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Group 53April Chan Hiu YingNancy Lam Wai Yu
Lawrence Pong Chi KaiPresentation Date: 2/11/2007 3:30pm
Doomsday Clock
Set by the Board of Directors at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in response to global affairs
It uses the analogy of the human race being at a time that is "minutes to midnight" where midnight represents "catastrophic destruction".
The number of minutes before midnight, a measure of the degree of nuclear, environmental, and technological threats, is updated periodically.
The clock is currently set to five minutes to midnight, having been advanced by two minutes on January 17, 2007.
Literature review
Youth environmental attitudes across 13 cities in 11 different countries in the Asia-Pacific region
Attitude: Knowledge, beliefs and behavior
---John Fien, 2000. “Young People and the Environment: Results and Implication of a Study of
Environmental Knowledge, Beliefs and Behavior in Asia and the Pacific.” in Environment, Education and Society in the Asia Pacific: Local Traditions and Global
Discourses.
The most important environmental problem for the world:
1. Damage to the ozone layer2. Deforestation 3. Greenhouse effect4. Waste disposal and treatment
Relay on government to increase the environment regulations
Few saw a role for themselves in trying to influence public opinion or government actions
Other Literature:
--- “Research on Public attitude towards environmental protection.”1997-1998.
The University of Hong Kong Public Opinion Programme,Social Sciences Research Centre of The University of Hong
Kong
--- Kent D. 1980. The Social Bases of Environmental Concern: A Review of Hypotheses, Explanations and Empirical Evidence.
The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol. 44, No., pp. 181-197
Reduce & Reuse Paper
▪ Transform into the electrical format▪ Encourage the use of recycle paper
Air Pollutant▪ Close the incineration▪ Apply extra set up on the source of air polluant
Construction waste▪ Rate charging scheme
Corporation with others No Plastic Bag Day
(with business group)▪ The first Tuesday in
every month▪ Has been developed to
every Tuesday in some company
Control the air quality with Mainland, introducing partnership▪ mainly focuses on the reduction of the air
pollutant in the power generation and vehicle▪ Review the result every other year▪ Agree to meet the target by 2010
Education Campaign & Competition
▪ Action Blue Sky Campaign▪ Take action in the daily life
Do not wear suit in the summer Maintain the indoor temperature at 25.5 oC
▪ Energy Efficiency Labeling Scheme▪ Classify the appliance according with their efficiency
Research goal:In a macro way: 1. The awareness of “the end of the world” 2. People’s perspective on the environmental
situation in Hong KongIn a micro way: 3. To test the knowledge of the interviewees in
environmental protection sector 4. To test their environmental protection beliefs
and real practice
Research method: Online Survey, Total amount of respondents : 96
25%
21%
18%
27%
5% 4%
Public housing
Private housingowner
Hostel
Home OwnershipScheme flat
Rent house
Other
55%
45%
male
female 55, 58%
31, 32%
1, 1%
7, 7%2, 2%
primary studentsecondary studentuniversity studentemployee retired
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
6 ~ 12 13 ~ 18 19 ~ 24 25 ~ 30 31 ~ 40 41 ~ 50 51 ~ 60 61 +
Part I - The awareness of “the end of the world”
90
6
020406080
100
Yes No
78
43 45 38
020406080
100
NatureEnvironmental Factor
War Diseases Insufficient NaturalResources
20
3035
103
0
10
20
30
40
Very Pending Pending Satisfactory Not Pending Not Very Pending
Part IV: To test their environmental protection beliefs and their real practice of
environmental protection
Conclusion
They realize the urgency of the environmental problem and approves the environmental protection
Lack of real participation
“Knowledge about the environment” rather than “Knowledge how to work for the environment”
1) No Plastic bag day @ Wellcome
2) Number of people using BYOB(Bring your own Bag)
3) Popularity of Shopping Bag
4) Recycle bin VS Rubbish bin
To see whether customers response to No Plastic Bag Day
Interview:Age group:
▪ 25-30 2▪ 31-40 9▪ 41-50 13▪ 51-60 4▪ 61+ 2▪ Total Interviewees = 30
Interviewees are mostly Housewives
Interview: Q: Do you know Today is No
Plastic Bag Day? A: Yes :25 No:5
Q: Do you support No Plastic Bag Day?
A: Yes :28 No :2
Q: Do you bring your own bag? A: Yes :21 No :9
Q: Will you support other Environmental Protection Activities, such as No Straw Day?
A: Yes :10 No: 20
Some do not know Tuesday is No Plastic Bag Day There is not enough advertisement about it The Advertisement boards are not that eye-catching Staffs do not have enough trainings
Some know and support but do not bring their own bags Forget to bring their bags Inconvenient to bring bags to the supermarket
Do Not support No Plastic Bag Day They do not get used to response environmental
protection They do not care about our environment They are not willing to bring their own bags
Use Plastic Bags Easy Broken things Unsuitable Goods, such as frozen
goods, fresh meat, wet goods…. Too small own bags No intention to buy things at first
They are unwilling to support No Straw Day Inconvenient without Straw
▪ Difficult to drink▪ Possible to get themselves dirty▪ Bad feeling and unhealthy to teeth if
drinking iced drink
They Support No Straw Day they do not drink soft drink cold drink
Most of the shops do not have environmental shopping bag Plastic Bag Paper Bag
Disadvantage: Both cannot be used for many times Paper bags are not water-proof Paper bags can be destroyed easily
after getting wet Plastic bags will trap water inside
Most likely to throw away an empty soft drink can into the rubbish bin
Unwilling to dump their rubbish until meeting a recycle bin
People do not behave in what they say.
Subjectively, they are not willing to change their life style
Objectively, external factors cannot facilitate the environmental protection
Case study on other countries Switzerland
▪ charge on the rubbish volume▪ Develop the use of recycle product
Taipei▪ Need to buy the authorized bag▪ rubbish will be collected in assigned time
slot▪ Provide alternate use of the kitchen waste▪ Issue a collection of recyclable waste
timetable▪ Responsible for the collection of large items
Singapore▪ Responsible for the
collection of the disposal of solid waste▪ door-to-door collection▪ given recycling bags, trays
or bins
▪ Solid waste disposal fees are collected through the monthly utility bills issued by the respective town councils.
Green Building Insert solar plant in the roof for
generating electricity▪ Make good use of the electricity
Garden in the midair Planting more plant
▪ Enrich the scenery▪ Improve air quality
Restriction on the amount of waste Compulsory plastic bag size Compulsory on rubbish sorting
▪ Money penalty Reward to informer
Enhance the sorting effect Introduction of advanced products
Cooperation with business company▪ Make people believe that sorting of rubbish is
useful