Low-C Diet Project 低碳反C

「低碳反思」展覽圓滿結束啦！好多謝大家一直以來對我哋嘅支持。隨文附上一段關於氣候變化嘅短片，希望大家能夠明白到氣候變化對我哋嘅影響，反思日常生活模式對地球所造成嘅壓力。展覽雖然告一段落，但係我哋仍然會努力推廣低碳飲食，同大家共同為地球出一分力！
多謝您！

Low-C Diet Exhibition has come to an end. We sincerely thank all of you for your continuous support for our page and the exhibition. A video is attached together with the post, hoping to arouse awareness of the impact of climate change on us and reflection on how our lifestyle contributes to climate change. We will continue to promote low-carbon diet and we sincerely hope that all of you could help save the world by going green.
Thanks again for your support!

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「低碳反思」展覽聽日就正式開始啦！我哋會一連五日由上午11時 - 下午3時喺AC2 canteen外面擺展覽，介紹低碳飲食嘅資料。期間，AC2 canteen會推出多款低碳餐供大家選擇，而出席展覽嘅朋友亦都會得到AC2 canteen嘅低碳餐優惠券。如果你想得到WWF嘅限量紀念品、AC2 canteen優惠券同知多啲低碳飲食嘅資料，就記得嚟啦，聽日見！

Low-C Diet exhibition will be held tomorrow from 11am-3pm outside AC2 canteen! Low-carbon meals will be available at the AC2 canteen during the exhibition period. You can enjoy the meals with discount after attending our exhibition. If you want to get limited panda keychains, canteen coupons and learn about low-carbon eating habits, this is your golden chance! See you tomorrow!

到親友家中拜年，賀禮當然少不了！不想破費？不想善意的心思對地球造成惡意的破壞？那就要從賀禮種類和包裝着手！送禮以生果為首選，既健康又低碳。送贈生果時，宜選購較少包裝的，最好不要選生果籃或生果盒，低碳之餘亦能省下不少！

Don’t forget to bring some gifts to your relatives and friends when you visit them in the Lunar New Year. In order to protect the earth and not to waste money, the type and the packaging of gifts should be carefully selected. Fruits seem to be the best option as they are both 'green' and healthy. It’s better to choose those with less packaging instead of those in baskets or box-sets. Not only can you reduce carbon consumption, you can also spend less!

要實行低碳飲食，煮食時其實也有節能妙計。用一隻比較大的鐵鍋煮食，便可以同時蒸兩三碟餸菜。飯煲也同樣可用來當蒸鍋，煮飯蒸餸同時進行。這樣一次煮幾碟食物，非但節省了不少能源，亦能為家人同時奉上幾碟熱騰騰的餸菜。

A greener cooking method is part of a low-carbon diet. For instance, a larger wok allows you to steam two to three dishes at the same time. A rice-cooker can also be used to steam a dish while cooking the rice. These methods allow a few dishes to be served at the same time, in addition to the reduced energy consumption they can bring about.

就快又到新年啦！年年都淨係食煎蘿蔔糕咁悶，不如今年轉一轉，試吓用新鮮嘅材料整又香又好味嘅煎馬鈴薯蛋餅啦？

香煎馬鈴薯蛋餅:)

材料：
1. 薯蓉 150克
2. 蛋 1隻
3. 洋葱 適量
4. 西芹 適量
5. 草菇 3隻
6. 麵粉 30克
7. 醬料（自製番茄醬）

做法：
1. 把洋葱、西芹、草菇切碎。
2. 除醬料外，把（1）及其他材料拌勻成薯蓉麵糊。
3. 用平底鑊加少許油，然後加入2湯匙薯蓉麵糊（略壓扁），煎至兩面金黃色即成。

番茄醬

材料：
1. 番茄 2公斤
2. 中型洋葱 1.5個
3. 中型紅椒 1.5個
4. 中型橙 1.5個
5. 蒜頭 2瓣
6. 白醋 3/4碗

做法：
1. 用滾水煮番茄1分鐘，待涼後去皮及去籽。（備注：皮及籽可用作滾湯或煮餸）
2. 把番茄、洋葱及蒜頭煮至軟身，待涼後連同紅椒及橙用攪拌機打成蓉。
3. 把（2）放入煱煮10分鐘，加入白醋，再煮20分鐘至幼滑。（謹記要不時攪拌）

資料來源�http://www.climatechange.hk/upload/Sustainable-Living/Green-Eating/LOHAS-Recipe_Mar.pdf



What’s your favourite Chinese New Year dish? Turnip cake? Sounds yummy, but don’t you wanna try something new? How about fried potato cake with seasonal vegetables?

Fried Potato Cake:)

Ingredients:
1. Mashed potato 150g
2. Egg 1
3. Onion adequate
4. Celery adequate
5. Straw Mushroom 3pcs
6. Flour 30g
7. Sauce (homemade tomato sauce)

Procedure:
1. Cut onions, celeries and straw mushrooms into pieces.
2. Mix (1) and all other ingredients except for the sauce.
3. Heat oil in the frying pan and fry the potato cakes until golden brown on each side.

Tomato Sauce

Ingredients:
1. Tomato 2kg
2. Medium-sized onion 1.5pc
3. Medium-sized red pepper 1.5pc
4. Medium-sized orange 1.5pc
5. Garlic 2slices
6. White vinegar 3/4bowl

Procedure
1. Boil tomatoes for 1 minute. Peel off the skin and remove the seeds after cool down. (p.s. The skin and seeds can be used for making soup and other dishes.)
2. Cook tomatoes, onions and garlic until soft. After cool down, mix with red peppers and oranges and blend until smooth.
3. Cook (2) for 10 minutes. Add vinegar. Cook for another 20 minutes until smooth. (Remember to stir regularly.)

Source:http://www.climatechange.hk/upload/Sustainable-Living/Green-Eating/LOHAS-Recipe_Mar.pdf

廚餘於堆填區分解時，會釋放甲烷（一種溫室氣體），吸熱能力比二氧化碳強勁25倍架！所以，煮食時不宜製作過量食物，以免過後變成廚餘。舉辦派對或者聚會時，主人家可以鼓勵朋友自備餐盒，如果食物有剩既話，就可方便帶返屋企再享用。

When food waste is decomposed in the landfills, methane is released. It is a greenhouse gas that traps 25 times more heat than CO2! To prevent food waste, please avoid cooking too much. When holding parties or gatherings, you can also encourage your guests to bring their own containers to take leftovers home to eliminate food waste.

在飯堂取食物時，大家都習慣用餐盤。但是否每一次都真的需要？
你知道嗎？原來用少一個餐盤都可助我們實踐低碳生活。加州大學洛杉磯分校(UCLA)其中一間飯堂推出了「無餐盤計劃」，在推出的第一個月，飯堂的用水量已經下降了超過六千三百加侖，亦省下不少洗潔清和其他相關能源。其實美國已經有五十間大學推出了類似的計劃，省下來的水費讓飯堂可以提供更優質的食材，是經濟與環境的相贏局面。
既然無須作任何犧牲就能實踐低碳，你下次去飯堂還會拿餐盤嗎？

When dining in a canteen, most of us are used to taking a tray to carry our food. Have you ever wondered if it is always necessary?
Simple steps like abandoning the use of trays can lead a low-carbon life. One of the canteens in UCLA launched a scheme discouraging the use of trays. In addition to the 6,300 gallons drop in water consumption, the canteen also saw a decrease in the use of washing agents and energy consumption in the first month. In fact, 50 universities in the US have implemented similar schemes. The lowered cost due to reduced water use allows the canteens to offer better food for customers, leading to a win-win situation for both economic and environmental concerns.
You don’t have to give up much in order to lead a greener life. So why not take your food without using the tray the next time you visit the canteen?

source: Climateers http://climateers.org/eng/contents/

WWF – Climateers Hong Kong

一隻雞一條魚總共要煮幾耐？答案係7分鐘！

點整？雞以滾水煮2分鐘，熄火焗45分鐘，已經可以煮熟！至於魚，用厚身的煲煮5分鐘，再熄火焗5分鐘就食得。

煮好兩味，開火時間只係需要7分鐘咋！係咪好神奇呢？

How long does it take to cook a chicken and a fish? The answer is…7minutes!

How to do this? The chicken can be cooked in boiling water for 2 minutes. After staying in the water for another 45 minutes, it will be fully cooked. For the fish, cooking it in a thick pot for 5 minutes and keeping it there for another 5 minutes will do.

Only 7 minutes of cooking are required for 2 dishes. Isn’t that amazing?

徐蒝‧麻利亞 x WWF - 《7分鐘極速低碳煮食法》

低碳飲食/素食種類及味道不及肉類？不一定！
就算簡單食材如豆腐，只要花點心思，款色口感應有盡有，如凍豆腐、熱豆腐、釀豆腐、豆漿、豆腐花及鮮豆腐等。誰敢說豆腐單調？

The range and taste of a vegetarian diet are incomparable to a normal diet? Not necessarily true. Some simple ingredients can make a range of delicious cuisines. For example, tofu can be converted to frozen tofu, hot tofu, stuffed tofu, soy milk, bean curd and fresh tofu.

狗狗都要食齋？

正是！《都市日報》曾引述一項由紐西蘭維多利亞大學所做的研究，結果發現原來「一頭中型寵物狗一年的排碳量，已相等於一輛四驅車行駛1萬公里所排出的二氧化碳量的兩倍。」

各位愛狗愛地球的主人們，要減碳就要在寵物食物入手，以純素狗糧餵飼狗隻。除了減低對環境的影響，小狗改吃純素後，健康亦大為改善，尤其是在口腔健康、皮膚質素和消化系統這三方面。 如果大家有疑問，可到Facebook搜尋純素食犬主成立的群組。若不想讓小狗吃純素，大家都可以從其他方面讓小狗加入救救地球，例如以不銹鋼狗盤取代塑膠製品、或者將小狗飲剩的水拿來澆花、又或者購買狗糧時自備購物袋。這些看似很微不足道的一小步，其實都是為地球健康所行的一大步。

（改寫自http://www.climateers.org/chi/contents/extra_inner.php?id=36）

Dogs going Vegan?


According to a report from Metro Daily, a study conducted by the New Zealand Victoria University showed that the yearly carbon footprint of a medium-sized dog was two times the carbon dioxide emissions of a 4WD (four-wheel drive) being driven 10,000 kilometers a year.


This carbon footprint can be reduced by switching to a vegan diet. Not only does our environment benefit, some dog owners found improvements in their dog’s dental health, skin quality, and digestive system too.

Check out for Vegan dog groups on Facebook for more information. If you don’t want your dogs to go vegan, there are also other ways to reduce the carbon footprint of your dog, for example using stainless

steel bowl instead of plastic bowl to contain dog food. All these seemingly little steps are indeed a big step for the health of our planet earth!

(Extracted from http://www.climateers.org/eng/contents/extra_inner.php?id=36）