In this term, our editors have come together once again to help craft and display ICHK's different pieces about the environment and help raise awareness. Together we’ve composed an edition that helps talented writers in our school to shine and display their talent in writing.

Our editors:

Charlotte Cheung, Charmaine Pilard, Cherie Chan, Chloe Leung, Lucia Pareja Lopez.

Welcome to the fourth edition of ICHK’s student-published magazine.

This edition will focus on the environment, an alarming topic in society today. Pieces include an interview with the HK Shark Foundation CEO Andrea Richey, several pieces on Shark, plastic and Orangutan awareness, how our learning habits and lifestyle habits contribute to the environment, plus exciting creative writing and Children's Literature pieces, accompanied by an interview with children’s author, Rosanne Greenfield.

The focus has been turned towards the environment in this issue because it is something affecting us in the present, and will most definitely affect our future, the students of ICHK. Awareness has risen in the past years, from events like “School Strike for Climate Change,” to worldwide agreements like “The Paris Agreement.”

Hong Kong also plays a major part in causing many environmental problems, with traditional practices that include eating shark fin soup and trading ivory. The overwhelming population also leads to issues like land-reclamation, overflow of landfills and mindless usage of energy. We need to learn to be mindful about our choices and actions.

We have learned that if we don’t begin to take action, it would drastically change the earth’s fate and future, and we humans would lose everything we take for granted.

Thank you for reading our magazine and showing awareness of the environment. We hope that you’ll be back for future editions.

The Deep Learning group, Creative Writing/Children’s Lit, has written a transcript of the interview they did with Andrea Richey, the Education Officer of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation. The group included some important information to raise more awareness.

Here is a short preview.

"For our Deep Learning Creative Writing/Children’s Lit unit, we have decided to focus our writing energies on the theme of environmental issues. We had the opportunity to speak with Andrea Richey, Education Officer of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation, and discussed the situation of the shark fin trade both here in Hong Kong and globally. Below is a transcript of our interview with her...

Shark Fin consumption in Asia is a major contributor to the devastating loss of the global shark population across the last few decades. The newly-released nature documentary, Our Planet, featuring David Attenborough, states that 90% of sharks have been lost in just the last 30 years. Aside from the tragic loss of a beautiful and iconic fish, sharks. Sharks have a massive impact on our environment as they are integral to regulating the ocean’s complex ecosystems. Therefore, we must work harder to save and conserve these majestic creatures."

We give our thanks to Andrea Richey for spending her extra time in helping us discover and learn more about Sharks in Hong Kong and the foundation itself.

Read the piece here.

Year 9 art students have recently created cardboard masks and portraits as part of their term 2 units. The masks and portraits display an idea of using cardboard, a material that is often thrown away, recycling it into something creative and imaginative. This idea of reusing materials to create an art piece is a fantastic and fun way to help save our planet earth and to help others become aware of how much we are damaging it. Charlotte and Lucia, 9.1 students, give a detailed insight into the process and experience of creating the cardboard pieces and the end results.

Read the piece here.

Harry Merrett, a member of our staff, has written a feature article about Formula E, and how racing has become more environmentally friendly over the years. The piece also includes pieces of Formula E’s history, and how the racing works.

Here is a short preview.

"If you went down to Central around three months ago, you might have noticed a lot of frustrating closed roads and a massive amount of blue signage. Upon further inspection, you would have realised that the area around IFC and the Central Piers was, for a short time, being turned into a race track. Thing is, it wasn’t just for any old race. You see, Hong Kong was playing host to the fifth round of the 2019 ABB FIA Formula E Championship, the fastest-growing and most widely important motorsport series in the world."

Read the piece here.

Ms Loges has written a piece about the Creative Writing/Children’s Lit Deep Learning group visiting a zero waste shop in Sai Ying Pun. She briefly explains some of the products the shop has and the perishable food they provide. Images of the shop are also included.

Read the piece here.