Green Quest
What is Green Quest (城林綠影)
Green Quest 城林綠影 promotes sustainable living by embracing GREEN as a lifestyle and striving for balance. In 2025-26, student ambassadors will champion sustainability through three experiential student-initiated projects:
- Bloom & Connect Eco-Artistry: A series of eco-floral workshops and community service activities designed to bring nature into everyday life.
- The Wonder of Waste: Demonstrations and initiatives that integrate recycling and waste reduction into various aspects of daily living.
- Nature's Heritage: Expore & Preserve: Guided explorations that immerse students in the rich culture, history, and ongoing transformation of our local community. Step beyond the BU campus to discover our neighborhood and join together in building a more sustainable city.
These student-initiated activities are open to all undergraduate students; priority will be given to on-campus residents. Activities are free of charge unless otherwise specified; some may require a refundable deposit.
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Schedule:
Date & Time & Venue | Topic | Registration |
26 Jan 2026 (Mon) 2:30pm - 4:00pm @AAB 301-2 Medium of Instruction: English | [CCL] Upcycling Plastic Bags into Raden-Style Jewellery: Crafting Recycled “Shell Inlay” Brooch Pins Raden (螺鈿) is a traditional Intangible Cultural Heritage technique celebrated for its intricate shell inlay artistry. In this workshop, we reinterpret this craft by replacing delicate mother-of-pearl with upcycled plastic materials, transforming everyday waste into shimmering wearable art. All plastic “shell” fragments are sourced from cleaned and layered discarded plastic bags, snack wrappers, bubble mailers, and packaging films. Participants will then inlay these vibrant recycled pieces into metal brooch bases and seal them with clear resin, achieving the lustrous shimmer characteristic of genuine shell inlays. Join us to explore this innovative blend of traditional technique and sustainable practice, crafting beautiful jewellery while giving new life to plastic waste. Eligibility: All UGC-funded UG students (with priority for residents living on campus) |
(Deadline: 14 Jan 2026) |
12 Mar 2026 (Thu) 4:30pm - 6:30pm @Rev. James Mau Memorial Chapel (G9), Student Residence Halls Medium of Instruction: English | [CCL] Celebrate your White Valentine’s Day: Vegetable Bouquet Making Workshop 白色情人節限定：蔬菜花束製作工作坊 Celebrate White Valentine’s Day with a unique twist! Craft stunning, eco-friendly bouquets using fresh vegetables and herbs. Perfect as a meaningful gift or a creative activity to share with loved ones. Unleash your imagination and make this Valentine’s Day truly unforgettable! Eligibility: All UGC-funded UG students (with priority for residents living on campus) |
(Deadline: 5 Mar 2026) |
27 Jan 2026 (Tue) 6:30pm-8pm @AAB 301-2 Medium of Instruction: English
| [CCL] Sustainable Fashion Lab (Student-initiated series on sustainable fashion) Join us at the Sustainable Fashion Lab, a hands-on workshop designed to help you make smarter, eco-friendly clothing choices all year round. What you’ll learn:
Bring a few pieces (one top, one bottom, and one difficult-to-match item) from your closet and get ready to experiment with versatile looks in a fun and supportive environment! Eligibility: All UGC-funded UG students (with priority for residents living on campus) Trainer: Ying Ng (sustainable fashion advocate IG@ying_ecolifestyle) |
(Deadline: 23 Jan 2026) |
| 20-28 Jan 2026 | Fashion Swap (Student-initiated series on sustainable fashion) Do you have clothes tucked away in your wardrobe that you never wear but can’t bring yourself to throw out? Give them a new life and refresh your own style at our “Sustainable Fashion Swap” event! Bring your clothes to donate, and discover new-to-you pieces from others. Join us for a fun, eco-friendly way to update your wardrobe and support sustainable fashion!
Clothing Collection Session 1
Session 2
Clothing Swap Session 1
Session 2
-Rules of the swap-
**Remarks: The remaining clothes will be donated. | NA |
| 26 Jan-9 Feb 2026 | Sustainable Fashion Styling Competition – Winter Casual Outfit (Student-initiated series on sustainable fashion) It’s wintertime! You are challenged to use your summer clothes to style winter outfits. To embrace sustainable fashion, the best way to save the environment when shopping for clothes is not buying “recycled cotton”, “recycled polyester”, or “eco-friendly clothing materials”, but to try to style the best winter looks from your summer clothes! Share with us your styling pieces by submitting photos/a video of your recreation, original pieces, and remaking process and win the prize! To show the versatility of a piece of clothing, you can layer, sew, or make any amendments as you please, but you must use at least 2 pieces of summer clothes in your winter outfit.
Competition Timeline - Competition Period: 26 Jan – 9 Feb, 2026 - Submission Deadline: 9 Feb, 2026 (11:59pm) - Workshop: 27 Jan 2026 (6:30pm-8pm) - Voting Period: 10 - 12 Feb, 2026 (11:59pm) - Results Announcement: End of February 2026
Judging Criteria (100%) 1. Sustainability - 40% 2. Practicality - 35% 3. Originality/Creativity - 20% 4. Presentation - 5% 5. Additional marks: Public Voting - 5% *Share a personal tip for sustainable fashion in your application can receive a max. 5 bonus points
Prizes and Award (HKD100 Cash Coupon for each award) 1. Best Sustainability & Practicality – Highest total of Sustainability & Practicality 2. Public’s favourite award – Attained the most public votes 3. Overall winner - Highest total score across all criteria, including public voting Public Voting Platform: will be available soon
For details of the competition and submission guideline, please click: HERE
Enquiries Student PIC of the Sustainable Fashion series: Kew Zi Hui 23223006@life.hkbu.edu.hk Koay Renee Jia Yan 24200743@life.hkbu.edu.hk |
(Deadline: 9 Feb 2026) |
Completed:
Date & Time & Venue | Topic | Registration |
22 Sep 2025 (Mon) or 23 Sep 2025 (Tue) | DIY Coffee Scrub Workshop How do you keep yourself clean while cleaning the Earth? Simple! Join our zero-waste workshop to learn how to make your body scrub with used coffee grounds, and elevate your skincare regimen while saving money and saving the planet. | Closed |
Session 1 & 2: Session 3: Medium of Instruction: | [CCL] Bloom & Connect Eco-Artistry: Preserved-Flower Craft Intergenerational Co-Learning Workshops 永生花手作跨代共學工作坊 The workshops encourage eco-friendly practices and artistic exploration by creating art pieces with preserved flowers. Participants then collaborate with elderly community members to craft floral artworks together, fostering intergenerational connections and carrying forward a shared commitment to environmental care. Session 1 (14 Oct): Skills Training (Preserved flowers in crystal) Session 2 (21 Oct): Skills Training (Preserved flowers in a glass slipper) Session 3 (28 Oct): Service@TuesDates - Preserved Floral Workshop with the Elderly (Preserved flowers card and humidifier) Refundable Deposit: $400 | Closed |
21 Oct 2025 (Tue) 12:30pm - 2:00pm @ AAB301-2 Medium of Instruction: English | [CCL] Paper Blossoms: Seed Paper Pulp Making Workshop 回收紙製作: 會發芽的種子”紙曲奇” "Paper Blossoms: Seed Paper Pulp Making," where creativity meets sustainability! In this hands-on session, you will learn the art of creating plantable seed papers from recycled materials. You can grow your own little green plants from the papers for good health, luck and love: lettuce, 4-leaf clover and catnip. And some of the seed papers created from the workshop will be donated to community members to let them bring the nature home. Participants are encouraged to bring along recyclable materials to the workshop, such as: red envelopes, food or beverage boxes, and notebook paper. Refundable Deposit: $100 | Closed |
1, 8, 15 Nov 2025 (Sat) @Off-campus (one-way or return trip coach provided) Medium of Instruction: Bilingual | [CCL] Nature's Heritage: Explore & Preserve Guided Community Tours Discover the cultural and natural side of Hong Kong, China with three guided tours. Explore Tuen Tsz Wai’s village heritage, get hands-on at Ho Pui Tsuen’s Farming Experience Day (with farm lunch), and uncover the biodiversity of Luk Keng. Learn about local ecology, heritage, and sustainable living—all in one month.
Eligibility: Open to all UGC-funded UG students, with priority for UG students living on-campus Refundable Deposit: $500/ trip Spaces are limited—register for one or more tours today. | Closed |
Related Key Sustainability Goals (SDGs):
