For the past 12 months, eco-warriors in Hong Kong have put much effort to save the animals and the environment in the country. They continuously spread the message and awareness to reduce waste and make the city greener by waging war on single-use plastic. Take a look back to the works of these people who want to make the world clean again.
Eco-warriors also tackle local and international issues to solve the worsening problem about the environment and animals not just in Hong Kong but all over the world. Eco-Artists in the country have started a war on plastic through works that will raise awareness about the subject. There were ArtVPlastic project and Disney characters in distress, among others.
In a list made by the South China Morning Post, it noted that the Hong Kong social entrepreneur Keilem Ng had run a beach cleaning charity project before she joined a philanthropic network in 2017. Now, she is helping poor Nepalese girls to become athletes, giving awareness about environmental issues and other eco-warrior works.
Schoolgirl Audrey Tam felt the dire need to help save Hong Kong's Chinese white dolphins, so she collaborated with World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature to crowdfund underwater microphones. With the help of these microphones, they can collect data from the underwater to avoid vessels from killing and hitting these gentle creatures.
There is also a group of volunteers that feed, trap, and neuter dogs dumped on uninhabited islands of Sai Kung in Hong Kong's New Territories. These poor pets were left to die from starvation, thirst, diseases, and wild packs attacks.
Kopitiam Bot continued the report with actress Sharon Kwok, along with her fellow activists, saving sea turtles in the country. They are getting the Hong Kong government's attention to protect the turtles' regular nesting site in the country as their number continuously drop all over the world due to pollution, plastic, and other trashes surrounding their egg-laying areas.
Aside from turtles, Dr. Julian Fennessy noticed the decline of giraffes' population in Africa by 40 percent in the past three decades. As this creature is already extinct in seven countries, he wants to take some action to urgently stop the reason behind its dwindling numbers, and continue propagating their species.
With the worsening case of plastic trash all over the world, Doug Woodring suggested that Hong Kong needs a bill about single-use plastic. He advised that people need to start with their consumption habits. The country must ban or ask businesses to cut back their single-use plastic to control this problem.
