TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

Theme B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable cities10. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTPeople of cities are key drivers for transforming cities towards sustainability [7].We engage the community, empower people and foster participation so as to raisetheir environmental awareness and instill a culture of environmental protection. InEHC Ph 4, where the trial panels were installed at the roof top of the site office toserve as green roof during construction stage, the vertical green panels togetherwith the growing medium and plants were delivered to the adjoining schools forinitial establishment and care in April 2007. They have since been relocated toroof top of the site office in May 2007 after establishment.As a long term programme, the Green Delight in Estate Programme has beenlaunched with recruitment of public housing tenants as “Green Ambassadors” tospread the green message. Education and promotion programmmes by GreenGroups on subjects such as estate greening; building up green infrastructure andpromotion of green practices are continually cascaded to our tenants. The ultimateaim is to establish a volunteer core group which will gradually own the programmeand guide other residents in the promotion of a green lifestyle.Figure 10:Community engagement involving school student in promoting greenculture.196