Hong Kong Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 16:04:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Mind-Boggling Trees Growing Out of Buildings and Walls Keep Hong Kong Clean and Green https://www.greenoptimistic.com/trees-growing-buildings-walls-keep-hong-kong-clean-green-20140221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/trees-growing-buildings-walls-keep-hong-kong-clean-green-20140221/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:08:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=46103 Growing trees in urban areas is often a challenge. On one hand, the green anti-carbon-emissions weapon requires constant management and careful planning, and on the other hand, there is a direct competition for space. The latter might be a bit difficult to comprehend, as in Europe and the U.S., seeing trees being planted along sidewalks […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/trees-growing-buildings-walls-keep-hong-kong-clean-green-20140221/feed/ 1 46103 Deadly Pollution Levels Plague Hong Kong https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/#respond Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:44:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=36294 On Monday in Hong Kong, children, the elderly, and people with respiratory illnesses and heart conditions were advised to stay inside because air pollution index readings were at their highest this year. In Beijing on Monday, the pollution index reached as high as 167, considered a very unhealthy level of pollution according to the US […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deadly-pollution-levels-plague-hong-kong-20130416/feed/ 0 36294 Hong Kong Light Pollution, Worst in the World? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-light-pollution-worst-in-the-world-20130321/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-light-pollution-worst-in-the-world-20130321/#respond Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:57:40 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35125 According to a study completed by Hong Kong University, this city of some seven million inhabitants could have the worst light pollution in the world. When we think of pollution, we may think of landfill runoff or oil spills. These types of pollution are damaging to the environment which we live in. The air we […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-light-pollution-worst-in-the-world-20130321/feed/ 0 35125 Hong Kong to Ban Older Diesel Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-to-ban-older-diesel-vehicles-20130103/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hong-kong-to-ban-older-diesel-vehicles-20130103/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:39:48 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30657 We recently reported to you a plan by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe to rid the streets of Paris of older vehicles that generate more pollution. The plan, to eliminate vehicles older than 1997 from Paris, is aimed at reducing emissions and pollutants, “to make the air more breathable.” The plan goes before the ministerial council […]

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