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Arc’teryx teamed up with a group of nature lovers to clean our local coastline, addressing not only the visible waste but also exploring how we can reduce waste from the source in our everyday lives.

Arc'teryx teams up with ACUC to lead by example

Arc’teryx teamed up with a group of nature lovers to clean our local coastline, addressing not only the visible waste but also exploring...

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Arc'teryx Hong Kong

Dec 26, 20241 min read

Green Warrior 2024 - Roland Sharman

Roland Sharman – Founder of HKOutsider Promotes personal growth and environmental stewardship through outdoor adventures and...

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Green Is The New Black

Oct 21, 20241 min read

Carmen Roberts Monksmith joins the Adventure Clean Up Hong Kong in Hong Kong to see how teams are competing to clear the most bags of rubbish from the country’s beaches.

BBC Travel Show - Hong Kong: Cleaning Up The Beaches

This weekend on the show – binbags means prizes! Carmen Roberts Monksmith joins the Adventure Clean Up Hong Kong in Hong Kong to see how...

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BBC Travel Show

Feb 18, 20221 min read

Tatler: We spent a morning clearing trash near Clearwater Bay as part of Hong Kong's Adventure Clean Up Challenge, but it was only a drop in the ocean.

Tatler Took On the Adventure Clean Up Challenge and Picked Trash on a Hong Kong Beach

We spent a morning clearing trash near Clearwater Bay as part of Hong Kong's Adventure Clean Up Challenge, but it was only a drop in the...

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Tatler - Aaron Safir

Oct 28, 20212 min read

Meet the Founders: Esther Röling and Sole Riestra, Adventure Clean Up Challenge

In 2019, Adventure Clean Up Challenge launched its first edition which saw teams of dedicated adventurers take to coastal areas in Hong...

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Retykle - Jessica Tedd

Oct 28, 20216 min read

Team Dirty Dolphins HK - our amazing group of open water swimmers who are participating in the ACUC Competition for the second year - have come up with a very unique way to raise awareness about the issue of coastal pollution and plastic consumption in Hong Kong.

ACUC 2021 Coastal: Dirty Dolphins' Team Call to Action

Team Dirty Dolphins HK - our amazing group of open water swimmers who are participating in the ACUC Competition for the second year -...

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Team Dirty Dolphins HK

Oct 27, 20212 min read

Jaime Ho Yuen-wing has travelled the world, but it was not until she was thousands of kilometres from Hong Kong that she realised how great the access to the outdoors is here.

‘Travelling made me appreciate Hong Kong’s beauty,’ says outdoor guide ahead of Adventure Clean-up Challenge

Jaime Ho Yuen-wing has travelled the world, but it was not until she was thousands of kilometres from Hong Kong that she realised how...

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SCMP - Mark Agnew

Apr 24, 20214 min read

Adventure Clean up Challenge, Asia’s first multi-discipline sports event, is collaborating with Hong Kong-based conservation app Trailwatch, to launch the Adventure Clean up Challenge Trails on April 24

Hong Kong-Based Adventure Clean Up Challenge Launches Hiking Trail Trash Collection Challenge

Adventure Clean up Challenge , Asia’s first multi-discipline sports event, is collaborating with Hong Kong-based conservation app...

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Green Queen - Tanuvi Joe

Apr 23, 20213 min read

Nuriatul Mu’alifah spends her Sundays on the trails and to the surprise of other hikers and friends she brings a pickup stick to fill bin bags with rubbish.

Selfless domestic helper cleaning up your trail trash turns hobby into competition for Adventure Clean-up Challenge

Nuriatul Mu’alifah spends her Sundays on the trails and to the surprise of other hikers and friends she brings a pickup stick to fill bin...

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SCMP - Mark Agnew

Apr 22, 20213 min read

Saturday 24 April 2021, lawyers from OLN accepted the Adventure Clean Up challenge and spent their Saturday cleaning up Hong Kong’s beautiful trails & coastlines.

Team Green OLN accepted the Adventure Clean Up challenge

Oldham, Li & Nie | 28th April, 2021. Saturday 24 April 2021, lawyers from OLN accepted the Adventure Clean Up challenge and spent their...

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OLN

Apr 8, 20212 min read

Teams have a set time to clean up an area and spread the word about plastic pollution, but a lasting impression extends beyond the designated days

Adventure Clean Up Challenge sparks transformative experience as Hongkongers confronted by plastic pollution

Teams have a set time to clean up an area and spread the word about plastic pollution, but a lasting impression extends beyond the...

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SCMP - Mark Agnew

Oct 8, 20204 min read

As part of ‘Our Planet Series’, adventurer Paul Niel sat with Earth.Org for a fireside chat to discuss The Loop, creating sustainable habits in Hong Kong, and his desire to merge technology and exploration.

Mapping the Future With Paul Niel

As part of ‘Our Planet Series’, adventurer Paul Niel sat with Earth.Org for a fireside chat to discuss The Loop , creating sustainable...

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Earth Org

Nov 19, 20196 min read

Esther is a co-founder of the Adventure Clean up Challenge: the first multi-disciplinary sports event with an environmental purpose.

Green Warriors: Esther Röling | & Paul Niel

Esther Röling | Co-Founder, Adventure Clean Up Challenge Extreme Trash Collection For cleaning up the Hong Kong coast through...

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Green Is The New Black Sally Shoult

Nov 1, 20192 min read

“I’ve collected some unusual items on clean ups over the years but today’s was a new level of odd,” says Esther Roling, co-founder of Hong Kong’s Adventure Clean-up Challenge, an annual one-month event with a mission to clear hard-to-access coastal areas of rubbish.

Documentary records couple’s six-day Hong Kong coasteering trash tour

“I’ve collected some unusual items on clean ups over the years but today’s was a new level of odd,” says Esther Roling, co-founder of...

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SCMP - Kylie Knott

Oct 22, 20193 min read

We talk to the extremely passionate duo behind Adventure Clean Up Challenge- a coastal clean up project whereby teams compete against each other in challenging outdoor locations to clean up the most waste possible from the surrounding beaches and water- about why they launched the challenge, whether the plastic waste problem is solvable and how you can get involved!

Interview: Adventure Clean Up Challenge Inspires Eco Action Through Extreme Fitness

We talk to the extremely passionate duo behind Adventure Clean Up Challenge- a coastal clean up project whereby teams compete against...

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Green Queen - Sonalie Figueiras

Jul 25, 20194 min read

"The world's leading climate scientists have warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C" (Watts, 2018).

Why Pachamama HK? From One of Our ACUC Teams

"The world's leading climate scientists have warned there are only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C"...

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KALEB J. CARDENAS ZAVALA

May 13, 20194 min read

In this new close ups edition, we are proudly introducing you all to Paul Zimmerman, another very distinguished member of the Adventure Clean Up Challenge jury.

Close Ups: Paul Zimmerman, CEO of Designing Hong Kong and Eelected District Councilor

In this new close ups edition, we are proudly introducing you all to Paul Zimmerman, another very distinguished member of the Adventure...

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Sole Riestra

May 13, 20192 min read

Armed with gloves, masks and rucksacks, 10 avid hikers rappel down a lush seaside canyon using fixed ropes. The morning downpour across Hong Kong Island makes the steep descent a muddy affair, but it doesn’t slow the group nor dampen their enthusiasm.

Domestic helpers tackle Hong Kong beach plastic pollution in extreme clean-up challenge

Filipino Dynamos are a group of volunteers who spent their day off cleaning a remote beach on Hong Kong Island. They are taking part in...

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SCMP - Alkira Reinfrank

May 13, 20197 min read

Welcome to ACUC Close ups! On this opportunity, we would like to introduce our audience to one of our distinguished members of the challenge’s jury: Suzanne Younan.

Close Ups: Suzanne Younan, Founder of Green Dragons HK

Welcome to ACUC Close ups! On this opportunity, we would like to introduce our audience to one of our distinguished members of the...

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Sole Riestra

May 13, 20192 min read

The Filipino Dynamo team did two missions and had collected a lot of trash along Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong

Filipino workers help clean up Hong Kong coast

The Filipino Dynamo team did two missions and had collected a lot of trash along Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong The Filipino Dynamo Dragon...

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Asia Times Staff Writers

May 13, 20192 min read