80% off all ‘aircuts at Voi Voi Rakkaus hair salon on SATURDAY JANUARY 14TH!

Minimum donation: $200, includes shampoo, cut and finish (Original store value, $1,000)
All proceeds will go towards cleaning up Hong Kong’s air!

WHEN: Saturday, January 14th, 10:00 to 19:30 (first come first serve)
WHERE: Voi Voi Rakkaus Hair Salon, 10/F, The Loop, 33 Wellington Street, Central

For inquiries, call 3971 0106 or info@hongkongcan.org.

If you cannot make it on Saturday, vouchers worth HK$500 are now being sold online for the same package (that’s 50% off), redeemable from now until 31 March 2012.

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Photos of Voi Voi Rakkaus

Before and after ‘aircut photos of local beauty blogger Meling Lam

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It’s that holiday season time of year again and we have the perfect gift for you. All through December, CAN, in collaboration with top Japanese hair salon, Voi Voi Rakkaus, is offering a 50% deal off all “’Aircuts!” For just $500, you will get a voucher for services valued at $700 – $1,000 (including shampoo, cut, massage and finish)!

All proceeds raised from this project will go to CAN’s outreach and community programmes.

So kick off Christmas by looking good while feeling good, and donate online, or via check or bank transfer, then let us know. We’ll send you an awesome “’Aircut” voucher back and you can head over to Voi Voi Rakkaus on Wellington Street in Central to redeem it any time before January 22nd 2012.

For inquiries, email info@hongkongcan.org or call 3971 0106.

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Time and date: 10 AM – 5 PM. Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Starting point: To be confirmed
Language: English
Eligibility: Youths 13 to 18 years of age. Each team will be made up of two participants.
Suggested donation: Minimum $100 to cover the costs of the Race.
Prizes: Include a set of iPod touches, a pizza making party at PizzaExpress and much more!
PLUS each participant will receive a voucher to PizzaExpress valued at $100 just for taking part!
Application deadline: Friday, November 11th, 2011

The Airmazing Race is a challenge-based scavenger hunt. Participants will have to fulfil a certain number of modules in order to complete the Race. The modules will be scattered all over Hong Kong. Participants must utilize modes of transport that emit no roadside pollution (e.g. MTR, tram, etc.) to get from place to place. Modules will include activities such as an obstacle course to grab “Fresh Air,” a mock-game show and building lungs out of black balloons. Full details of each module and clues on where to find them will be disclosed in a packet that will be given to each participant on the day

The application form can be downloaded here. Each team must submit two separate forms, one for each participant. Those who have participated before cannot take part again.

Applications must be submitted via email to info@hongkongcan.org or faxed it to 3971 0374 by Friday, November 11th, 2011. To make your donation on-line, click here.

Spaces are available on a first-come first-serve basis. Successful applicants will be notified via email before November 18th.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out on the day! Please email info@hongkongcan.org or call 3971 0106 if you would be interested, or if you have any questions about the event. We look forwards to seeing you there!

Below is a clip of the last Airmazing Race, held in June 2011. You can also join The Airmazing Race 2 Facebook event page to keep up with all the latest Airmazing Race news!

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Hong Kong sits alongside one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. These ships use dirty fuel and operate close to where people live and work, which means their emissions have a big impact on public health. Is zero emission solar powered shipping technology a possible solution for reducing ship emissions? Can this technology be feasibly implemented within the shipping industry?

The future of solar mobility and clean air panel discussion, organized by Clean Air Network, brings together ship emission experts, an engineer and the owner of the world’s first exclusively solar-powered boat- Planet Solar. This event will provide the platform for participants to explore the possibilities of alternative energy in Hong Kong’s marine industry.

Panelists:

Mr. Simon Ng, Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; will provide insight into ship emissions in Hong Kong and their health concerns.

Mr Raphael Domjan, founder of PlanetSolar; will shed some light on the latest solar technology with participants, and explain why it is important to further develop solar power.

Dr. Sam Lam, Senior Manager at Jiawei Solarchina Co Ltd; will share the feasibility of implementing solar technology within shipping industry.

Moderated by Ms. Veronica Booth from the think tank Civic Exchange.

Date: August 17, 2011 (Wednesday)

Time: Panel starts at 4:00 p.m.

Venue: The Verandah, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, HK.

Fee: Free (requires prior registration)

RSVP: cheryl@hongkongcan.org or 3971-0106 before 15^th August, 2011

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The focus of the Race was to shine a spotlight on Hong Kong’s increasingly serious air pollution problem in an unconventional, innovative manner. Participants had to complete a total of eight modules, all based on air pollution facts, ranging from the serious – such as finding and photographing all of Hong Kong’s three roadside monitoring stations – to the silly – where they had to find a “blue” person, located at a blue-colored MTR station. In this fun and exciting way, CAN highlighted air pollution’s detrimental health impacts, as well as the lack of public consciousness and the insufficient attention given to reducing these air pollution problems. After gaining greater understanding of the current state and causes of air pollution in Hong Kong, CAN hopes that youth will become motivated to become advocates for clean air.

Grand Prize winners Kam Ka Lun and Cheung Chun Kin with Clean Air Network CEO Joanne Ooi

 
Grand Prize winners Kam Ka Lun and Cheung Chun Kin said, “In order to win this competition, we studied many facts about air pollution beforehand. However, we still lost to others at the game show at the Wheel of Misfortune and had to sing karaoke in front of lots of people! Since I live in Tai Po, I am not usually exposed to much air pollution. But participating in this race, which took place in busy, urban areas made me feel, physically, and see the harm that air pollution causes, e.g. from vehicular exhaust and the street canyon effect!”

First runners-up Wong Ho Yin and Chung King Kei from St Paul’s co-educational college said, ”We learned a lot about air pollution through this Airmazing Race and it was great fun. For example, this game debunks the myth that Hong Kong’s air pollution mainly originates from China. In actual fact, 53% of the time, our pollution comes from Hong Kong itself.” 

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This event will be an exciting and educational activity for youth (11 – 18 yrs.), involving challenges ranging from the serious – participants have to find and photograph a roadside monitoring station – to the silly – participants have to remove a dark, sticky substance (the “pollutant”) from a red-colored sheet of clear acrylic (the “blood”), as pollution can increase the stickiness of blood to unhealthy levels.

THIS EVENT IS FREE .

Eligibility: Youth 11 to 18 years of age. Each team will comprise two participants. There is no limit on the number of participants from a single school or organization.

Prizes: Vouchers from Pizza Express; tickets to Ocean Park; an iPod Touch

Enter now and download the application form here:http://www.hongkongcan.org/doclib/Application%20Form_V5.pdf

Please scan and email this application to info@hongkongcan.org or fax it to 3971 0374 by Thursday, June 16th, 2011

Each participant must fill out their own form.

N.B. The June 25th hunt will take place entirely in Chinese. We intend to hold the English version during the fall of 2011.

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Time: 1:30 pm

Venue: Outside the office of the Ombudsman, 30/F, China Merchants Tower,   Shun Tak Centre, 168-200 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong

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A panel of CAN and Ben & Jerry’s judges have selected Haylie Ho Yui Sum 何睿芯 as the grand prize winner of this contest!

Haylie will receive a one-of-kind Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream party and an Art for Air certificate!

In addition, we received so many beautiful drawings that the judges felt that a number of other contestants also deserved recognition.

For greatest originality and creativity:

Maya Clarke and Sophia Kwong

For highest artistic skill and technical detail:

馮皓源 and Leung Yue Tong

For most researched and showing in-depth knowledge of air pollution:

Stephanie Yuen and 李希晴

For most votes:

郭明曦 and Cole Christopher Richard

Each of these contestants will receive a CAN tee and an Art for Air certificate!

All of the above contestants will have their drawings displayed in the Ben & Jerry’s shop on Cochrane Street, Central.
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You can view all of our contestants’ lovely artworks here.

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“You scream, I scream, we all scream for…CLEAN AIR!”

That’s right, this summer Clean Air Network (CAN) is partnering up with Ben & Jerry’s to promote clean air awareness!

We are hosting a drawing competition so children can draw their artistic impressions of Hong Kong’s air.  Winners of the drawings will receive special ice-cream prizes from Ben & Jerry’s! While we see this as a chance to stimulate creativity, this is, more importantly, an opportunity to educate children about the hazardous air pollution conditions in Hong Kong.  Through these impressions we seek to better understand the younger generation’s views on how air pollution impacts their community.

CAN will be distributing worksheets to schools around Hong Kong to promote this fun learning opportunity about air pollution.  We ask that, as leaders of educational institutions, you encourage your students to get involved in this fun summer activity!!

Entry Requirements

Contestants should:

• Be 18 or younger;
• Submit only one drawing.

Guidelines/Options for Drawing Submissions

Drawings should:

• Must be hand drawn (no use of glued paper or cut-outs or glitter)
• Be an original artwork about clean air and air pollution in Hong Kong.
• Be A4 size.
  Have the Clean Air Network logo drawn on it (the CAN logo can be downloaded from this link. Please view and copy by hand accordingly).
• Demonstrate an understanding of Hong Kong’s air pollution situation. We recommend that contestants read the fact sheet before creating their artwork (click on the link to view it).

There are two ways to submit your drawings:

Option 1

• Upload your drawing as a gif/jpeg/png through our Facebook application (to be launched August 9th 2010).
• You will be asked to complete your personal details online.

Option 2

• Mail the original artwork to the following address:

Clean Air Network
Rm A, 2nd Floor
The Standard Chartered Bank Building, 102-106 Queen’s Road West,
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

• Attach a piece of paper with contestant name, age, parent name, telephone number, school, and email address to the submission.
• Clean Air Network will manually upload your submission to the Facebook app (in Option 1) once received.

Judging Criteria

• The public will vote for their favorite artworks online at the Facebook app (to be launched August 9th 2010), submissions.  We encourage you to get your friends and family to share the contest and vote!
• Grand Prize winner will be chosen from the pool of finalists by a panel of judges from CAN and Ben & Jerry’s.
• If you post the artwork to us under Option 2, the date/time of receipt in our office will be the date/time of your submission.

Prizes

• First 200 entries will receive a coupon for a  scoop of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia!
• Grand Prize winner will:
  • Receive a voucher for a Ben & Jerry’s 20 people ice-cream party (“Pint Party to Go”)!
  • Have their artwork featured in a public service announcement campaign.
  • Selected entries will be displayed at the Ben & Jerry’s Cochrane Street store from September 2010 – April 2011.

Dates to Remember

August 9^th: Submissions for drawings begin
September 17^th: Last day to submit drawings
September 24^th: Art for Air winner is announced

Terms & Conditions

We reserve the right to use and copy submitted artworks without limitation.

Good luck! We look forward to receiving your submissions!!

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