Knowledge Pond

This part of the website is about the amazing people that the foundation has discovered, who are working to make their environment better.

One of the most valuable outcomes of the Earth Champions Quests is the creation of an ever-expanding Knowledge Pond. Earth Champion nominations from every country are being entered into this website for access by the world community.

— Fiona Mathews, CEO at Earth Champions Foundation

Eddie Wu, CLP

5 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

CLP’s Energy Efficiency in Guangdong In a bid to help customers reduce energy wastage and enhance energy efficiency Eddie manages the Energy Services team, which has been active in Hong Kong for nearly 10 years. They have completed over 700 energy audits for large energy consuming companies. In Hong Kong, CLP has conducted end-to-end work […]

Chris Bongars, SustainAsia Ltd

5 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

SustainAsia is a highly competitive and flexible organisation, able to imagine and facilitate business solutions with unprecedented speed and dedication, using state-of-the-art conceptual and communication tools. With a mission to imagine and facilitate clean and sustainable solutions towards long term business objectives, in balance with people’s needs and the environment. Since 2004, SustainAsia has been […]

Roy Tam, Green Sense

4 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Green Sense is about increasing the public awareness in energy saving, environmental friendly town planning and light pollution through different public relations practices, e.g. organising press conferences and press interviews. Green Sense aims to bring new freshness to the green movement in Hong Kong, one of their flagship projects is “Walled Building” Campaign. The issues […]

Mark Keung, Save a Whale Shark

4 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

That day I tried to save a Whale Shark I just thought to spend money to buy the shark and set it free because it is an endangered species on verge of extinction. Though this creature had a big body, it was very weak. It appeared that my intervention would have a nice ending, however […]

Martin Williams, Hong Kong Outdoors

4 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Several initiatives: Encouraging conservation and birdwatching tourism at Beidaihe, Hebei, China; Promoting nature tourism and conservation in Asia, especially Hong Kong, through articles and books such as “Hong Kong Pathfinder” and websites including Hong Kong Outdoors and DocMartin; Production of a film I co-produced, “Explore Wild Hong Kong”! Refuting notions wild birds are major carriers […]

Glenis Paul, Sha Tin College Environment Action Group (STC EAG)

3 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

The Sha Tin College Environment Action Group (STC EAG) germinated in my first year of teaching at STC. We started with about 15 students and staff looking at ways we could reduce STC’s ecological footprint and positively alter the perceptions and attitude of the STC community towards sustainable development. Two and half years later, we […]

Bruce Derrick, Organic Education

3 October 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Bruce Derrick is an Organic Agriculturist, a mechanical engineer and a serious organic chemist. For the past thirty plus years he has been a consultant in the above referred to disciplines. Living in Asia, based in Hong Kong his services have been employed by governments, banks, corporations and various foundations throughout Asia. The biggest project […]

Christina Dean, Green2Greener.com

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Green2Greener.com is an eco-friendly online marketplace for trading sustainable products sold by multiple sellers that also raises funds for environmental charities. Green2Greener.com was launched in 2008 as a platform for companies to sell eco-friendly products. Green2Greener.com is a Hong Kong registered charity and in its non-profit capacity, the online trading site does not charge a […]

Malcolm and Sally Begbie, Crossroads

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Crossroads Foundation is a Hong Kong based, non-profit organisation serving global need. We link those who are in need with those who can provide help. We literally provide a crossroads to bring both together. We offer four services: Global Distribution, which distributes Hong Kong’s quality excess goods as needed, internationally and locally; Global Village, which […]

Robert Allender, Energy Resources Management

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Energy Resources Management is about working with companies to identify and then reduce energy wastage. Robert’s life changed after the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. He immediately started to learn as much as he could about energy and energy wastage. At the time he was working as a computer/IT company managing director, often serving the […]

Karen Jennifer Winstanley

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Karen Jennifer Winstanley has been raising awareness about environmental protection among her peers and their families and globally for the past two years. Karen Jennifer is an environmental activist in her community, rallying her high school classmates, her friends and their families to take every day actions to protect the environment and raising awareness about […]

Bobsy, “Save The Human!” Don’t Eat The Planet! campaign

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Save The Human! Don’t Eat the Planet! Is a creative campaign launched under the umbrella of ABLE Charity HK to raise awareness about what has become the number one cause of pollution in the world today and that is the consumption of meat & dairy!! The campaign was successfully launched on the 1st of March […]

Kate Wade, DB Green

13 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

DB Green is a local non-profit organisation, which supports and promotes public awareness and environmental education by concentrating on Discovery Bay’s environmental and local culture. Discovery Bay is well known throughout Hong Kong for having a reputation for being a “Green Community”. This unique area attracts hundreds of expatriate and local residents alike for numerous […]

Don Latter, Transition Town: Lantau

8 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Starting in April 2008 Don has started an organic community farming project in Mui Wo, Lantau Island which is now produces food and is supplied to the local community. This project was based on the idea of Transition Towns, although this is not an official Transition Town because it does not meet all the criteria. […]

Ciara Shannon, Climate Change Business Forum

8 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Ciara Shannon initiated and set up the Climate Change Business Forum (CCBF) in 2007 as an initiative of the Business Environment Council (BEC). CCBF’s mission is to provide a unique leadership platform for business to understand and respond to the opportunities and risks of climate change and the inevitable policies and regulations that will address […]

Charles Frew, Shark Conservation

8 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Charles Frew is actively involved with shark conservation, shark diving, underwater filming and marine impact assessments. He is an award-winning videographer; his overseas assignments with international film companies have taken him to some of the remotest regions of Asia-Pacific in search of elusive and spectacular marine life. Charles Frew is raising awareness in the Hong […]

Chandran Nair, Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT)

8 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Chandran Nair is the founder of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) which is an organisation based in Asia that is focused on the relationship of Asian society and values with those of the rest of the world. The Program is called the Global Institute for Tomorrow or “GIFT” Chandran Nair, Founder and chief executive […]

Professor Frank Lee, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

7 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Frank Lee works at Polytechnic University and has initiated several projects that test air pollutants, leading to environmental recommendations. He leads consulting jobs from the Hong Kong government to measure pollution mostly from vehicles, temple incense, cooking, printing companies etc. He works with grad students, some of which he is training to be future leaders […]

Caroline Hsiao Van, Future Generations China

7 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

The Green Long March is China’s largest movement of student-led environmental action. Launched by Future Generations China and Beijing Forestry University in 2007, the Green Long March (GLM) is a youth network that aims to build a more sustainable future for China. To date, Green Long March volunteers across China have taken on critical regional […]

Albert Lai, Environmental Work

7 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Albert Lai was nominated as an Earth Champion for his personal dedication to environmental work especially in promoting public participation processes in Hong Kong. He has played an active role in the engineering and environmental sectors for over thirty years. Having led the Hong Kong NGO delegation to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in […]

Alexis Lau, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

6 September 2009/by Earth Champions® Foundation

Alexis Lau is the Director, Atmospheric Research Center, HKUST, Manager, Environmental Central Facility, Institute for the Environment, HKUST. He was nominated as an Earth Champion for his dedication to teaching environmental science, and for his contribution to the understanding of air pollution science in Hong Kong. Alexis’ work is on improving air pollution in Hong […]