As human and other forms of life live together on this globe, humans have responsibilities to protect the environment. Apart from reducing damages to the environment, efforts should be made to repair the damages that are already made. Greening the environment is an important task on the environmental protection front. With the 'Conservation begins with Education' as an objective, the Green Council successfully obtained funding from the Quality Education Fund to carry out the 'Joint School Organic Waste Recycling, Composting and Farming Programme' last year. Seven schools were selected from the primary and secondary school of Hong Kong. The most environmental cultivation method of utilizing organic waste recycling was taught to these schools.

Apart from teaching the students the ways to make use of organic waste recycling, composting and farming, the children also learn about team spirit in collaboration, and the appreciation of the treasures of plant life from the cultivating process. They learn to value every plant in the world, and additionally on greening their schools and the community.

The 'Joint School Organic Waste Recycling, Composting and Farming Programme' began in April 2003. To start with, the schools were allocated composting and farming facilities. Then the students attended training courses to learn about waste sorting and handling. After the course, they visited the Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden to acquire real life experience on professional organic waste recycling, composting and farming. After a year's hard work, exchange visits were arranged among the schools, so that they could exchange their planting experiences and what they had gained in the process. All the students and teachers felt that they had so much to share with each other.

All the seven school involved in the programme achieved outstanding results. Besides gaining knowledge on organic waste recycling, composting and farming, they had realized the plant world had so much to offer to humans. The results of some school are of such high quality that even the judges were totally surprised. Seeing the melons and fruits growing so well under their own hands, and the day-to-day waste converted to useful organic fertilizer is really so touching and heartening.

All the seven school involved in the programme：

Sau Mau Ping Catholic Primary School
St. Bonaventure Catholic Primary School
Putonghau Primary School
Tsang Pik Shan Secondary School
Methodist Church HK Wesley College
Queen's College Old Boys' Association Secondary School
Hong Kong School of the Deaf