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Environmental Education and Community Action Projects

2020 - 2021

  Project No. Recipient Organisation Project Title/Brief Approved Grant ($)
1. 2226 Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Sha Tin), Vocational Training Council ECF-Kids' Greenway-Outdoor Environmental Educational Programme for Preschool Students To arouse kindergarten students’ interest towards nature and to assist kindergarten teachers to develop school-based learning and teaching activities on local biodiversity through development of teaching resources, teacher training workshops, field visits, parent-child eco-tours and other activities. 2,267,489.60
2. 2274D Po Leung Kuk Fung Ching Memorial Primary School ECF delight of life Install energy conversion facilities and organise related education activities to enhance participants’ environmental awareness. 50,000.00
3. 2277C ICT-IN-PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION ECF GREEN for FUN Save the Ocean To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,878.00
4. 2278C Hong Kong Youth Professional Training Association Limited ECF Action "Clean" To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,988.00
5. 2279C Wai Wan Association ECF Cleanup Tai Po Sam Mun Tsai To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,720.00
6. 2280C Ma Tau Wai Chun Seen Mei Resident's Association ECF Cleanup Tai Po Ting Kok To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,670.00
7. 2281C Lutheran School for the Deaf ECF Ocean Blue To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,378.00
8. 2282C The Hong Kong Award for Young People ECF Kayaking Tour cum Shoreline Cleanups To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,992.00
9. 2284D HHCKLA Buddhist Chan Shi Wan Primary School ECF Let's Go Green in Shi Wan Family Install energy conversion facilities and organise related education activities to enhance participants’ environmental awareness. 50,000.00
10. 2287 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Ma Tso Lung Upcycling Lab ECF Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Upcycling Lab - "Everything Starts with Our Heart" To let participants develop a green lifestyle and raise the environmental awareness of the public through organic farming, workshops and exhibitions, etc. 405,490.00
11. 2288 Friends of Sai Kung ECF Tetrapak Recycling Project To demonstrate to businesses, environmental action groupsand the general public that Tetrapak recycling is practical and viable through collection, cleaning and transferal of Tetrapak containers used by catering businesses and the general public in Sai Kung. 83,420.26
12. 2290C Harbour Bay Society 環保基金 淨愛港灣大行動
(Chinese title only)
To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,820.00
13. 2293 The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups Jockey Club Tin Yuet Youth S.P.O.T. ECF - Green Blossoms Action @ Tin Shui Wai To nurture the youth in the Tin Shui Wai community to be advocators of greening and environmental protections, and to encourage the community to practice waste reduction at source and low-carbon living style through environmental workshops, community beautification and greening, trail cleanup and low-carbon living experiences. 100,175.00
14. 2295 The Boys' Brigade, Hong Kong ECF - Ma Wan Clean Shorelines To enhance the public awareness of marine pollution and coastal protection and to convey the message of waste reduction at source and marine conservation through talks, workshops, trainings, coastal cleanup activities and exhibition carnivals. 237,960.00
15. 2297 Hong Kong Marine Conservation Association ECF Marathon Coastal Clean-up To educate the public about the importance of marine protection and reducing waste at source, and to mobilise the public to take positive action to improve and conserve the environment through clean-up activities. 64,980.00
16. 2301 Earth System Science Programme, the Chinese University of Hong Kong ECF: From the Science of Rotation to Danger of Stronger Typhoons during Climate Change To raise public awareness towards how extreme weathers are affected under the context of climate change, and to educate the participants to slow down climate change by reducing their carbon footprint through talks and workshops. 30,152.50
17. 2310 Blessing Thai Service Centre ECF ---- Reborn of Our Kowloon City To increase environmental awareness of ethnic groups and residents living in the Kowloon City, and to promote the district as a green community through talks on positive psychology, environmental workshops and resources sharing. 751,340.00
18. 2314 Green Come True (Hong Kong) Limited ECF "KNOW"cal Recycling Environmental Education Board Game To enable students to understand the importance of clean recycling and waste reduction at source, as well as knowing the “Green Community Station” and other recycling facilities in community through production of a board game and a series of educational workshops and visits. 612,873.33
19. 2317 Po Leung Kuk Education Affairs Department ECF - Live our Green.Simple.Life To encourage students and their parents to cultivate environmentally friendly living habits and adopt sustainable lifestyle through trainings, talks, school-based activities and camps. 1,701,328.00
20. 2323 Greeners Action ECF No More Plastic Action To promote the concept of “Bring Your Own Utensils” and reduction of single use plastic in the community through building a “No More Plastic Economic Circle”, talks, workshops and carnivals. 916,061.33
21. 2324 Green Sense HK Limited ECF - Green Online Shopping To encourage online shops to implement measures to reduce wastes by publishing Green Charter and industry guidelines for online shops; and to guide public on green online shopping, source prevention and clean recycling through publishing Green Online Shopping guidelines and organising field trips, country park cleanup activities and a carnival. 617,724.76
22. 2330 Earth Rescue Team ECF Survival with the Out-Fittest, Animal self-defense RPG Game To educate younger children the features and habitats of living things and the importance of biodiversity through role play games. 949,860.00
23. 2331 World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong ECF Dive into Oceans Conservation To promote public awareness of marine biodiversity and lower the human disturbance from recreational activities through conducting surveys, formulating a dive training protocol and a guide-map and organising public talks and workshops. 1,154,210.95
24. 2332 Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong Limited ECF Hong Kong Spider Survey - Ecological Education Programme To foster public and students’ knowledge of spider and biodiversity assets of Hong Kong through talks and school-based activities, and to set up Hong Kong spider database through the engagement of the public and students in ecological surveys. 1,131,360.00
25. 2333 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) - Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre ECF Lung Fu Shan's Kids are Coming to Town To raise the knowledge of biodiversity and urban ecology of the community through training workshops, publishing education materials and organizing tours in Central and Western District. 916,492.50
26. 2341 Coastal Conservation Hong Kong ECF Coastal Conservation Action and Education Programme To arouse public awareness of marine pollution and coastal protection through volunteer training programme, marine litter surveys, eco tours, talks and educational videos. 947,404.20
27. 2342 Ecobus ECF Trail and Coastline Guardians' Platform: Long-term Citizen Science Monitoring Plan and Debris Cleanup To encourage the public to participate in garbage collection and research activities and to enhance the public awareness of waste reduction at the source through trails and coastal cleanup activities and garbage collection and research activities. 591,566.67
28. 2343 Life Jungle Association ECF Ocean Conservation - Lamma Island 2021 To promote waste reduction from source and to encourage the fishery industry to clean-up the rubbish properly through 104,255.50
29. 2345 Outdoor Wildlife Learning Hong Kong Limited ECF Free Ocean Action Plan To equip tertiary students’ knowledge and application in marine and costal ecology, marine debris and environmental education and enhance students’ and public awareness in waste reduction at source through trainings and waste reduction activities. 892,930.02
30. 2346 World Green Organisation ECF Project: "Green School Energy Index" Online Portal and Engagement Activities for Secondary Schools and the General Public on Climate Change To establish energy saving habit and to raise awareness of green building and climate change on secondary school students through organising energy auditing, seminars, field trips and carnival. 1,272,630.00
31. 2349 Lutheran School for the Deaf ECF "We Can Make the Temperature Drop by One Degree" To educate students with hearing impairments the concept of low-carbon living and encourage their contribution to society and the environment through talks, workshops, design competitions and visits etc. 239,890.00
32. 2354 Redress Limited ECF Circular Fashion Resource for Students To empower students and teachers to accelerate change in consumer behaviour, and to understand how the fashion industry and their clothing habits are connected to climate change, through lectures and training workshops and a series of teaching resources, such as picture book storybooks, news databases and virtual reality guided tours. 1,737,500.00
33. 2355C Life Encouraging Fund Limited ECF E-sea Job 2.0 To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,680.00
34. 2362 Artists Cooperation Limited ECF Book of Sand To stimulate public and students’ discussion on the environmental impact of waste and raise the environmental awareness of the public on conserving resources through sketching and writing environmental workshops and school talks. 37,305.50
35. 2363 Institute for Youth Sustainability Leadership, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong ECF Community Eco-citizens - Together We Share, We Learn, We Enjoy To promote eco-citizenship on biodiversity and environmental conservation and to develop a sustainable network in the community to protect the biodiversity in Ma Lai Hau Hang through talks, workshops, tours and competitions, etc. 470,271.00
36. 2364 EcoDrive Hong Kong Limited ECF Reduce Plastic Footprint in the Community To promote reduction of single use plastic in the community and mobilise the change of behaviour in the community through “in school” environmental education program, social media and video competition. 450,900.00
37. 2376 The Free Methodist Church Tuen Mun Children and Youth Integrated Services Centre ECF - Change Now! Take Action! To enhance the environmental awareness of the public and build a green community through workshops and recycling activities. 43,855.00
38. 2379C Green Sense HK Limited ECF Clean Up for Clear Ocean 2021 To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,999.20
39. 2380D Our Hands Green Association Limited ECF: Renewable energy veggie – An application of renewable energy in farming and reuse of disposed rechargeable battery in school Install renewable energy facilities and organise related education activities to enhance participants’ environmental awareness. 47,930.00
40. 2453 Junior Chamber International Bauhinia (Hong Kong) Limited ECF Sustainable Fashion: The story behind my dress To promote sustainable fashion and educate the public to treasure their clothes through sharing sessions, workshops and competition etc. 50,000.00
41. 2454C Dream Paradise 環保基金 小手護海洋
(Chinese title only)
To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,865.00
42. 2456C Community Co-Learning Limited ECF Community Shoreline Co-Cleaning Project To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,070.00
43. 2457C YOUNG MEN'S TRAVELLER ASSOCIATION ECF Bring the rubbish (Lung Ha Wan) To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 3,980.00
44. 2458C YOUNG MEN'S TRAVELLER ASSOCIATION ECF Bring the rubbish (Sheung Sze Wan) To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 3,755.00
45. 2459C YOUNG MEN'S TRAVELLER ASSOCIATION ECF Bring the rubbish (Po Toi O) To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 3,755.00
46. 2460 Wild Child Nature Adventure Club ECF: Ocean Conservation To foster participant’s knowledge of ocean pollution problem, and to disseminate the message of reducing waste at source and guarding the ocean through conducting kayak ecological field trips and organizing community marine litter art exhibitions and recycling/donation activities. 100,000.00
47. 2464 Hong Kong Youth Counselling Association ECF: Green Life 14 Days, Thousands of Green Actions To create a Facebook page to promote Green Life of 14 Days and its environmental concepts and situation through not less than 25 promotional activities of “Green Life 14 Days, Thousands of Green Actions” at schools, enterprises and the community. 100,000.00
48. 2465 Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp ECF Discovering the biodiversity in Pak Tam Chung To enable the public to gain a better understanding of the animal and plant species in Pak Tam Chung, as well as to cultivate public interest in biodiversity, through eco tours and nature exploration camps. 375,350.00
49. 2466 School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ECF: From Chinese Literature to Plants and Ecological Conservation To enable the teachers and students to gain a better understanding of the plants and to educate them about the importance of natural conservation through teacher training, teaching demonstration, outdoor learning activities and production of e-learning materials. 1,243,978.00
50. 2467 Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, City University of Hong Kong ECF - Digital Marine Guardians: Saving Our Ocean Giants To raise public awareness of marine conservation and to motivate behavioural changes to protect marine life and enhance marine biodiversity, through training Marine Conservation Ambassadors, producing multimedia content and organising traditional public activities. 808,274.00
51. 2471 Hong Kong Marine Conservation Association ECF Marathon Coastal Clean-up To educate the public about the importance of marine protection and reducing waste at source, and to mobilise the public to take positive action to improve and conserve the environment through clean-up activities. 72,780.00
52. 2473 Culture Power Charity Foundation Limited ECF Leave No Trace-Community Clean Up and Conservation Education on Sustainable Living To promote the concepts of “leave no trace” and “clean shorelines” and encourage community cleanup activities on trails and near shorelines through ambassador trainings, eco-tours and workshops. 786,800.00
53. 2474 Ocean3C Limited ECF Blue ambassador programme: Promoting Ocean literacy in HK school communities To equip students and teachers science-based knowledge in ocean, nurture students’ sense of responsible citizenship and empower them to make positive changes in their daily life through the production of an e-booklet, teacher training workshop and seminar. 527,739.92
54. 2475 Civic Exchange ECF Civic Exchange Young Environment Ambassadors To raise awareness and understanding among Hong Kong’s youth and students on the causes and consequences of climate change as well as to promote local sustainable lifestyle through ambassador training, community projects, and peer education. 467,350.00
55. 2479 New Home Association New Territories West Service Centre ECF - Environmentally Friendly & Healthy Life . Start From Home To enhance the environmental awareness and skills on environmental protection and healthy lifestyles of New Arrivals, families in sub-divided flats and low-income families through competitions, talks, workshops and advocacy activities etc. 424,100.00
56. 2483 Wong Tai Sin Bright Orchid Women's Association Ltd. ECF - Leave No Trash in Nature To provide training and knowledge for women living in Wong Tai Sin to become part-time eco tour guides, as well as to educate the participants about the importance of recycling and ‘Leave No Trace’ principles for preserving mountains. 419,421.00
57. 2487 Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, The Chinese University of Hong Kong ECF Mobilizing Community Climate Action by Future Museum Curators To instill the attributes of a climate action leader, including climate literacy, innovative know-how (e.g. AR technology) and science communication skills, in secondary school students through training workshops, a social media campaign, a virtual gallery and exhibitions. 1,090,864.00
58. 2493 Student Affairs Office, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong ECF Promoting Sustainability in Siu Lik Yuen To enhance public awareness towards nature conservation and sustainability in Siu Lik Yuen area through eco-ambassador trainings, eco-guided tours, workshops and an exhibition. 35,550.00
59. 2498 ECO INSTITUTE (HONG KONG) LIMITED ECF Ocean Treasure To enhance public understanding and awareness of global environmental issues and motivate actual environmental conservation behaviours, through online talks, exhibitions and underwater and beach clean-up activities. 325,219.24
60. 2500 Centre for Water Technology and Policy, The University of Hong Kong ECF Student Ambassador Scheme for the Smart Water Auditing Project To promote water conservation through monitoring the amount of water consumption with “Smart Meter Analyser” at Student Ambassadors’ home, conducting water conservation campaigns and sharing session. 392,486.22
61. 2503 Reef Check Foundation ECF Coral Reef Biodiversity Citizen Scientist Training Programme To raise appreciation of the reef-associated biodiversity and public awareness on coral reef conservation in Hong Kong, through online seminars, training workshops, field trips and sharing sessions. 324,600.00
62. 2504 Enactus China Limited ECF Circular Economy Education & Incubation To engage tertiary students in implementing projects of circular economy through hackathon, social enterprises guided tour, acceleration camp and coaching session. 256,235.00
63. 2507C United Labour Chi Hong Association Limited ECF Chi Hong Beach Cleanup To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 9,020.00
64. 2510 ecobus ECF Environmental Citizen Scientist Campaign: Monitor Our Own Environment To raise public awareness of noise and air pollution and their effects on public health, through training Environmental Citizen Scientists, monitoring relevant pollution levels and organising workshops. 885,843.87
65. 2511 DADs Network Limited ECF Veg & Fruit, Feel So Good To develop a feasible, fashionable, waste reducible and low-cost image for low-carbon life through workshops, recycling tours and vegetables planting activities. 790,000.00
66. 2517 Fair Trade Hong Kong Foundation ECF - A Sustainable and Fair Future through the Gaps To promote sustainable life style and to encourage cross-generations communications through training workshops, tours and presentation ceremony. 1,095,278.00
67. 2519 The Theatre Wonderland ECF: Biodiversity ~ Protecting Ecosystem, Plus ONE Plus YOU To educate students and the public the local biodiversity and the main threats to biodiversity, and to conserve local biodiversity by encouraging behavioral change through roving drama, teaching materials and guided tours. 1,147,610.00
68. 2521 Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong ECF: Key to Better Conservation for Nature Freshwater Turtles Education Programme To promote conservation message of freshwater turtles in the community and encourage the public to protect freshwater turtles through workshops, field trips, public seminars and clean-up tours etc. 1,827,090.00
69. 2524 The Jane Goodall Institute Hong Kong ECF Shoreline Cleanup KOL Training Program To encourage the public to participate in shoreline clean-up activities and to raise the awareness on marine pollution through workshops, Shoreline Cleanup KOL Training Program, online exhibition and shoreline clean-up activities. 1,220,120.00
70. 2526 Hong Kong Children Charity Foundation Company Limited ECF Coastal cleanup To allow students understand marine pollution through participating environmental activities by organising ttor trainings, talks, workshops and coastal clean-up activities. 310,320.00
71. 2527 Conservation E3 Foundation Limited ECF - To build plastic-free shorelines To help participants develop a habit of reduction at source and encourage the public to participate in coastal clean-up activities through clean-up activities, promotion workshop and carnival. 572,250.00
72. 2528C ONE HEART HONG KONG UNION ECF To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 8,255.00
73. 2529C ONE HEART HONG KONG UNION ECF To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 7,580.00
74. 2530C FRIENDS OF HOI LAI SOCIETY ECF Everyone is responsible for coastal cleaning To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 4,740.00
75. 2531C JINAN UNIVERSITY HONG KONG STUDENTS ASSOCIATION ECF MOVE UP SHORELINE CLEANUP To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 7,055.00
76. 2532C KOWLOON CITY YOUTHS ASSOCIATION ECF KCYOUTHS@SHORELINE CLEANUP To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 5,405.00
77. 2533C YIN LAI WOMEN ASSOCIATION ECF Green Living Coast To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 8,925.00
78. 2534C The Resident Association of Hok Yuen Laguna Verde ECF Shoreline cleanup operations To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 7,690.00
79. 2535C THE ASSOCIATION ON THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY ECF OCEAN GUARD To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 6,845.00
80. 2536C KOWLOON CITY DISTRICT UNITED YOUTH NETWORK ECF SHORELINE CLEANUP@HK To educate participants about the importance of shoreline protection, lead participants to reflect on the importance of waste reduction and encourage them to practise waste reduction at source through clean-up activities. 5,615.00
81. 2538 TAI KOK TSUI RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION ECF Eco-friendly lifestyle short video competition series To enhance public awareness in environmental friendly lifestyle and low carbon cooking through organising video competition. 28,550.00
82. 2540 Community Engagement Workshop Limited ECF RECYCLE PLAYER TRAINING PROGRAMME To promote environmental friendly lifestyle through workshops, talks and tours. 39,900.00
83. 2541 West Kowloon Parents Association ECF - Environmental education - Toys recycling and reusing series To promote recycling and reusing toys through toys recycling stations, exhibitions, workshops and online courses. 243,190.00
84. 2544 Friends Of Yaumatei And Tsimshatsui Society ECF Let's act 'Green' To enhance environmental awareness of the public through workshops and farm visits. 250,722.00
85. 2547 Sham Shui Po Neighbourhood Cares Association ECF: The excellent habit "Bring your own cutlery" To promote the use of environmentally friendly tableware at over 120 food premise through local network so as to cultivate members of the public to bring their own cutlery in long run and develop environmental ethics within the community. 91,000.00
86. 2549 Life Garden Ltd. ECF: Exploring Biodiversity in Organic Farm for kids To educate participant’s knowledge of habitats, crops in different seasons and ecosystems at agricultural land and to understand the mutually beneficial relationship of biological chains and the role of mankind in natural conservation by workshops and close contact with natural species (e.g. butterfly, birds, etc.) at agricultural land. 100,000.00
87. 2550 Rooftop Republic Foundation Limited ECF: Decentralized Food Waste and Compost Educational Program To educate the local community on the impact that food waste has on the environment and how easy it is to compost food waste by creating video content and engaging the wider community during virtual workshops. 100,000.00
88. 2555 School of Everyday Life ECF Edible Ecology To educate the public about the relationship among food production, ecological environment and human, as well as to arouse public concern over nature conservation through ecological surveys, production of online learning materials (interactive website, picture book and animation) and training workshops for teachers. 879,965.00
89. 2559 Unlimited Energy ECF Upcycle! Add Value! To enhance public awareness in renewable energy and upcycling through workshops. 47,580.00
90. - A total of 58 participating schools ECF Pilot Programme on the Provision of Small Food Waste Composter at School (Phase Two) - 1,700,000.00