It has been a few months since the kick off of our new education programme, Ocean Park Conservation Chill Club. We have reached several milestones! Let's have a recap of our important moments and prepare to showcase our conservation efforts at the Conservation Chill Club Carnival!
Conservation Chill Club Carnival
Ocean Park Hong Kong is organising the Conservation Chill Club Carnival to celebrate conservation during the Easter holidays from 31 March to 11 April. During this period, an art exhibition and a variety of game booths will be set up in the Park. It is to introduce the three focal species of Ocean Park Conservation Chill Club to the general public - the Green Turtle, Acropora Corals and Golden Birdwing – through creative and artistic angles. A kick-off ceremony will be held on 1 April to mark the start of this meaningful event! Please come and support us!
Green Art Jamming
Ocean Park has launched the Green Art Jamming event in February, which attracted more than 70 youths to participate. Participants attended a conservation talk and then used their artistry to paint in the natural environment of Ocean Park. They have expressed their thoughts and knowledge towards conservation of the three focal species in their paintings. Outstanding works will be displayed in the Park during the Conservation Chill Club Carnival. Please come and view this amazing conservation art gallery!
Youth Sharing
Since the start of the programme in September 2020, batches of energetic, passionate and diversified local youths have joined in the conservation effort of Ocean Park. They include 50 university students as Conservation Chill Club Ambassadors, eight teams in marketing promotion and 81 secondary schools in the "Ocean Park Conservation Chill Club Student Activity".
Having attended a series of comprehensive training workshops, these young people have acquired a deeper knowledge of the three local iconic species and ways of conserving them. In order to arouse public interest in appreciating the beauty of nature, each team needs to unleash their creativity to design a variety of social media feeds and videos with conservation and fun facts of special local species. In the meantime, a number of secondary schools have upped their conservation effort: setting up a campus butterfly garden by planting nectar plants; growing fresh vegetables to feed green turtles; and building an Artificial Intelligence (AI) coral identification system.
