Green Quest Seminar Series: Biodiversity in Hong Kong & Sustainable Food

CCL- Recognised Seminar 1
Biodiversity in Hong Kong - Our nature neighbors (21Jan)

Do you know what kind of wildlife can be found in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong is famous for being a compact urban centre and a concrete jungle, but the city also has a surprisingly rich biodiversity. Thousands of square kilometres of rugged coastline, mountain ranges and country parks make Hong Kong home to a wide range of wildlife. Located in the transition zone between the world’s tropical and temperate regions, the city’s biodiversity is much greater than usual for such a small area.

This workshop will cover the following topics for you to gain a well understanding on our precious biodiversity.
- Overview of Hong Kong Biodiversity
- How to discover nature surrounding us
- Threats to local biodiversity
- Policy of biodiversity protection in Hong Kong

Date: 21 Jan 2021 (Thu)
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Language: English
Speaker: Mr. Augustine CHUNG, WWF-HK Senior Education Officer
Registration: HERE
Application deadline: 20 Jan 2021 (Wed), 4:00 pm*

CCL- Recognised Seminar 2
Sustainable food – at least 3 times to change the world everyday​ (28Jan)

Every people on this planet need to eat every day, however, have you ever questioned where does food come from? How does our consumption affect the world?

Hong Kong is a city of over-consumption. While food accounts for 16% of our daily use of renewable natural resources, we produce around 3,600 tonnes of food waste every day. Undoubtedly, Food is a major sustainability issue.

This workshop will cover the following topics to let you rethink of our food system.
- Where does our food come from?
- Environmental impact caused by food production
- Sustainable food system
- Food lost and food waste

Date: 28 Jan 2021 (Thu)
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Venue: Zoom Webinar
Language: English
Speaker: Mr. Augustine CHUNG, WWF-HK Senior Education Officer​
Registration: HERE
Application deadline: 27 Jan 2021 (Wed), 4:00 pm*