Organic Gardening

22 Jul 2012

Ark Eden is about a 45-minute walk from the Mui Wo ferry pier.

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22 Apr 2012

Harvesting the vegetables he has helped to plant, nurture and cultivate, Vlado Vasile, a Year Seven student at South Island School, declares: 'It is simply an amazing adventure that really makes...

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Beware of 'miracle' waste composters, scientist says

19 Sep 2011

Property owners and managers should be sceptical of the allegedly fast-performing waste composters they are considering renting or buying under a HK$50 million government subsidy scheme, an expert...

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Risa Bhinekawati

20 Sep 2009

THE MAKING OF AN INDEPENDENT I was born in Pontianak, West Borneo, in 1966. When I was seven, my family moved to Jakarta and I have lived there ever since. I'm very much a no-frills person. My...

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Community compost facilities make sound financial sense

7 Apr 2009

I am a gardener living in Mui Wo on Lantau and unlike the government I take very seriously the twin threats of climate change and peak oil. Consequently, one thing I am trying to do is grow fruit...

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Putting the leftovers out to pasture

7 Aug 2008

Students are using a Japanese composting technique which offers hope for Hong Kong's bulging landfills

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Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Green-finger tips

In his handbook, On Guerilla Gardening, Richard Reynolds outlines campaign tactics. Here's a list of essential items in any would-be guerilla gardener's arsenal:

Seed bombs

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Food-waste compost project could be just a waste of time

City does not have enough farms to use 'green' fertiliser

Part of Hong Kong's mountain of food waste will be composted in a pilot scheme starting this year, but already there are...

7:14PM

Our worms too lazy to go to work

Thousands of imported earthworms could be used to eat household food waste at housing estates by the end of the year if a pilot scheme conducted at Kadoorie Farm is successful.

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Green winners

Five schools received funds from China Light & Power (CLP) last year to carry out research on environmental protection and install machines to help conserve energy on campus.

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How does your garden grow?

SUMMER IS AN intoxicating time, with flowers in bloom and trees a vibrant green. That might give the impression it's the best season for plants. But in sub-tropical Hong Kong, where humidity...

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Students join green force

From now until June, students will tend gardens and grow vegetables at the Hong Kong International Airport in Tung Chung.

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