Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre is proud to launch its new book The Pulse of Nature — Mid-Levels West, with its accompanying exhibition “The Pulse of Nature — Lung Fu Shan” (free to visit, Feb-Jun) to celebrate the centre’s 10th anniversary and to share new ways of understanding and exploring the world around us.
Established in 2008 by the Environmental Protection Department and The University of Hong Kong, the centre is housed in three revitalized, hundred-year-old historic graded buildings. With themes of environment, history and people, the centre focuses on building communities that live sustainably and harmoniously with nature.
The Pulse of Nature — Mid-Levels West: Book Launch and Events
An English-Chinese bilingual alternative city guide, The Pulse of Nature — Mid-Levels West, is a collection of writings, illustrations and photographs that explore the relationships between humans and nature. Drawing from richly diverse perspectives of humanities, social studies, architecture, environmental history and ecology, its contributors include both academics and artists, including the first director of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum and maritime historian Stephen Davies, Fotanian artists Ho Sin Tung, Swing Lam and South Ho, and Fleurs des Lettres editor and author Wong Yi among others. Their works are catalogued together in a hand-drawn, full-spread fold-out map, inviting the reader to join the book’s writers and creators for a walk into Mid-Levels West together.
“The Pulse of Nature — Lung Fu Shan” Exhibition Open to Public
Accompanying the publication is the exhibition “The Pulse of Nature — Lung Fu Shan” (free to visit). Open from Feb 1 to Jun 9, the exhibition is a collection of sculpture, photography, video recording, drawings and short stories engaging with the topic of Mid-Levels West. The exhibition also includes newly found historical documents, showcasing the centre’s hundred-year heritage. Several free exhibition tours and guided tours led by the artists and writers will be held during the exhibition period. Event registration is available online.
Book Details
Available in Two Covers: Brown Tree Frog (left), Jewelry Spider (right)
