{"id":1894,"date":"2016-06-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/master.k8s.p4.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/aboutus\/1894\/greenpeace-urges-hong-kong-residents-to-buy-smart-buy-less\/"},"modified":"2019-11-23T21:25:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T05:25:36","slug":"greenpeace-urges-hong-kong-residents-to-buy-smart-buy-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/1894\/greenpeace-urges-hong-kong-residents-to-buy-smart-buy-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Urges Hong Kong Residents to \u2018Buy Smart, Buy Less\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>HONG KONG, 23 June 2016 \u2013 Today in Causeway Bay, Greenpeace visualized Hong Kongers\u2019 shopping habits in the form of a 2.5m tall \u2018Giant Girl\u2019 that wore a dress upcycled from dozens of articles of used clothing and held shopping bags that featured the message \u2018100 Clothes But Nothing to Wear?\u2019. The performance art was created to highlight the key findings of a recent Greenpeace study focused on the shopping habits and mentality of consumers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The study showed that a Hong Kong resident owns an average of 100 pieces of clothing and 16% of these clothes are seldom or never worn. Results also showed that each year the average resident will still shop 10 times for clothing and spend nearly HK$10,000 on new clothes. Greenpeace calls on the Hong Kong public to \u2018Buy Smart, Buy Less\u2019 by reducing unnecessary spending and embracing a sustainable, fashion lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace Campaigner Bonnie Tang said: \u201c\u2019I have 100 pieces of clothing but I still feel like I have nothing to wear.\u2019 Is that really what people think? Yes. According to our study, Hong Kong people really think and act like that. We encourage the public to be aware of their shopping habits and to try shopping alternatives such as wearing second-hand clothing, repairing worn items, and considering upcycling rather than discarding old clothes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace collected used clothing from sources online and collaborated with local artist Wong Wing Fung to upcycle them into a dress to visualize the shopping habits of Hong Kong people. Wong Wing Fung said: \u2018Personally, I will not buy T-shirts anymore, as their lifespans are way too short. I love vintage clothes though! Not only are vintage clothes much more durable, they also have interesting and personal stories of the previous owners attached to them. Isn\u2019t that lovely?\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace calls on the Hong Kong public to reflect on their shopping habits and consumer mentality as well as realise the detrimental environmental impact of their unsustainable shopping lifestyles. We must pursue a sustainable fashion lifestyle.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Tang, <br \/>Greenpeace Campaigner<br \/>email: <a href=\"mailto:bonnie.tang@greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bonnie.tang@greenpeace.org<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ndocument.write(dc('Eoi_1', '3E_59_4C_51_10_5B_5D_5F_5B_4E_50_5B_5B_4C_59_7E_59_50_5F_4A_10_5B_57_50_50_51_5C'));\/\/--><\/script><br \/>phone: 2854 8371<\/p>\n<p>Ray Yeung, <br \/>Greenpeace Communications Officer<br \/>email: <a href=\"mailto:ray.yeung@greenpeace.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ray.yeung@greenpeace.org<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ndocument.write(dc('Eoi_2', 'BF_D8_CD_D0_91_DA_DC_DE_DA_CF_D1_DA_DA_CD_D8_FF_D8_D1_CA_DA_C6_91_C6_DE_CD'));\/\/--><\/script><br \/>phone: 2854 8376<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n\tHONG KONG,  23 June 2016 \u2013 Today in Causeway Bay, Greenpeace visualized Hong Kongers\u2019 shopping habits in the form of a 2.5m tall \u2018Giant Girl\u2019 that wore a dress upcycled from dozens of articles of used clothing and held shopping bags that featured the message \u2018100 Clothes But Nothing to Wear?\u2019. The performance art was created to highlight the key findings of a recent Greenpeace study focused on the shopping habits and mentality of consumers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":2489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"[caption id=\"attachment_965\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-eastasia-stateless\/2019\/11\/5d9df696-gp0str51m-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Overconsumption Issue in Hong Kong. \u00a9 Patrick Cho \/ Greenpeace\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/> Hong Kong citizens buy far more than they need.<br \/>This image shows a full girls\u2019 wardrobe to symbolise the issue of overconsumption.<br \/>According to a survey conducted by Greenpeace, a significant proportion of interviewed shoppers said that once the excitement of shopping has worn off, they often feel even hollowed by the experience of purchasing new items.<br \/>Greenpeace urges Hong Kong population to reflect on their shopping habits and consumer mentality, in order to pursue a more sustainable shopping lifestyle.[\/caption]\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8],"p4-page-type":[14],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-sustainably","tag-consumption","p4-page-type-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2490,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions\/2490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}