We must take care of our home, the Earth.
Air pollutionWater pollutionNoise pollution
Brainstorm some possibilities.
Cars BusesFactoriesAirplanesMotorcycles
What are some causes of air pollution?
What happens to children who grow up in Hong Kong?
Why should you turn off your engine if you are not moving?
Hong Kong chokes in smog
Brainstorm some ideas.Walk more.Ride bicycles.Take public transportation.Buy local food that doesn’t need to be transported from far away.
Ask factories to use earth-friendly chemicals.
Brainstorm some ideas.FactoriesPeople’s garbagePlastic bagsSewage (toilets)Hospitals
How does this video make you feel?
Hong Kong's Water pollution
Brainstorm some ideas.Use cloth shopping bags.Use earth-friendly products at home
(soap, cleaning products).Recycle plastics, paper and metal.Reduce the amount of garbage we make.Reuse things – don’t throw your old
clothes, shoes, toys, etc into the garbage. Donate them to the Salvation Army.
Brainstorm some ideas.Building new houses or other buildings.Changing the design of flats.Traffic (cars, buses, taxis, minibuses,
trams, ships, zebra crossings, airplanes, etc)
Mobile phonesPeopleAnimals
Brainstorm some ideas.In Hong Kong, it’s difficult to stop building
new flats and buildings. We can plant more trees near flats to stop
sound traveling into your window.We can use good windows that stop noise
traveling through them when they are closed.
We can keep quiet.We can respect our neighbours.
There are ways to make our city sound nicer.People, even unborn babies, respond to nice
sounds.People like the sound of waterfalls falling,
birds singing, insects chirping and waves crashing.
Watch this video by the South China Morning Post about ways to improve the sounds in Hong Kong.
Soundscaping Hong Kong
Light – Can’t see the stars at night.
Heat (thermal) – from factories and nuclear energy
Mainland China (cities like Shenzen which are near Hong Kong)
Many other countries (India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, USA, Mexico, etc)
The make everything we use:FoodClothesToysCarsTelephonesComputersFurnitureJewelry
Factories are the number one cause of pollution.They pollute water, air and soil.They use water to wash away their waste.Now there aren’t many lakes, rivers or estuaries that
are safe for people to bathe, fish or drink.They also cause thermal pollution (heat pollution)
which kills fish and plants.People in Hong Kong can’t see blue skies during the
day or stars at night. It destroys the ozone layer which protects us from
harmful radiation from the sun.There is a big hole in the ozone layer over Australia and
New Zealand, so people there get skin cancer and sun burns a lot.
Children there must wear hats and sunscreen every day or they can’t go outside.
Secondary schools love students who show leadership and get involved in the community.
WWF Hong KongGreen Living in Hong KongHow can you stop air pollution?Environmental Protection Department of Hong
Kong
Visit some websites, read some newspaper articles or watch a documentary about going green.
Brainstorm a list of the things you use and do every day which cause pollution.
Make a mind map about the ways you can reduce the pollution that you make.
Write an essay based on your mind map.Give the list, mind map and essay to your
Interview Class Teacher by 5th January.
