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Our HKUST Library has been spending great effort in promoting sustainability through their operations.

A new 3-credit course, ENVR 3010G Sustainability Thinking was offered in last spring semester. This hands-on course was designed for students who would like to learn more about sustainable behaviors and apply sustainable thinking in a real-life project.

A vegetarian or vegan lifestyle is more than protecting the lives of innocent animals, but also to enable a more sustainable way of living. This is why one of the working groups under Green Team held series of events to educate staff and students of HKUST about the benefits of living a plant-based lifestyle.

In HKUST, we have installed more than 150 water fountains around campus that provide clean and safe drinking water.

From the activity briefing that launched the Promotion Period, through preparation, and finally to the dismantling and recycling of booths and decorations, Green Reps have taken an important role to organize the activities in a sustainable manner.

In September 2016 our Campus Service Office appointed South China Reborn Resources (Zhongshan) Company Limited to collect food waste from our canteens every day and bring it to their facility in the Tuen Mun Eco Park to transform it into high-nutrient fish food pellets.

SCMP interviewed Prof. Jimmy FUNG, Head of Division of Environment, on 9 January 2017 for his comments on the air pollution peak problem in Hong Kong on last Sunday (8 January). Some people questioned if the toxic smog in northeast China could drift to Hong Kong with the arrival of monsoon winds. Prof. FUNG said that, based on the data from HKUST's Atmospheric and Environmental Database, there was no sign of connection between the very high PM2.5 concentration in northern China and that in Hong Kong. The data suggested that most of the pollutants were generated locally and regionally in Hong Kong and within the Pearl River Delta region.

HKUST Publishing Technology Center (PTC) announced that it has become the first facility among Hong Kong education institutions to obtain Forest Stewardship Council Chain-of-Custody (FSC- COC) certification.