info at Hong Kong Coastal International Cleanup Challenge :: 海灘清潔比賽.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 26 August 2009 - 10:51am
Creating green roofs is at once an obvious yet modern idea; HK has only few green roofs as yet, but surely there are large areas of rooftops that could be greened, and so greatly enhance the city.
Here's some info I've been sent by Gene Wan - who has also sent me several books on green buildings, which I could lend people who might be able to make use of them. He lives in Seattle; has seen some green roofs there.
Submitted by Martin Williams on 25 April 2009 - 8:51pm
From One-Tonne Challenge folks (re reducing greenhouse gases):
Submitted by Martin Williams on 23 April 2009 - 11:12am
