In this episode I’m speaking with Carly Leung and Vinci Tam. Carly and Vinci are Development Director and Business Executive respectively at V’air, Hong Kong. V’air is a youth-initiated environmental education organization with the mission to promote low-carbon local tourism as a means to mitigate climate change. V’air uses its digital platforms, ecotours and public education events to recommend less conventional travel destinations in Hong Kong.

I wanted to talk to Carly and Vinci as part of an ongoing interest in how Service or Action can play a larger role in the taught curriculum of the MYP.

We discuss:

• Carly’s role as a youth delegate at COP27 - what this required and what the conference was designed to achieve
• Carly and Vinci’s experience with learning about climate change or other environmental matters at school and university and whether this topic deserves greater exposure in Hong Kong schools?
• How teachers should approach the idea that young people can make a difference to what is a united, global effort
• What can we be done at a local level in Hong Kong specifically to aid in environmental preservation
• V'air’s services or experiences for students living in Hong Kong
• And finally, other than V'air, alternative organisations that schools should look to work with in Hong Kong to build meaningful experiences for students

Thanks again to Carly and Vinci for giving up their time to talk to me as well as the fantastic work done by V’air more broadly in promoting sustainable local tourism and nature conservation as well as youth empowerment.

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Links:

V’air’s website

COP28’s website

WWF Hong Kong

Green Hub Hong Kong

O Park 1

O Park 2

Local Conference of Hong Kong Youth