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South China Morning Post
05-07-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Taking stock of 36 years in environmental protection
Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at [email protected] or filling in this Google form . Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Advertisement I started my rewarding, though at times frustrating, 36-year environmental journey in mid-1989. As not everyone cared about the environment back then, promoting environmental protection was like rowing a boat against the current. Without any environment-related experience, I felt so fortunate to be offered a job at an environmental NGO. Its founder, Linda Siddall, kindly guided me right from the start of my exciting career. Having launched many new initiatives and fought for environmental justice with the same NGO for 26 years, I received the award for My Favourite Environmentalist presented by U magazine in 2015. However, I had to leave the organisation the same year. I didn't think my environmental journey should end so abruptly. With the support of a former colleague, Hahn Chu, I, like an aged woman, gave birth to a newborn named The Green Earth in 2016, with the aim of continuing our environmental mission by persuading the public and businesses to act responsibly for the environment. Advertisement Starting a new NGO was more challenging than I'd thought. I didn't take any salary in the first year, while other colleagues took a reduced salary. By the end of the first financial year, we made ends meet, demonstrating the never-give-up spirit of Hongkongers.
South China Morning Post
05-06-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Dragon boat races and the like must have proper waste management plans
Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@ or filling in this Google form . Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification Ahead of World Environment Day today, it was very disappointing to see the general lack of concern regarding waste at the Stanley dragon boat races last Saturday. Plastic Free Seas did the best we could with a last-minute mini collection to salvage at least some of the plastic bottles and metal cans for recycling, but only a small number of people brought them to us. We collected only 963 drink bottles and 758 drink cans, which is a fraction of what would have been used throughout the day. For the past few years, Sun Life, as a sponsor of the event, engaged The Green Earth to do a large-scale collection of recyclables at the Stanley races. Unfortunately, Sunlife was not the sponsor this year and recycling did not appear to be a priority at the event. Many plastic bottles (which should have been avoided in the first place), cans and cardboard boxes ended up going to landfill unnecessarily this year. It is unimaginable that such a large gathering of people for an outdoor event, particularly one at the beach, can be allowed to happen without convenient and sufficient provision of water refills and proper waste management in place. In order to reduce waste from these types of events, we strongly recommend the following.
