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Now, Edward Yau! No More Deadly AirMore than 1,100 deaths per year have been caused by severe air pollution in Hong Kong. But the Environment Bureau ignored the deadly air, and kept the public waiting for seven months for the consultation results of the Air Quality Objectives Review. What’s worse, no pledge was made to implement the 19 Phase I measures recommended in the study report by 2015. For the sake of the public health of Hong Kong people, FoE (HK) appealed to Dr. Poon Kit, Under Secretary for the Environment, urging the Bureau to: 1. Pledge to implement the 19 Phase I measures listed in the study report by 2015; 2. Negotiate with the bus companies for early retirement of Euro II and older buses. Related article: |
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No More Delay, Join "Power
Smart" Now“Power Smart” Energy Saving Contest was launched in June. Despite the hot weather, many households and organizations have already registered within a short time. Members and corporate Earth Partners of FoE (HK) also have taken the same action to pledge support. To achieve at least 12 million kWh of electricity and 8,600 tonnes of CO2 reduction as are our basic targets, reaching higher results will require joint efforts with you. The household participants have the opportunity to win the maximum award, reaching as high as HK$50,000 in cash for the top household winner. To lower our carbon footprint, no more delay, Join “Power Smart” Now |
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TPC Trees Growing at the
Source of Dongjiang River!
 In April, eight Tree-planting Challengers followed FoE (HK) to visit the source of Dongjiang River, which is located at Jiangxi Province, and participated in the pre-TPC Warm-up and lived with the villagers for a couple of days. The Challengers were touched by the friendliness of local people, and realized the urgency in Dongjiang River conservation. |
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Communication among the NGOs in Southeast
China FoE (HK) joined the Networking and Collaboration Camp – OST conference on 19th and 20th June. The camp was organized by Xiamen Green Cross Association, with the topic of how to strengthen the communication and cooperation among the green NGOs in different locations. FoE (HK) invited several organizations in Fujian and Guangdong to join the Dongjiang River Partner Project. With joint efforts in organizing volunteers to research on water usage in local cities and announcement of the results, the collaboration established a wider publicity platform to promote city water management, so as to appeal to the society to care on water usage. |
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Protection is an Endless Journey - Green Pathfinders Forum Green Pathfinders Forum was held on 9th and 27th June in Xiamen and Dongguan respectively, with the topics on Green Careers and Eco Philanthropy. The guest speakers, Mr. Feng Yongfeng, representing an NGO in Beijing, and Ms. Ma Tiannan from Xiamen Green Cross Association, shared their experiences on environmental protection, and gave advisories on occupational planning for the university students. The guest speaker, Mr. Tam Tinfong, CEO of Sun Hung Kai Properties (China) Ltd., introduced different uses of bamboo. He said that present application of bamboo mainly in paper production with a well developed technology, hence the cost is lower than using conventional woods, and more eco-friendly and sustainable. Review of Green Pathfinders Forum (Chinese) |
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Earth Partners Support "Power Smart" ContestEarth Partner programme provides a platform for the organizations to take concrete actions to conserve the environment. A number of corporate Earth Partners supported “Power Smart” 2010 by sponsoring prizes and assisting in promotion. Thanks to all corporate Earth Partners for their great support. 3M Hong Kong Limited (Earth Partner – Jupiter) Help promote Power Smart by posting advertisements on its paper recycling bins located in all MTR stations. Powertechnic (HK) Limited (Earth Partner – Saturn) Provide free evaluation on power consumption and suggestions in energy saving for the first 150 registered Property Management companies. Schneider Electric (Hong Kong) Limited (Earth Partner – Mars) Provide free seminars on how to establish a green office particular in energy efficiency practices for the first 10 large-scale registered companies. Pacific Coffee (Earth Partner – Mars) Help promote Power Smart by placing leaflets in 10 of its prominent shops at Lee Gardens, Windsor House, Wellington Street, Telford Plaza, Island Place, HomeSquare, China Hong Kong City 2, Harbour City, Great Eagle Centre, and Fortis Bank Tower. Welcome to take the leaflets at the respective shops, it included energy saving tips. Join “Power Smart” Now |
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Smart" Call for Your ActionBesides corporate Earth Partners, a number of organizations helped promote "Power Smart" in different ways. On the Fun Fair Open Day on 2nd July, Marymount Secondary School invited FoE (HK) to set up a booth in the school to promote "Power Smart" to the teachers, students and parents, as well as to introduce energy conservation information. With the support from new media One Minute, the passersby were invited to take photos for "Power Smart" promotion. Welcome to visit FoE (HK) facebook to view, download or leave us a message. “Power Smart” call for your action to combat climate change. Welcome organizations of all business sectors and sizes to participate and support. Join “Power Smart” Now |
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Mun Reforestation Scheme, To Build a Greener CountrysideLocated near the Tuen Mun town centre and the Tai Lam Country Park, Tuen Mun Trail is a wonderful place for hiking. However, similar to other countryside areas, Tuen Mun Trail has now become barren because of hill fire. To restore the woodland and prevent hill fire from happening again, reforestation is essential. FoE (HK) has invited different government departments, business sectors, students and residents from Tuen Mun, as well as our volunteers to plant 40,000 seedlings in Tuen Mun Trail, and followed by a 3-year woodland conservation programme. Please click HERE, or visit "Tuen Mun Trail - Community Tree Conservation Programme" (Chinese) for more details. |
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FoE (HK) 2010 Annual
General MeetingThe 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of FoE (HK) was held on 22nd June in our office. We are pleased to announce to our members that there are significant persons joined FoE (HK), including Mrs. Astor Kam and Prof. Nora Tam as Board of Governor, and Mr. Justice Henry Litton as the Honorary Patron. More and Meeting Minutes |
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Environmental Affairs Officer (2 vacancies)
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Movie Tickets - “Furry Vengeance”A new movie “Furry Vengeance” will be released on 22nd July. It brings environmental message, as core of the story is about the woodland and motherland of the animals were destroyed by an alleged “green” property development project, hence the animals were fighting for fairness (click HERE for the movie trailer). It is a comedy revealing a vital message that people have to respect the nature and protect the environment. The crew of the film also worked with a non-profit environmental protection organization to recycle and reuse the waste generated during the movie production. Thanks to Golden Scene Co. Ltd. for donating 100 Exchange Coupons to FoE (HK), which can be exchanged for movie tickets at any cinemas showing “Furry Vengeance” for free. From now till 25th July, if you succeed in inviting one friend to join FoE (HK) as member, you can get two free Exchange Coupons. Please send e-mail with the subject of “Member Benefits – Free Movie Ticket” to join@foe.org.hk before the deadline, stating you and your friends’ membership number, name and phone number. Once confirmed by FoE (HK), we will inform you to come and collect the tickets at FoE (HK) office soon. It is on first-come-first-served principle. |
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Dongjiang
Volunteers Go Action The 4th Dongjiang Volunteer Activity will take place from 1st to 13th August 2010, having 85 candidates applied to be the volunteers, we have to conduct several rounds of interviews. We have recruited 21 volunteers, 3 coming from both Hong Kong and Jiangxi respectively, and 15 from Guangdong. We are recruiting more volunteers to help design of local visitor centre, to build eco-toilets which are directly related to water, and to improve local hosting families’ living environment. If you are good at Interior Design, Architectural Design, and Structural Design, please send your resume to zhiqiangchen@foe.org.hk before 25th July. Click HERE for more details (Chinese) |
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