Issue 185 (Oct 2022)
No Hill Fire in Chung Yeung: Co-existing with “Flame Thrower”? No Way!
It is autumn! A season of clear blue sky! At Chung Yeung Festival, it is good to have outdoor activities with friends and relatives. When you go hiking and morning ancestors, please handle all ignition sources with care. All fires should be extinguished before leaving! *1,100 Hong Kong hill fires are reported in 2021. The hill fires in Sunset Peak on two consecutive Sundays were grievous. Thanks the continuous support from HK Electric, this year we are also enabled to promote “No Hill Fire in Chung Yeung Festival” and spread out the message of “Take your litter home” via advertisements on newspaper and social media. Grave sweepers and hikers, act now to beat up...
Activity Review: "Tai Tam Golden Jubilee Day" by the Scout Association of Hong Kong
Scout Association of Hong Kong has held the "Tai Tam Golden Jubilee Day" at Tai Tam Scout Centre from 30th September (Friday) to 2nd October (Sunday). It is CA’s pleasure to cooperate with the Scout Association of Hong Kong again. A three-day used clothes collection activity was held during the event and some environmental related booths were set up on 2nd October. Participants could learn more about environmental issues in the textile industry through the booth activities. On that day, we set up three booths, with one of them introducing the knowledge of pollution and water consumption from garment production. There were some game props in the booth, including several scales made...
FRRC Mooncake Recovery Program 2022
This year's Mid-Autumn Festival fell on September 10, which was a bit earlier than usual. Most mooncake brands started the their promotion campaign earlier in July before to boost the sales of mooncakes, vouchers and mooncake gift boxes for personal consumption or as gifts. FRRC launched the annual Mooncake Recovery Programme 4 weeks earlier this year too. Apart from the collection point at FRRC, 9 organizations joined our program this year to collect surplus mooncakes from their staff members, clients or students. We learnt from our experience and called for mooncake donation before Mid-Autumn, so that the mooncakes could be passed to people in need in time. FRRC recovered more than...
“HS‧CA Eco-Rangers 2022 Healing Hills＂ Feeling the autumn
“Eco-Rangers”, an annual fundraising event by CA since 2015, has made remarkable achievements with Hang Seng Bank’s full support for years. Last year, we gathered around 500 Eco-Rangers in the form of 4-person spontaneous volunteer teams to clean 8 selected hiking routes. Participants were not only able to enjoy the magnificent views of nature, but also re-connected with nature and gained healing from the forest during the hill clean-up journey. This year, you are invited to join us! Let’s find the secret of rubbish in the hills and safeguard our countryside together! Come to hike with us and join the hill cleaning activities! The rubbish you found in the...
Tree Journal: Tree Failure at Perth Street
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