In April 2020, waters in Mui Wo were unusually clear due to reduced boat traffic as a result of COVID. We were able to survey the coastline close to Mui Wo via snorkelling from Silvermine Bay to Man Kok Wan and discovered multiple ghost nets in shallow waters, trapping and killing marine life including fish and numerous crabs. In the following few months we took action gathering together community members as well as volunteers from all over Hong Kong. We cleared 100+ large nets as well as thousands of kilograms of rubbish from within an approximately 1km stretch of coastline from Tung Wan Tau to Man Kok Wan.

We are excited to continue this effort in 2021 with the focus being on general cleanups as well as recovery of additional nets found.

Our next action date is Sunday 19th September 2021 from 14:00 to 17:30 to take advantage of the low tide. We encourage individuals, families and kids to join! This will be the last of our summer kayak cleanups for 2021. We will focus on hiking to further locations after September as the weather cools down.

After the cleanup, you’re welcome to join us for dinner at Mui Wo Cooked Food Market from 18:00 to 19:30 in honour of Merrin who will be departing Hong Kong in November. This is OPTIONAL—please post a comment on the FB event if you will join the dinner so that we can make a reservation.

We are going to focus on two sites this time:

1. Families, kids and hikers at Little Bamboo Bay and Pearse Point

2. Adults on Kayaks at Man Kok Tsuen headland

There will be separate leaders for the two groups but everyone will meet at No Name Store at 14:00.

Kids are welcome! Kids should be supervised by responsible adult/family members and need to be able to manage the paved trail walk to Little Bamboo Bay Beach which is 1 km hike each way from the meeting point.

Meeting Time— 14:00
Meeting Place—NONAME STORE (on Silvermine Bay Beach)
10號 Tung Wan Tau Rd, Mui Wo

For important details and what to wear and bring please refer to this document.

Sign up for this event by clicking GOING on our Facebook Event.

Disclaimer: By joining this event, all participants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions contained in this disclaimer, and agreed to exonerate the event leaders, the organizers and any other participants in the event from any liabilities, claims, including but not limited to liabilities and claims as a result of any injuries or deaths or damages arising thereof. Volunteers joining the event are at their own choosing and at their own risk.

Social Distancing: We will adhere to COVID social distancing measures and will work in small teams of no greater than 4 people during the event.

In April 2020, waters in Mui Wo were unusually clear due to reduced boat traffic as a result of COVID. We were able to survey the coastline close to Mui Wo via snorkelling from Silvermine Bay to Man Kok Wan and discovered multiple ghost nets in shallow waters, trapping and killing marine life including fish and numerous crabs. In the following few months we took action gathering together community members as well as volunteers from all over Hong Kong.

In 2020, we cleared 100+ large nets as well as thousands of kilograms of rubbish from within an approximately 1km stretch of coastline from Tung Wan Tau to Man Kok Wan.

We are excited to continue this effort in 2021 with the focus being on general cleanups as well as recovery of additional nets found.

Our next action date is Saturday 7 August 2021, 14:00—17:30 to take advantage of the low tide.

We will focus on two sites this time:

1. Families, kids and hikers at Little Bamboo Bay and Pearse Point

2. Adults on kayaks at Man Kok Tsuen headland

There will be separate leaders for the two groups but everyone will meet at No Name Store at 14:00.

Kids are welcome! Kids should be supervised by responsible adult/family members and need to be able to manage the paved trail walk to Little Bamboo Bay Beach which is 1 km hike each way from the meeting point.

Meeting Time— 14:00
Meeting Place—NONAME STORE (on Silvermine Bay Beach)
10號 Tung Wan Tau Rd, Mui Wo

For important details along with what to wear and bring, please refer to this document.

Sign up for this event by clicking Going on our Facebook Event.

Disclaimer: By joining this event, all participants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions contained in this disclaimer, and agreed to exonerate the event leaders, the organizers and any other participants in the event from any liabilities, claims, including but not limited to liabilities and claims as a result of any injuries or deaths or damages arising thereof. Volunteers joining the event are at their own choosing and at their own risk.

Social Distancing: We will adhere to COVID social distancing measures and will work in small teams of no greater than 4 people during the event.

In April 2020, waters in Mui Wo were unusually clear due to reduced boat traffic as a result of COVID. We were able to survey the coastline close to Mui Wo via snorkelling from Silvermine Bay to Man Kok Wan and discovered multiple ghost nets in shallow waters, trapping and killing marine life including fish and numerous crabs. In the following few months we took action gathering together community members as well as volunteers from all over Hong Kong.

In 2020, we cleared 100+ large nets as well as thousands of kilograms of rubbish from within an approximately 1km stretch of coastline from Tung Wan Tau to Man Kok Wan.

We are excited to continue this effort in 2021 with the focus being on general cleanups as well as recovery of additional nets found.

Our next action date is Saturday 19 June 2021, 9:00am—12:00pm to take advantage of the low tide. It is the day before Father’s Day so we encourage fathers and families to join!

We will focus on two sites this time:

1. Families, kids and hikers at Little Bamboo Bay

2. Adults on kayaks at Man Kok Tsuen headland and Horseshoe Crab Bay

There will be separate leaders for the two groups but everyone will meet at No Name Store at 9am.

Kids are welcome! Kids should be supervised by responsible adult/family members and need to be able to manage the paved trail walk to Little Bamboo Bay Beach which is 1 km hike each way from the meeting point.

Meeting Time— 9:00am
Meeting Place—NONAME STORE (on Silvermine Bay Beach)
10號 Tung Wan Tau Rd, Mui Wo

For important details along with what to wear and bring, please refer to this document.

Sign up for this event by clicking Going on our Facebook Event.

Disclaimer: By joining this event, all participants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions contained in this disclaimer, and agreed to exonerate the event leaders, the organizers and any other participants in the event from any liabilities, claims, including but not limited to liabilities and claims as a result of any injuries or deaths or damages arising thereof. Volunteers joining the event are at their own choosing and at their own risk.

Social Distancing: We will adhere to COVID social distancing measures and will work in small teams of no greater than 4 people during the event.

#ecomarineadventurecleanup #whatcanido

Hikers and families, to celebrate Earth Day in April, we are targeting to clean up a beach in South Lantau close to the Mui Wo Ferry terminal (1.5-2.0 km easy hike to the Cleanup Point) and we are looking for you to lend a helping hand for 15 to 30 minutes during your morning hike.

Eco Marine, founded in 2012, is a Lantau based organization with a mission to inspire greater appreciation and guardianship of nature and to catalyse action for integrating this mindset into all aspects of contemporary urban life. The Eco Marine Adventure Cleanup series aims to connect adventure sports, nature appreciation, and action on marine waste. Each adventure cleanup event combines a healthy and fun adventure sport, an ecological activity or challenge, and a coastline or in water cleanup. We target to engage diverse sports communities in the conversation about waste and challenge them to identify opportunities in their sport to tackle the waste problem at source.

Eco Marine is hosting a socially-distant hiking cleanup on Saturday April 10, 2021 in Mui Wo, Lantau to celebrate an early Earth Day!

Many of Hong Kong’s beautiful beaches are maintained and cleaned by full time staff to make them safe for us to enjoy. However, hidden out of the public eye, Hong Kong’s remote beaches and coastlines are filled with man made plastic rubbish that has washed ashore with daily and storm tides. Everything moves with gravity towards the ocean and any waste not properly captured on land flows into the ocean. Once there, it can wash up on any coastline. It is horrific to see a trash filled beach and at the micro level, this rubbish disrupts the natural habitat of many species ranging from crabs and molluscs to birds and fish.  

Event:

Eco Marine staff will set up a cleaning station from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Cleanup Point with bags, gloves, tongs and hand sanitizer and will give short cleanup briefings to participants as they arrive at different times. 

Come join us at the Cleanup Point for 15 to 30 minutes anytime between 9:00am and 12:00 noon to help clean up a small portion of the coastline. Participants will conduct the cleanup in groups of 1 to 4 and we will limit total participants at any given time to comply with social distancing measures. 

At the end of the session, Eco Marine will weigh all the rubbish collected to document our collective impact. We will also be engaging volunteers to bring suitable items for recycling to GREEN@Mui Wo. 

Prize:

Volunteers will have the chance to win an Involuntary Pairs Game!  This card game zooms in on plastic pollution in the oceans, making the magnitude of the crisis visible. It’s a dynamic way to see, understand and grasp the fate and implications of our plastic age.

Cleanup Point: 

Small Beach around 1.5-2.0 km from Mui Wo Ferry Terminal https://goo.gl/maps/bwsYFLjSdQuNtuy16

Walk in reverse along Lantau Trail Section 12 and then make a left down a short steep concrete path at the Eco Marine signage.   

Contact:

Keilem (Tel/Whatsapp 63920336) 

What to wear:

Comfortable exercise or hiking clothes with closed toe shoes and sun protection.  

What to bring:

There is no need to bring any cleanup equipment. Eco Marine will provide gloves, tongs, rubbish bags and hand sanitizer. However, If you have your own gloves and or other equipment you would prefer to use, please feel free to along.

Fee:

This is a free event but there is a suggested donation of HK$20 per person for contribution to future Eco Marine public events.  (Cash at event or Payme to +852 63920336)

Signup: 

Please SIGN UP via this GOOGLE FORM to help us with planning.

Not allowed:

No single-use plastic bottles or food containers/wrappers!

Disclaimer:

By joining this event, all participants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions contained in this disclaimer, and agreed to exonerate the event leaders, the organizers and any other participants in the event from any liabilities, claims, including but not limited to liabilities and claims as a result of any injuries or deaths or damages arising thereof.  Volunteers joining the event are at their own choosing and at their own risk.

Eco Marine and TransLantau are co-hosting a plog: hike-cleanup-hike/run on Saturday 16 November 2019 at Shap Long beach in South Lantau. Many of you will have walked/run past this beach on hikes and runs and may even have used it as a check point during a race. The beach is currently in a terrible state covered with manmade rubbish ranging from macro debris such as polystyrene containers, single use plastic cups, food wrappers, single use beverage bottles to micro debris like plastic filament, broken down polystyrene and the ever present preproduction plastic pellets. This beach, adjacent to a wetland, is home to local buffaloes, birds and other wildlife. We are looking for a large number of you to lend a helping hand and to enjoy a fun and meaningful morning with us.

Registration: https://forms.gle/FpkBzbStZC41XG8V9

Event Schedule:
9:00 am - Meet up point at Pui O Public Carpark. Hosts Keilem (Tel/Whatsapp 63920336) and Sabrina (Tel/Whatsapp 51938707) will be there. https://goo.gl/maps/PQTE8rwewkYUkvUw5

9:00 to 9:10am – Eco Marine will provide an event rundown, a beach cleanup safety and how-to briefing, and distribute gloves and rubbish bags. If you have your own gloves and or other equipment, please feel free to bring. Some useful tools are tongs and gardening shears.

9:15 to 10:00am - We will hike together around 3km to Shap Long beach (easy walk but with some small ups and downs).

10:00 to 11:30am - We will work on beach cleanup—gathering up as much man made rubbish and debris as we can in the available time and will also collect and separate some recyclables.

Eco Marine’s Artist in Residence Salome Tam will be on site working on an in-situ land/rubbish art piece and anyone interested can join in to help. In Woven Ashore—a conversation with the wrack line, we examine the lasting impact on the environment of our everyday choices and consider how our lifetime compares to that of the plastic items we use. What shifts can be made? What can be given new life? What does it all mean in the scope of stewardship?

Water refill will be provided at the beach throughout the event. Note there is a public toilet at Shap Long and there is one informal shop nearby that may or may not be open.

11:30 to 11:45am - We will pack up and finish documenting the rubbish collected.

11:45 to 12:30pm – Picnic lunch. TransLantau will kindly provide a free plastic free packed lunch for all volunteers including a hummus sandwich and a cookie. In addition, all volunteers will also receive a reusable soft water flask from TransLantau.

12:30pm to 1:30pm – TransLantau guides will host a scenic hike/run to Mui Wo covering 4 to 6km depending on weather and energy levels of the group on the day. Participants can also choose to walk back to Pui O (same way they came).

What to wear:
Closed toe shoes suitable for hiking (no sandals or flip flops as the beach may have sharp dangerous items including broken glass, medical waste), comfortable clothes, hat.

What to bring:
Water (minimum 0.5 L in reusable container – Bonaqua bottle, Watsons bottle etc. don’t count as reusable). Additional snacks if you are the hungry type (try to minimize one use packaging). Octopus/coins for ferry and bus rides. Sun screen and insect repellent. Small umbrella for shade. Eco Marine will provide gloves and rubbish bags. If you have your own gloves and or other equipment, please feel free to bring. Some useful tools are tongs and gardening shears.

This is a free event but please feel free to bring some small bills for contribution to future Eco Marine public events.

Not allowed:
No flip flops or open sandals during cleanup. No single use plastic bottles or food containers/wrappers!

Disclaimer:
By joining this event, all participants are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions contained in this disclaimer, and agreed to exonerate the event leaders, the organizers and any other participants in the event from any liabilities, claims, including but not limited to liabilities and claims as a result of any injuries or deaths or damages arising thereof. Volunteers joining the event are at their own choosing and at their own risk.