Green Circle
Student-led Societies and Projects Promoting Sustainability
HKBU students are committed to building a more sustainable society and actively taking steps to combat climate change. Through various student-led societies and projects, we strive to make a positive impact on the environment and promote sustainability within the community.
Audacity
Audacity produces sustainable, high-performance sportswear from recycled textiles, tackling textile waste while promoting athlete well-being. Its eco-friendly apparel serves athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and organizations looking for responsible sportswear options. Audacity lowers environmental impact and fosters a healthy, inclusive athletic community, demonstrating scalable and positive change for people and the planet.
Bloom & Connect: Eco Artistry
A student-led group dedicated to promoting sustainability and strengthening community ties through creative expression. By organising workshops that teach students to create art with preserved flowers, the group encourages eco-friendly practices and artistic exploration. Participants then collaborate with elderly community members to craft floral artworks together, fostering intergenerational connections and carrying forward a shared commitment to environmental care.
DU-SHELL
DU-SHELL upcycles Hong Kong’s durian shell waste into high-performance anode materials for sodium-ion batteries, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries. This innovative approach reduces landfill waste, lowers carbon emissions and supports clean energy. The initiative benefits retail outlets, local communities, and battery manufacturers while promoting circular economy.
MetaGreen X
MetaGreenX is a NatureTech startup focused on enhancing greenery conservation through innovative IoT solutions.The system improves sapling survival in Hong Kong by using sensors, data analytics, and automated care to monitor environmental conditions in real time. This approach supports sustainability, strengthens ecosystems, and ensures healthier growth in green areas.
ReCube tackles plastic waste challenge in Hong Kong by offering a reusable tableware borrowing service and a green rewards programme that encourages reduced reliance on single-use packaging. By embracing the concept of reusing tableware, ReCube aims to foster a triple-win scenario: it offers convenience to diners, brings financial benefits to restaurants, and contributes to environmental sustainability.
ReMilk Soap
The Initiative recycles surplus milk from hotels in Hong Kong and transform it into handmade soaps, which tackles food waste and promotes responsible consumption. By reducing landfill waste and lowering carbon emissions, ReMilk Soap helps hotels strengthen their sustainability goals while offering affordable, environmentally friendly handmade soap products.
RiceFort
RiceFort aims to upcycle rice husks into eco-friendly fibreboard through a structured process that emphasises environmental sustainability and resource efficiency. By transforming agricultural waste into valuable materials for furniture, interior design, construction and packaging, RiceFort supports responsible production, resource circularity, and a more sustainable industrial ecosystem.
Stote
Stote upcycles discarded hotel supplies and denim into high-quality, stylish products, which reduces textile waste and carbon emissions while advancing the circular economy. Through hotel and corporate partnerships, Stote offers eco-friendly solutions that exemplify corporate social responsibility and create measurable environmental and social impact, supporting global sustainability goals.
Tochi Lab
Tochi Lab collects ceramics waste from local studios and transforms them into fine powder to create recycled clay and innovative bio-rock materials. With a primary focus on environmental conservation, specially coral restoration along our seashores and in oceans and seas, Tochi Lab aims to repurpose ceramic waste to help protect fragile marine species and ecosystems.
WeGreen AI
WEGreen AI develops Smart Bin, an automated system that simplifies waste sorting, reduces effort, and encourages participation while strengthening the circular economy.
Zhangyun Bioscience Co., Ltd.
Zhangyun Bioscience develops eco-friendly microbial fertilizers to address soil degradation caused by chemical overuse. Using patented PGPR strains and HSE cultivation methods to improve soil health, enhance crop yields, and boost disease resistance. These sustainable solutions reduce environmental and health risks while promoting greener and more resilient agricultural practices overall.
Established in 1986, AIESEC at HKBU provides personal and social development opportunities for student leaders, equipping them with practical skills to make a positive impact in the community. Every year, AIESEC organizes the Youth to Sustainability Summit for Form 5 and 6 students, fostering engagement with sustainability issues. Additionally, it offers global volunteering programmes and social innovation challenges related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to shape future leaders with keen concern to society.
Enactus is an international non-profit association in Hong Kong promoting social innovation and social entrepreneurship, as well as a global student community with more than 72,000 student members across 1,800 university chapters from 35 countries worldwide. Enactus Hong Kong has presence in 10 tertiary institutions with over 1,500 university student members. Enactus Hong Kong has a mission to create a better, more sustainable world. Hong Kong Baptist University Chapter will reinforce Enactus Hong Kong’s mission of engaging the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders to use innovation and business principles to improve the world.
HKBU Model United Nations Club
Model United Nations (MUN) is an authentic simulation of the United Nations (UN) committee structure, where students assume the roles of United Nations member states to discuss and develop resolutions for issues of international scope and importance. Every year, members of HKBU MUN Club get opportunities to receive professional training on a range of global topics, including climate change, international trade and justice, before taking part in international MUN Conferences.
University YMCA
(Hong Kong Baptist University)
University YMCA (Hong Kong Baptist University) was founded in 2003 and is the first University YMCA in Hong Kong. It strives to promote the holistic development of students' body, mind, and spirit. Every year, Uni-Y(HKBU) organizes various activities aimed at encouraging students to engage in environmental protection and sustainability efforts.