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Technology has allowed us to be constantly connected to people and things around the world, and yet loneliness always finds ways to creep in and haunt our modern lives. To allow a more in-depth contemplation of this issue, we extend our annual, Earth Day celebration (April 22) into an entire month and bring you on a journey to reconnect with nature, our environment, our community and our inner selves. By exploring the connectedness we share, we will discover a more sustainable mindset and lifestyle that can help us to live in harmony with the environment and one another.
‘One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right.’ – Bob Marley
This event is co-organised with the Sustainability Office and the Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre.
***Programmes Updates***
HKU BioBlitz 港大生態速查
Join us for HKU BioBlitz, a city orienteering race against time where YOU help collect and identify important wildlife species in the urban environment! Become a citizen scientist and see if you have what it takes to find city wildlife, complete checkpoints and help conserve wildlife on the HKU campus! Participants will require to attend a training session on 8/4.
Date: 15/4 (Sun)
Time: 09:30-12:00 (For Family Group); 14:30-17:00 (For Open Group);
Venue: HKU Campus
Language: English & Cantonese
Fee: Individual -$300 / Team of 3- $900 / Team of 4- $1120
Details and registration: https://lungfushan.hku.hk/en/content/hku-bioblitz
Screening and Discussion on Inhabit - A Permaculture Perspective
Director: Costa Boutsikaris | 92 Min | USA | 2015 | Eng
The documentary explores the tools for and promise of meeting human needs while also caring for and regenerating ecosystem health. It is an exploration into the idea of conscience inhabitance through permaculture. ‘Inhabit’ provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices in Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States - examining their daily lives as influenced by permaculture design.
Date: 16/4 (Mon)
Time: 18:45-20:45
Venue: CYPP4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building
Speaker of Post-screening Discussion: Jacqueline D. Faulkner, Community Farm Manager, HK Permaclub & the Hive CoFarm
Language: English
Registration:
For HKU Students & Staff: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=55421
For Public: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=55422
Earth Day Celebration x Herb Garden Opening
Join our Earth Day Celebration and Herb Garden Opening with music, workshops, and herbal tea made from the Herb Garden's fresh produce!
Date: 20/4/2018 (Fri)
Time: 13:00 – 16:30
Venue: Herb Garden (Outside the New 2/F Main Library Entrance, HKU)
Vegan Dessert Workshop: Vegan Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Rosemary
Date: 20/4/2018 (Fri)
Time: 14:30-16:30
Fee: $50 (each participant can take away two mini cakes)
Quota: 10
Registration: GE Office (2/F, Pao Siu Loong Building, HKU)
Host: Yuki Chan (Founder, Veg Dining Lab; BSocSc Yr 4)
Shinrin Yoku@Lung Fu Shan 森林浴@龍虎山
Shinrin-Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, is the practice of immersing oneself in the forest in connection to nature for rejuvenation, pleasure and promoting wellbeing and first developed in Japan in 1982. This 2.5-hour experience will equip participants with ways to connect with nature so that they can start building up their own practice of nature connection. The tour includes tea and snack.
Date: 21/4/2018 (Sat) (HKU staff & student exclusive)
Time: 2:30 pm
Language: English
Location: Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre
Fee: $100 per person
Quota: 12 people
Registration: https://goo.gl/xBDQ42
‘One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right.’ – Bob Marley
This event is co-organised with the Sustainability Office and the Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre.
***Programmes Updates***
HKU BioBlitz 港大生態速查
Join us for HKU BioBlitz, a city orienteering race against time where YOU help collect and identify important wildlife species in the urban environment! Become a citizen scientist and see if you have what it takes to find city wildlife, complete checkpoints and help conserve wildlife on the HKU campus! Participants will require to attend a training session on 8/4.
Date: 15/4 (Sun)
Time: 09:30-12:00 (For Family Group); 14:30-17:00 (For Open Group);
Venue: HKU Campus
Language: English & Cantonese
Fee: Individual -$300 / Team of 3- $900 / Team of 4- $1120
Details and registration: https://lungfushan.hku.hk/en/content/hku-bioblitz
Screening and Discussion on Inhabit - A Permaculture Perspective
Director: Costa Boutsikaris | 92 Min | USA | 2015 | Eng
The documentary explores the tools for and promise of meeting human needs while also caring for and regenerating ecosystem health. It is an exploration into the idea of conscience inhabitance through permaculture. ‘Inhabit’ provides an intimate look at permaculture peoples and practices in Northeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States - examining their daily lives as influenced by permaculture design.
Date: 16/4 (Mon)
Time: 18:45-20:45
Venue: CYPP4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building
Speaker of Post-screening Discussion: Jacqueline D. Faulkner, Community Farm Manager, HK Permaclub & the Hive CoFarm
Language: English
Registration:
For HKU Students & Staff: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?ueid=55421
For Public: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_regform.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=55422
Earth Day Celebration x Herb Garden Opening
Join our Earth Day Celebration and Herb Garden Opening with music, workshops, and herbal tea made from the Herb Garden's fresh produce!
Date: 20/4/2018 (Fri)
Time: 13:00 – 16:30
Venue: Herb Garden (Outside the New 2/F Main Library Entrance, HKU)
Vegan Dessert Workshop: Vegan Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Rosemary
Date: 20/4/2018 (Fri)
Time: 14:30-16:30
Fee: $50 (each participant can take away two mini cakes)
Quota: 10
Registration: GE Office (2/F, Pao Siu Loong Building, HKU)
Host: Yuki Chan (Founder, Veg Dining Lab; BSocSc Yr 4)
Shinrin Yoku@Lung Fu Shan 森林浴@龍虎山
Shinrin-Yoku, also known as Forest Bathing, is the practice of immersing oneself in the forest in connection to nature for rejuvenation, pleasure and promoting wellbeing and first developed in Japan in 1982. This 2.5-hour experience will equip participants with ways to connect with nature so that they can start building up their own practice of nature connection. The tour includes tea and snack.
Date: 21/4/2018 (Sat) (HKU staff & student exclusive)
Time: 2:30 pm
Language: English
Location: Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre
Fee: $100 per person
Quota: 12 people
Registration: https://goo.gl/xBDQ42
Schedule:
| Date | Time | Venue |
| 15 Apr 2018 | 14:30 - 17:00 | Lung Fu Shan |
| 16 Apr 2018 | 18:45 - 20:45 | CYPP4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building |
| 20 Apr 2018 | 13:00 - 14:00 | Herb Garden |
| 20 Apr 2018 | 14:30 - 16:30 | Herb Garden |
| 21 Apr 2018 | 14:30 - 17:00 | Lung Fu Shan |
Bio of Instructor(s) 導師簡介:
Yuki Chan(Founder, Veg Dining Lab; BSocSc Yr 4)Yuki is a baking enthusiast in creating vegan desserts to promote veganism, animal rights, and environmental awareness. She became a vegetarian in 2015 and has developed a deep passion for vegan recipe experimentation since then. She has been sharing her vegan recipes online on Veg Dining Lab since 2016. She wants to show people that being a vegetarian can be easy and you don’t have to sacrifice your love for delicious food.
Jacqueline D. Faulkner, Community Farm Manager, HK Permaclub & the Hive CoFarm
Jacqueline is active within sustainability and healthy food events across Hong Kong. She is Community Farm Manager for Permaclub & the Hive CoFarm, where she plans and runs events and workshops. She was previously a communications and media professional, with over 15 years Editorial, Writing, Media and PR experience. Before living in Asia, Jacqueline spent a decade with the BBC, working across various departments.