Mui Wo (Chinese: 梅窩) is a small rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a hidden gem with lots of community actions to create a sustainable neighborhood and attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

We’ll first meet in Central to take the ferry to Mui Wo, upon arriving we'll be doing a short session on Breathworks. Did you know we breathe around 23,000 times per day? The way we breathe shapes the way we live on every level: our immune, nervous, and endocrine systems, our mental and emotional state; our general wellbeing and longevity. We'll be having a short session to learn easy and powerful techniques to reduce stress, achieve deep relaxation and mental clarity, and much more.

We'll then explore the Mui Wo neighborhood and what the community has done to achieve recycling and composting needs, and understand the issue of public housing in Hong Kong.

After that, we'll visit a local farm to look at composting and organic farming methods. Participants will also get to pick their own butterfly-pea to make their or floral tea. We'll enjoy a light organic lunch made by locally made vegetables before our afternoon excursion.

Although hardly a hidden gem or any sort of best-kept-secret, we’ll have a short excursion to the Silvermine Waterfalls after lunch, which never seem to be particularly packed, even at the weekends. The spot is easily one of Hong Kong’s most easily accessible waterfalls – a gentle stroll, really, unlike certain other scenic spots in our SAR. Along the way we’ll visit the Olympic Trail and the bat cave, and check out the water buffaloes which have been impacted by tourism and plastic pollution.

We’ll end the day at 415pm and participants are free to stay behind in Mui Wo for more exploration or a a drink in the famous Silvermine Beach Resort.

Date: March 8 (Sunday)

Time: 1000am - 415pm

Meeting Location: 10am Outside Central Pier 6

Language: English supplemented with Cantonese.

Remarks and Reminders: Workshop fee include light organic lunch and snacks, water, excludes ferry transport. Please bring your own water bottle.