31.07.2022
Goethe Earth Day

Extreme weather, drought, pandemic... Is our earth about to collapse? Will we and the animals survive the climate change? But we can save the earth if we live more consciously! Come to the Goethe-Institut Hongkong on July 31 to participate in the Goethe Earth Day! Here you will meet creative local companies that produce sustainable and eco-friendly products. You can also attend talks and different workshops. There will be something interesting for you or your family.

Performance
Talks & Workshops
Eco Market (Click to learn more about the creative and eco-friendly units)
Used Book Sales
German Taster Course
Timetable
Participating Units

Registration via ART-MATE

Performance

Yuri NG x Felix Ke
innuffusniffu

On the occasion of the Goethe Earth Day, Goethe-Institut Hongkong is pleased to have invited City Contemporary Dance Company (CCDC) to contribute to the grand finale of the full-afternoon event with a special dance performance “innuffusniffu” choreographed by the company’s Artistic Director Yuri Ng and performed by the company’s senior dance artist Felix Ke.

Talks & Workshops

An original Board Game designed by Greenpeace
Eco-Guard

From Coffee Ground to Soaps
Coffee Ground Soap

From wood to furniture
Local Natural Wood DIY Phone Stand Workshop

Comics reading and workshop
Yoyo and the World’s Coolest T-shirt

Interactive Reading & Workshop
The Ocean Adventure

Interactive Talk
Microplastic pollution in Ocean

A Children Book Exhibition on Climate and Environment
Save The Earth!

Panel Discussion
Plastic - Global problems local solution

Eco Market (Click to learn more about the creative and eco-friendly units)

2nd Hand Clothing
The Redress Closet

Bioabbaubare Produkte
Bamboa

Eco & Substainabilty are OOObject’s important concepts
OOObject

Fine and Eco Friendly Papers
Acumen Paper

ReCYCLE, ReDESIGN, ReLINK
HK Timberbank

GI Hongkong X PolyU - Environmental friendly products
Goethe-Institut Hongkong

Used Book Sales

We love books, and we love our earth. Therefore we have always wanted to give the good used books a new home. Would you be able to give them an ideal new home? Come hunt for any hidden gem and treasures yourself! No fixed price. A "Pay as you wish" pricing system will be used.

German Taster Course

15:00 - 15:45
German Taster Course for Children and Teens (age 8 -15)

What does a German course at Goethe-Institut look like? Can I first have a trial lesson, before registering for a standard course? In order to let parents and students know more about learning German and our German courses, we are now offering one session of free trial lesson for children and teens on 31 July (Sunday). Parents are also welcome on that day at our institute, get to know more about our courses and activities.

Timetable

	14:00 - 15:00	15:00 - 16:00	16:00 - 17:00	17:00 - 18:00
Library, 14F	Children Book Exhibitioin "Read to Save the Earth!"
Library, 14F		15:00 - 16:00 Panel Discussion: PLASTIC – Global problems local solutions	16:30 - 18:00 Reading + DIY Workshop - The ocean adventure – Dive into a magical ocean story
Goethe-Gallery, 14F	Eco Fair
Black Box Studio, 14F	Eco Fair
Frankfurt, 13F	1) 14:00 – 14:40; 2) 14:40 – 15:20; 3) 15:20 – 16:00 „Eco-Guard“ An original Board Game designed by Greenpeace		16:00 - 17:00 Interactive Talk with Children and Teenage - Microplastic in ocean and what we can do about it
Hamburg, 13F		15:00 - 16:00 Wallpaper Wallet workshop
München, 13F			16:00 –16:45 Coffee Grounds Soap Making Workshop	17:00 – 17:45 Coffee Grounds Soap Making Workshop
Berlin, 13F		15:00 - 16:00 Local Natural Wood DIY Phone Stand Workshop
Freiburg, 13F			16:00 - 17:00 “Yoyo and the World’s Coolest T-shirt” Comic Book Reading