YHKCC students visit Hung Sing Yeh, Lamma to learn about environmental challenges through the Art of Awareness YHKCC students hold up paintings to create a circular exhibition on Hung Sing Yeh beach Thirty Year 10 and Year 11 students from the YMCA of Hong Kong Christian College (YHKCC) in Tung Chung visited Lamma as part […]
Read More »Student reporters investigate the 42-day cleanup Young reporters from Bradbury School came to clean Yung Shue Wan beach and ask questions about the 42-day cleanup in autumn 2014.
Read More »For 42 days in 2014 Living Lamma and numerous volunteers spent a few hours each day picking up rubbish, trash, garbage and all kinds of waste from Yung Shue Wan harbourfront, to restore some of the beauty of this “bay of banyan trees” 21 September – 2 November 2014 North Lamma Community Effort […]
Read More »Cleanup of Yung Shue Wan with Banyan House Bringing kids to the beach should not be all about rubbish, but equally, we cannot bring them up to ignore the problem. When I started cleaning the beach at Yung Shue Wan, I could hear mothers walking past with their kids telling them it was too dirty […]
Read More »Letter to Legco Panel on Environmental Affairs (trees) May 2014 Dear Legco Members: I have attached our report on trees from October 2012. We have been communicating with various different departments on this since 2010, but just see buck-passing and little change to address the problems raised in the paper. The 2012 version was updated […]
Read More »Waste Management in Hong Kong A District Planning Approach Presented to KS Wong by Living Lamma 7thJuly 2013 Strategy is not a Problem 2013: Blueprint for Sustainable use of Resources 2005: A Policy Framework for the Management of Municipal Solid Waste (2005T2014) 1995: Lamma Conservancy Association Community Waste Minimisation Plan 1993: Government Review of 1989 […]
Read More »Brief regarding item *IV. 355DS: Outlying Islands sewerage, stage 2 – Lamma village sewerage phase 2 Submitted to the Legco Panel on Environmental Affairs Meeting Living Lamma is a registered society concerned with improving the environment on Lamma through cleaning up rubbish and dumping and improving the design of public facilities. In February 2010, we […]
Read More »AIMS To demonstrate opportunities for community improvement through planting and better tree care (including the proper treatment of green waste) BACKGROUND Lamma Island’s main village, Yung Shue Wan, has become shabby. Derelict construction, insensitive concrete pouring, poor maintenance, graffiti, and a lack of landscaping mar the quaint village-scape, which should greet visitors to the island. […]
Read More »Meeting with Ellen Chan, EPD 20/F Harbour Building Pre-Meeting Notes Future of recycling on Lamma Glass Plastic Paper Metal Small WEEE Food Waste Green Waste Application in front of library Plans for Overhaul of Bin Areas and RCPS When were they built? Who is responsible for bin design? Context – stop the mess Examples from […]
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