SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY
BEFORE
AFTER
Trashy tidelines become beautiful beaches
Trails too
It was not just about the beaches either. A lot of litter ends up
in the sea washed down from hiking trails during heavy rain
or blown off the mountains and into the sea during strong
monsoons and typhoons—so on the day, Anja led a team
hikers over the trail from Lion’s Nature Reserve past Millionaires
Row and Shelter Cove to the other side of the Peninsula from
Trio Beach (not far from Ma Lam Wat), which they cleaned
along the way. The hikers got a bit more than they bargained for
too—with a bit of a wait for a rib to bring them back to Hebe—
they also had plenty of time clean the beach at the end of their
hike too—a double clean-up effort well done.
Rubbish artwork
Kids were kept entertained throughout the day by Merel and
her band of merry helpers who put recyclables to good use in
helping kids (big and small) create some pretty funky artwork
from boats to spiky haired creatures and jellyfish. Fun was
had by all, especially the children’s parents who managed to
consume over 400 drinks while the rubbish artwork team kept
the little ones entertained. The idea being that the children also
went home with a message for mums, dads and caregivers—
don’t throw anything away, we can reuse it or recycle it.
Environmental gurus share
We had the environmental big guns in on the day too to share
their advice on what people can do on a day-to-day basis to help
keep the seas clean. The eco guests also kindly presented prizes
to our competition winners on the day. Sharing their environmental
messages were:
• Dr Andy Cornish, Global Shark Programme Leader, WWF
International
• Tracey Read, Founder & CEO, Plastic Free Seas
• Gary Stokes, Director—South East Asia, Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society
• Nissa Marion, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Ecozine
Magazine; Co-Founder, HK Cleanup
Celina Jade, actress from the hit series Arrow, singersongwriter, model and martial artist—daughter of US kung fu
star, Roy Horan—also made a celebrity guest appearance to
present the grand prize of the day for a half-day out on Local
Hero a prize kindly sponsored by Ryan Man from Sail Asia.
50 HEBE JEBES • NOV/DEC 2015
The green stuff
As far as plastics entering the ocean, roughly 20% comes from ships and
offshore platforms, while the majority originates from litter being blown into
the sea, picked up by tides on the beach, or intentional dumping of rubbish
in the sea. This not only makes our beaches look horrible, it also poses
serious threats to animal and human health. Firstly, plastics don't biodegrade
quickly but rather break up into small pieces that are consumed by fish and
sea mammals. Eating or getting entangled in plastics is estimated to kill
more than 100,000 sea turtles and birds every year. Secondly, even if not
directly eaten, plastics contain dangerous chemicals that are slowly released
into the waters and the atmosphere. As fish breathe to get oxygen from the
sea, they also absorb these chemicals which end up further contaminating
them. As we catch these fish for food this contamination ends up back in
the human food chain. We end up literally eating our own rubbish.
步行徑也一併清潔了
我們不只是清潔海灘，許多海上垃圾都由於強烈季候風或颱
風而被大雨或強風帶到海裡。當天 Anja 帶領一隊登山隊員
從獅子會自然教育中心出發，經 Millionaires Row 和 Shelter
Cove，由三星灣泳灘
（距麻籃笏不遠）
到達半島的另一端，沿
路進行清潔。登山隊員的成績超出預期，把垃圾用橡皮艇載回
白沙灣後，還剩下充裕時間幫忙清潔海灘，使我們事半功倍。
垃圾藝術
Merel 和她的隊員為孩子帶來歡樂。他們協助孩子把可循環再
用的垃圾變成有趣的藝術品，例如船隻、高矮不等的毛茸茸生
物和水母。所有人都很盡興，尤其是孩子的父母，他們在孩子
參與創作垃圾藝術品的時候，