The environmental impact of plastics can no longer be ignored. How might kids participate in the global effort to reduce plastic wastes?
Plastics are the second most common source of Hong Kong’s urban solid waste and a key area of the increasingly urgent issue of waste management. PMQ Seed 2024 themed “Kids in Action”, is all about re-examining our environment and the plastic products we find everywhere. What sort of changes can kids bring forth when they approach the problem with creative power? Their curiosity and passion for the environment will provide the perfect spark to inspire grownups to take action for our planet.
Through carrying out a series of programmes and events centred on the themes “Reduce”, “Recycle”, “Reuse”, and “Upcycle”, the PMQ Seed programme guided the kids to learn about and engage with the reduction of plastic waste from a place of empathy and creativity, transforming new ideas into real-world solutions.
Under the support of the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as the Lead Sponsor, alongside a team of local creative professionals, we hosted a variety of programmes in 2024, including the “Creative Training Class”, “Creative Summer Festival”, “Train the Trainer Workshops” and “Seed Online”. We also exhibited at the Learning and Teaching Expo (LTE). Designed for kids aged 6-14, parents, and educators, PMQ Seed has delivered a playful series of hands-on creative challenges meant to connect knowledge and love for the planet with personal initiative.
Visit the individual page of each programme for more details:
Kids in Action Train the Trainer Workshop
Covering areas including the application of design thinking, children’s education, the Workshop aimed to encourage participants to use relevant knowledge to promote creative education in a daily classroom setting.
Kids in Action Creative Training Class (P3-P4)
The program strived to nurture students’ powers of observation in daily life and the environment through engaging games and hands-on activities. It also aimed to inspire creativity and unleash the potential of students in Primary 3 to 4.
Kids in Action Creative Training Class (P5-F2)
The programme aimed to enhance students’ critical thinking regarding everyday life and environmental concerns, while fostering self-directed learning among students from P5 to F2.
Kids in Action Creative Summer Festival
The 9-day Creative Summer Festival featured an array of activities including creative workshops and sharing sessions. Teachers, educators, parents and children aged 6 to 12 were all welcome to participate.
Kids in Action Learning & Teaching Expo
PMQ Seed showcased the creative works by students and teaching teams in the Learning & Teaching Expo (LTE), and promoted the practice and application of Design Thinking in education.
Participating School (In Alphabetical order):
Alliance Primary School (Sheung Shui)
Alliance Primary School, Tai Hang Tung
Asbury Methodist Primary School
Chan’s Creative School
Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Primary School
Cho Yiu Catholic Primary School
Concordia Lutheran School
ELCHK Ma On Shan Lutheran Primary School
Hennessy Road Government Primary School
HKFYG Lee Shau Kee Primary School
Ho Dao College (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen)
Hop Yat Church School
Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School
Ma On Shan Methodist Primary School
Pentecostal Gin Mao Sheng Primary School
Po Leung Kuk Castar Primary School
Po Leung Kuk Grandmont Primary School
S.K.H. Lee Shiu Keung Primary School
S.K.H. Lui Ming Choi Memorial Primary School
S.K.H. Wei Lun Primary School
St. Francis of Assisi’s English Primary School
T.W.G.Hs. Tang Shiu Kin Primary School
Tin Shui Wai Methodist Primary School
Tsing Yi Trade Association Primary School
