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Environmental Initiatives in Hong Kong and Singapore

photo Dr. Lee explaining exhibit photographs

To raise awareness of global warming and climate change, SGI-Hong Kong and the China Polar Museum Foundation (CPMF) collaborated to organize an exhibition of the photos of Dr. Rebecca Lee Lok-sze entitled "A Call from Global Warming." It was held at SGI-Hong Kong's East Culture Center from October 17 to November 19. Dr. Lee is both CPMF's managing director and founder and a renowned environmentalist in Hong Kong. The photos on display are drawn from research she conducted at both the North and South Poles and on Mount Everest.

Mentioning the pertinence of the exhibition to the International Polar Year, 2007-2008, in her remarks at the opening Dr. Lee bore witness to the actuality of the melting of the polar ice cap, having recently returned from a research trip in the Arctic where the icebreaker on which she traveled penetrated as far as 85º N, the furthest in her experience. In conjunction with the exhibition, on October 18, Dr. Lee spoke on global warming to teachers and students from five Hong Kong schools. "A Call from Global Warming" was also shown at two other SGI-Hong Kong centers through February 2009.

photo SSA members recycle goods to raise money for education  [SSA]

In another environmental initiative, Singapore Soka Association (SSA) was one of a number of organizations that took part in a community recycling project--"Charitable Recycling @ South West" at its culture center on January 4. From collecting old clothes and paper, S$60,000 was raised in support of the Institute of Technical Education's Educational Fund.

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