TWGHs Eco Village teaching materials
東華三院環保村教材
In December 2024 we made four sets of cross-subject teaching materials for TWGHs Eco Village in Tseung Kwan O. The village stands on a restored landfill, so the materials start from the story of this land and connect waste reduction, ecology and food education.
- Client
- TWGHs Eco Village (Tseung Kwan O)
- Completed
- December 2024
- Subjects
- General Studies, History, Biology, Visual Arts, STEAM
Set oneTHE LANDFILL STORY
The story of Tseung Kwan O: a landfill’s past and future
From a quiet fishing harbour in the 1950s, to the first landfill phase opening in 1978, to an eco village built on the old landfill today. Students see through local history how waste policy has changed a place.
- How Tseung Kwan O changed alongside waste management policy
- How Hong Kong’s landfills work, and the problems they cause
- Life after a landfill: waterfront promenades, cycle tracks and eco parks
- A sense of belonging to the natural environment of the district
Set twoBEES & BUTTERFLIES
Flowers and insect friends: bees and butterflies
Why pollinators matter to our food system and what threatens them, ending with a bee hotel for solitary bees built by hand.
- The role of bees and butterflies: about 35% of the world’s crops depend on animal pollination
- Why insects are declining: pesticides, urban development, climate change
- Common bees in Hong Kong: Asian honey bee, bumble bee and several solitary bees
- Bee hotel DIY: a home for solitary bees made from natural materials
Set threeECO-TOILET
The eco-toilet: a story about poo
A light-hearted look at human waste, once called “black gold”, and how it can turn from waste back into nutrients.
- What poo contains and its value to farming: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium
- Hong Kong’s night soil history and the past trade in manure
- How composting toilets work, then and now
- Using the local pop-culture character “The Excreman” to imagine the cycle from poo back to soil
Set fourCARNIVAL
Day Day Waste-Wise carnival
Four hands-on workshops in rotation, 45 minutes each, for schools and community days at the Eco Village.
- Organic potting: how food waste compost and organic growing connect
- Food waste tie-dye: dyeing old clothes with onion skins
- DIY food waste bin: sorting food waste and composting at home
- “Ugly food” pizza: cooking with imperfect vegetables
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