Green campus policy

Philosophy

Our school has always emphasized the importance of promoting environmental awareness among our students. Our aim is to enhance their civic spirit, fostering a care for the natural environment that surrounds us. Learning how to protect the environment and manage Earth's resources responsibly is a crucial aspect of education. Education can help students understand and implement sustainable development, as well as increase their competence in addressing environmental issues. This awakening to moral values (truth, goodness, beauty) means that the school has a responsibility to implement environmental education. This is in an effort to cultivate in students the values, attitudes, skills, and behaviors necessary for sustainable development. To effectively implement environmental education, it is essential to first establish a green campus policy.

Purpose

Environmental education is a form of sustainable development education that cultivates students' environmental awareness, ultimately establishing:
1. A sense of mission - taking responsibility for protecting the environment
2. A sense of love - practicing compassion, including love for the environment, nature, and Earth
3. A wise heart - understanding environmental issues and conservation efforts locally (including Hong Kong) and globally, learning to consciously and wisely manage Earth's resources, implement environmental protection actions, and practice a green lifestyle.
Of course, through a series of environmental education initiatives, we can also heighten the environmental awareness of school management, teachers, non-teaching staff, and even parents. We foster in them a friendly attitude towards the environment and encourage them to live a lifestyle that protects the environment.

Three Major Environmental Policy Areas

1. Environmental Infrastructure: includes greening the campus, maintaining cleanliness, and enhancing the school's environmental infrastructure.
2. Environmental Management: includes environmental policies, management frameworks, measures, environmental education training, and the dissemination of environmental protection information.
3. Environmental Education and Activities: includes organizing environmental activities within the school and participating in community-held environmental activities.

Content

1. Green Campus

The school arranges to plant various types of plants at different locations around the campus to beautify the school and create a comfortable learning environment. We encourage students to connect with nature, thereby highlighting the importance of plants to the ecosystem and global climate.

2. Maintaining Campus Cleanliness

A clean campus is a fundamental element of an eco-friendly school. Both indoor (classrooms, offices, restrooms) and outdoor areas must be kept clean. Students have a responsibility to keep the learning environment tidy, and janitors carry out regular cleaning work.

3. Environmental Policy

Through the formulation of policies, our school is committed to ensuring efficient and eco-friendly internal management. We regularly review and establish new environmental measures within the relevant framework and promote the participation of staff (school management, teachers, non-teaching staff, and janitors, etc.) in various environmental protection tasks.

4. Environmental Management Framework

1. The Campus Affairs Group of the school department plans, coordinates, and promotes the entire school's environmental education work, reporting and accepting quality assessments in all-staff meetings.
2. The School Affairs Office and janitorial staff meetings ensure that all environmental management measures are followed up on by the relevant staff and departments.

5. Environmental Management Measures

1. Solid Waste Management	Reducing Waste	Promote the use of reusable items: Encourage the use of reusable utensils, cups, plates, towels, etc., and reduce the use of disposable items. Digitize records and documents: Use computers to store files, make records, and distribute documents, reducing the amount of paper documents in the school. Encourage double-sided photocopying/printing: Promote the use of both sides of a piece of paper for printing or photocopying tasks. Remind students to use classroom facilities wisely: Educate students on the importance of using resources efficiently and avoiding wastage.
	Reuse of Waste	Re-use of paper: Encourage the use of both sides of a piece of paper. Reuse old document bags and envelopes: Instead of throwing away these items after one use, reuse them for storing or carrying other documents. Encourage systematic collection of waste paper in classrooms: Set up a system for collecting waste paper for students to reuse.
	Recycling of Waste	Set up 'Re-usable Paper' and 'Waste Paper Recycling' boxes: Place these boxes in the staff room, school office, and photocopy room to collect paper that has been used on one side and paper that has been used on both sides. Set up waste paper recycling bins in the school: Place these bins in each classroom and each floor to collect various types of waste paper (such as cardboard boxes, newspapers, and old exercises). Contact waste paper merchants to recycle waste paper: Ensure that paper waste is appropriately recycled and not sent to a landfill. Arrange for large waste recycling bins at the end of the school year: The school should arrange for these bins to facilitate the handling and recycling of textbooks, teaching material sets, etc., by teachers and workers.
	Alternative use	Encourage students to bring their own lunch utensils: Alternatively, use environmentally friendly reusable tableware provided by the food vendor.
2. Energy Saving	Air Conditioning	Use more energy-efficient appliances, such as those with energy labels (especially Class 1 energy labels). Try to introduce natural wind as much as possible during cooler seasons, instead of using air conditioning. It is recommended to use air conditioners only when the temperature is above 25°C. Post reminders on all air conditioner switches to remind students and teachers to turn off the power or save energy. Use fans when you just turn on the air conditioner to increase the circulation of air. When using air conditioners, close doors and windows to reduce air infiltration (door drums have been installed in all classrooms). If sunlight is directly shining into the room through the windows, pull down and fully close the blinds to reduce room temperature. Regularly clean the air conditioner and dust net (four times a year). If leaving the classroom for more than 30 minutes, turn off the air conditioner. Turn off the air conditioner after school.
	Lighting Equipment	Avoid turning on unnecessary lighting equipment. All places in the school are equipped with T5 tubes, which help save energy.
	Reduce Electricity Usage	If the classroom is not in use for a long time, turn off all power. Only turn on the projector when necessary. If there are not many people in the office (for example, on Saturdays or outside normal office hours), turn off some of the air conditioning. Avoid keeping battery chargers plugged in for a long time. Turn off the TV and sound system before leaving school to avoid long-term standby power consumption and potential hazards. Each class leader is responsible for switching on and off electrical appliances in the classroom. Post "Save Energy" reminders in classrooms and staff rooms to remind teachers and students to turn off all fans, lights, etc. when leaving the classroom.
	Education	Strengthen students' understanding of energy conservation.
3. Water Conservation	Post "Save Water" labels to remind teachers and students to conserve water. Install infrared sensor switches on all water-using equipment in restrooms to save water. Restrooms provide roll toilet paper, encouraging students to use less bagged tissues to avoid clogging and wasting flush water.
4. Paper Conservation	In the school office, one-side printed sheets and brand-new papers are separated into different trays of the photocopier, encouraging staff to use "eco-friendly paper" or duplex printing or copying. Set up an "eco-friendly paper recycling bin" next to the photocopier. Encourage students to keep old exercise books for reuse. Use electronic systems for archiving and creating documents. Eliminate unnecessary documents, combine and reduce the size of tables, records, and announcements. Encourage staff to use electronic communications to distribute notices, report the latest activity information, or collect suggestions, etc. Use eco-friendly paper for calculation drafts and drafting. When printing, use the "duplex printing", "booklet", and "multiple pages reduced to one page printing" features of the multifunction copier to save paper. Use recycled single-sided paper for initial draft photocopying or printing. Collect used envelopes and document bags for reuse or repurposing. Use email or mobile communication apps for communication and message transmission. Store and distribute documents and school information in electronic file format as much as possible. Install hand dryers in all restrooms to reduce the use of paper towels. Encourage students to wash their hands after using the restroom and use hand dryers to reduce the use of paper towels.
5. Noise Reduction	Use the broadcast system of the playground appropriately to avoid causing disturbance to residents nearby the school. Set a maximum acceptable volume for the classroom and the school's broadcast system to avoid creating noise. Arrange for noisy renovation work to be carried out after school hours or on non-school days. Regularly maintain dripping and noisy air conditioning systems.
6. Improving Air Quality	Encourage more window opening to take advantage of natural wind and enhance air circulation. Ensure that the vents and filters of the air conditioning system are clean (four times a year). The school bus should turn off the engine while waiting for students.
7. Administrative Level	Implementing Environmental Programs	Teachers should use the folders provided by the school to store data of each group, so as to update the content of the folders in the following year, thereby avoiding reprinting documents with the same content and reducing paper waste. Store commonly used documents on the server, and teachers can print them out when needed, reducing printing and paper usage. Encourage colleagues to use duplex printing to reduce paper use. Put used document bags and envelopes into the document bag recycling box to facilitate school office staff to recycle them. Purchase reusable gift bags (such as cloth bags) for the Christmas party and reuse holiday decorations. Reduce the use of gift wrapping paper. Through promotion and education, enhance the environmental awareness of teachers and students. The school will widely promote the actions and effectiveness of campus environmental protection through various channels. Remind students to take care of the campus and make good use of the facilities in the campus, such as drinking fountains, hand sanitizer, and plants, etc. Post "Save Energy" labels at important locations (such as switches, doors, exits) as reminders.
	Establish Environmental Ambassadors	Recruit and train environmental ambassadors, and let these students take on the role of planning and coordinating environmental activities, disseminate the latest environmental messages and activities through school publications and snack bar display boards. Actively participate in activities and competitions organized by environmental organizations.
8. Environmental Purchasing	Adopt a policy of purchasing environmentally friendly products, with most of the purchased items being durable and easy to repair. Actively encourage repairing existing items instead of buying new products. If appliances need to be purchased, try to buy appliances with energy labels and products that can reduce energy consumption. Purchase reusable or partly reusable products, such as ballpoint pens with replaceable cores. Actively encourage staff, students, and parents to bring their own eco-friendly shopping bags when shopping, as well as actively encourage teachers, students, and parents to purchase environmentally friendly products. Use rechargeable eco-friendly batteries.

 

6. Environmental Education Training

We encourage teaching staff to participate in environmental education training organized by the Education Bureau, the Environmental Protection Department, and private environmental organizations.

7. Promotion of Environmental Information

The school has established effective channels for regularly distributing environmental messages, updates on activities, achievements in environmental protection, and other information. We encourage two-way communication and make good use of electronic communication tools, such as the internet, intranet, and email, to enhance the dissemination of information and reduce paper usage.

8. Effective Environmental Education

Our school's environmental education aims to raise the environmental awareness of all teachers and students in the school, and we strive to encourage all school staff and students to practice environmental consciousness in their daily lives. Strategies include integrating environmental messages into regular and non-formal courses, inspection activities, etc. In addition, we promote environmental education among parents through the parent-teacher association and encourage parent participation.

9. Environmental Activities

The Campus Affairs Group plans and promotes environmental education activities throughout the school. In addition, student environmental ambassadors also actively assist in promoting these activities. Regular activities include energy-saving campaigns, recycling actions, visits to off-campus recycling facilities, etc. We also arrange for occasional activities (for example, in response to citywide major environmental actions such as No Air Conditioning Day). Moreover, the school liaises with environmental organizations to ensure that students have the opportunity to participate in a variety of environmental education activities. The school will also invite green groups, community organizations, and government departments to assist in organizing community environmental activities.