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■中大學生的獲獎報告指出，「無冷氣日」只提升大部分學校對「無冷氣」文化的認知，未能有效令學校和學生養成持久習慣。資料圖片
「低碳生活」既是風行於兩岸三地的潮語，也是中國政府近年制定的戰略新方向。3名中大學生以本港節能運動的經驗、以及分析社會參與「無冷氣日」活動的心態所撰寫的報告，獲北京科技大學主辦的「『低碳生活，你我同行』—2010北京科技大學與香港高校節能減排研討會」港校組唯一的一等獎。有港生說，研討會上兩地學生的關注點略有不同，其中港生多從生活角度探索低碳生活的實踐方式，北京學生則從科技和大眾心理角度設計產品。
此次研討會除北京科技大學的師生參與外，香港的中大、科大、理大、城大及浸大亦提交30多篇主題報告。其中，中大酒店及旅遊管理學院二年級生張凱萍、環境科學哲學碩士生楊松穎和環境科學系三年級生龐雋欣所撰寫的《從「無冷氣日」運動到「識用冷氣」》的報告獲得香港高校組別一等獎。報告詳細介紹以大學生為主的環保團體「自然足印」從04年發起至今的「無冷氣日」運動。
報告提到，儘管參與「無冷氣日」的學校到08年已增至逾300間，但因09年「自然足印」首次舉辦「無冷氣周」，部分學校反映維持時間過長，故令參與學校減少逾一半。報告分析稱，去年的活動較以往反應冷淡，可見此類「無冷氣日」只是提升大部分學校對「無冷氣」文化的興趣及認知，未能有效令學校和學生養成持久習慣。
CU No Air-conditioning Day Report Awarded Prize in Beijing
"Low carbon lifestyle" is not just popular modern language in H.K, Taiwan and the mainland China; it is a new strategy formulated by the Chinese government in recent years. Three university students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong(HKCU)wrote a report in which they described the H.K experience in energy conservation and analyzed the mentality of those who had participated in the "No air-conditioning day" movement. Their report won the only first class award in the H.K tertiary institutes section in a seminar organized by the University of Science and Technology Beijing(USTB). The seminar, entitled "Low carbon lifestyle for both you and me", the 2010 Energy Conservation and Pollution Reduction Seminar, saw participation of both USTB and tertiary institutes in H.K. Some H.K students said that they could realize that H.K students put more emphasis on applications of low carbon lifestyle in daily lives while Beijing students concentrated more on designing technological products.
The seminar was attended by both teachers and students of USTB. Besides, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University had also submitted more than 30 reports on various topics. The report compiled by a team of students from the CU, namely, Cheung Oi-ping, second year student of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management, Yeung Chung-wing, MPhil student in environmental science and Pang Wing-yan, third year student in environmental science program, won the first class award in the H.K tertiary institutes section. The report titled From "No air-conditioning day" to "Wise use of air-conditioning" detailed the "no air-conditioning day" movement initiated in 2004 by Footprint, a green group comprising mainly of university students.
According to the report, although the number of schools participating in the "no air-conditioning day" campaign rose to more than 300 in 2008, less than half of the schools took part in the first "No air-conditioning week" launched by Footprint in 2009 because some of the schools had considered the duration too lengthy. In the analysis put forward by the report of the low response rate, it was claimed that the "No air-conditioning day" movement had managed to simply raise an interest and awareness towards the no air-conditioning lifestyle, but failed to nurture a sustained habit among the schools and students. ■Translation by 開明
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