Category Archives: Biodiversity Education

Our School Participated in Global Biodiversity Surveying of the City Nature Challenge 2020: Hong Kong

Biodiversity Education

The City Nature Challenge (CNC) 2020 is a global 4-day-long activity that citizens can log the most species in to gather more data on urban and rural biodiversity in their communities in the period of 24 Apr (Fri) to 27 Apr (Mon). Due to the new coronavirus pandemic, CNC is no longer a competition but a citizen science learning activity this year so that everyone can contribute to global biodiversity surveying of their household districts. Our school participated in the event and promoted citizen science…

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Our School Won the ‘Most Observations’, ‘Most Species’ and ‘Most Observers’ Awards in the Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge 2019

Biodiversity Education

The Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge (HKISCNC) is a friendly week-long competition in which secondary schools find and log the most species in and around their campus to gather more data on Hong Kong’s urban biodiversity. With the high level of students’ engagement, our school won the ‘Most Observations’, ‘Most Observers’ and ‘Most Species’ with 4575 observations, 278 observers and 509 observed species respectively. Our S.4 student representative, Hayley Wong, attended the sharing session held on 11 Jan 2020 and provided feedbacks to the…

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Amazon on fire – Signature Campaign to conserve Amazon forests

Biodiversity Education

Green Gurus of our school launched the “Amazon on fire” Signature Campaign on 27 Sept 2019 (Fri) on campus. Some scholars have pointed out that the Amazon rain forest, known as the “Lungs of the Earth”, handles 5% to 20% of the world’s photosynthesis every year. It plays an important role in restraining climate change as it can absorb and store large amounts of carbon. However, people burned down forests uncontrollably to vacate forest land for short-term economic benefit. Through this campaign, Green Gurus hope…

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“No Straw Movement” Taking Action

Biodiversity Education

Green Gurus of our school launched the “No Straw Movement” Signature Campaign on 25 Oct 2018 (Thu) on campus to raise students’ and teachers’ awareness of environmental conservation by stopping using plastic straws. In the signature campaign, up to 600 students and teachers promised to support “No Straw Movement” by giving signatures, joining hands to reduce waste at source. Green Gurus advocated “No Straw Movement” once again on 20 Nov 2018. Besides encouraging schoolmates to support “No Plastics”, glass straws were presented to students in…

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Taiwan-based renowned eco-film director Mr. Liang Chieh-te paid a warm visit to CFSS to share his precious experience in shooting his masterpiece “Fly, Kite, Fly”

Biodiversity Education

It was our school’s great honour to have invited Director Liang Chieh-te to pay a warm visit to CFSS on 9 November 2018 (Fri), showing his masterpiece “Fly, Kite, Fly” and sharing his precious experience in shooting the film. Director Liang is a Taiwan-based renowned eco-photographer and film director. His masterpieces had got enrolled in Golden Horse Film Festival several times and received numerous international awards. Director Liang had spent more than 20 years in shooting “Fly, Kite, Fly” to record the whole lifespan of…

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“No Straw Movement” Signature Campaign

Biodiversity Education

Green Gurus of our school launched the “No Straw Movement” Signature Campaign on 25 Oct 2018 (Thu) on campus in the light of extensive invasion by microplastics to oceans causing death of millions of marine life by suffocation. Green Gurus would like to raise awareness of students and teachers on environmental conservation to stop using plastic straws. In the signature campaign, up to 600 students and teachers promised to support “No Straw Movement” by giving signatures, joining hands to reduce waste at source.

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Professor Kobori and Ms. Emu Miyashita from Tokyo City University Visiting CFSS

Biodiversity Education

Professor Hiromi Kobori and her PhD student, Ms. Emu Miyashita, from Faculty of Environmental Studies of Tokyo City University paid a warm visit to our school on 14 September 2018. Professor Kobori is a world-renowned expert on environmental toxicology while Ms. Emu Miyashita is the Ambassador (Japan) of the CitizenScience.Asia Alliance. In the visit, we exchanged ideas on fostering self-directed learning in school and promoting citizen science to the community. We evaluated the possibility of collaboration between Tokyo City University and our school on citizen…

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Prof. Fred Dubee – Staff Development Workshop for Sci and ICT Teachers

Biodiversity Education

Prof. Fred Dubee has launched a Staff Development Workshop for our Science and ICT teachers on 15 June 2018 (Friday). He had insightful sharing and analysis on global climate change and the associated consequences on China’s economy and livelihood with us. “Reframing Climate Change as an Immediate Existential Risk” is a very meaningful topic that both teachers and students should be aware of, not just conceptually, but should participate in combating climate change for the sake of our future. Our teachers have been enlightened a…

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