Jan 15, 2024

Survey on Sustainability Education in GE Curriculum

by SRSDO 1 | Feb 28, 2024 | Event Calendar

Survey on Sustainability Education in GE Curriculum ✅ 你是否對可持續發展及其目標感興趣？ ✅ 你是否對消除貧困、關心健康、公平及生態環境等議題感興趣？ ✅ 你是否想知道可持續發展的行動如何影響我們的日常生活與身心健康？ 香港中文大學大學通識教育部現正進行一項關於可持續發展意識與行動的研究。現誠邀中大本科生掃描圖中二維碼或點擊下方網址填寫問卷，提供你對於可持續發展教育的見解*。 問卷網站：bit.ly/3vHryma...

July 18, 2023

EPD’s smart recycling system set up in CUHK

by Colin Ho | Jul 18, 2023 | News, News articles

為配合智慧城市發展及提升社區回收服務，環境保護署（環保署）於2020年推出「智能回收系統先導計劃」，在「綠在區區」設置智能回收箱，試驗系統在本地應用的情況。鑑於公眾對先導計劃反應正面，環保署陸續增加智能回收應用點，涵蓋大學場地。   此智能回收系統可記錄各類回收物重量，並自動計算及儲存回收獎賞積分。透過應用物聯網技術，直接把運作數據實時上傳至中央數據系統，以實時監察系統各設備的運作情況。   日期：即日至2025年6月 地點：范克廉樓文化廣場 回收種類：紙張、金屬、膠樽及玻璃樽（確保已清洗乾淨） 提示：...

21 November 2022

Taste of success: FoodCloud uses technology to get surplus food to nonprofits more efficiently

by Colin Ho | Nov 21, 2022 | News articles

// The staggering consequences of food waste appalled Aoibheann O’Brien and Iseult Ward. The two are co-founders of FoodCloud, which offers two services to redistribute surplus food: technology and warehousing.  Their technology platform – Foodiverse – directly...

18 June 2022 – 18 June 2022

Jeffrey Sachs Awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development for Leading Transdisciplinary Sustainability Science

by SRSDO 1 | Jun 18, 2022 | News articles

News, Announcement | 18 June 2022 // A world-renowned professor in economics who has made great contributions to the establishment and promotion of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Prof. Sachs served as Special Advisor to three UN Secretaries-General, and...

17 June 2022 – 17 June 2022

This Styrofoam-eating ‘superworm’ could help solve the garbage crisis

by SRSDO 1 | Jun 17, 2022 | News articles

News, Research, SDG13 Climate Action | 17 June 2022 // A plump larva the length of a paper clip can survive on the material that makes Styrofoam.  The organism, commonly called a ‘superworm,’ could transform the way waste managers dispose of one of the...