Tag: Hong Kong - Page 2
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A Rap on Hong Kong's Pollution
Hong Kong is afflicted by such heavy pollution -- much of it the byproduct of China's manufacturing south -- that twenty percent of residents have said they would leave if they could. Plus, pollution is estimated to cost the city HK$11 billion
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Domestic Transformer: 24 Rooms Packed Into One
Apartments are small and expensive in Hong Kong, so architect Gary Chang designed his 344 square foot unit to change into 24 different designs, just by sliding walls and panels around. He even calls it a
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77% of Hong Kong Residents Think Unsafe Food a Major Concern: Ahead of Air Quality, Global Warming
You might have seen John’s earlier post on how one in five Hong Kong residents
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Hong Kong Chefs Join Sustainable Seafood Initiative
Three renowned Hong Kong chefs have been named WWF Ocean Friendly Chefs and will design menus featuring sustainable seafood species recommended by WWF's Seafood Guide. The chefs are Lau Chun from Yellow Door Kitchen, Margaret Xu
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Bill Clinton Kicks Off First (and Last) Charity Summit Overseas
Bill Clinton opened the first Clinton Global Initiative Asia summit in Hong Kong on Tuesday, amid questions over how the global
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In Spite Of Reduce And Reuse, Hong Kong's Plastic Passion Barely Dented
In Hong Kong, long known as a shopper's paradise, everything you buy is swathed in plastic - plastic wrap covers each cucumber, and if you buy the cucumber you'll
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Spiderman Tries to Save Planet from Global Warming
Today we had an email addressed from Alain Robert, (a.k.a. real life Spiderman), as no doubt did many other media outlets. Alain climbs skyscrapers, with nought but his climbing shoes and a bag of gymnasts chalk. His audacious unroped climbs tend to
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Carrot and Stick Power: Hong Kong Electricity Profits Linked to Pollution
In a move that could revolutionize how China prices electricity -- and cuts its toxic coal-fired pollution -- Hong Kong set new regulations on Monday that partly links the city's two power companies' permissible rates of return to how much pollution
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The Dark Knight's Newest Super-Foe is... Pollution
He's already handled the Joker, the Penguin, Scarecrow and a host of other super-villains; in Hong Kong's bacteria-infested waters, however, he may have finally met his match. The team directing Batman's next cinematic outing, The Dark Knight, recently
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Hong Kong Gym Harvests People-Power
Rather than use machines that waste energy as heat or sound,
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Far East — Big Green
Mainland China may be getting all the attention for beginning to adopt green building as a standard in the country, but green building has been around in Hong Kong for over a decade. The Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method, or HK-BEAM
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China Power Plans Biggest Corporate Renewables Investment
As China chases the US for the title of world's biggest consumer for everything from timber to energy—and with "biggest CO2 producer" already in the bag—no one doubts the need for lots of renewable power. While the government's been revving
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Solar Powered School in Hong Kong
One can jam solar panels onto a roof, or one can integrate them into a building in an attractive and useful manner. At the Ma Wan School in Hong Kong, the roofs have been pumping out kilowatts since 2004 and also acting as a sunshade, creating shadow
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Tiny, Plastic Wind Turbines Suitable for City Dwellers
Like many places in the world, Hong Kong does not have strong wind speeds, so wind turbines have not been widely installed there. But now engineers at the University of Hong Kong and a private renewable energy company have developed a new micro wind
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Nau and Again. Part Two of our Interview
Our interview continues, with the team at Nau, a new outdoor apparel company, chasing the goals of beauty, performance and sustainability. Today we delve more into their business practices. Visit here for the first installment, where Ian Yolles, with
