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22 September 2020 HK heartbeat :: week #985 |
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This week, we consider urgency. While public health issues call for a slowdown, financial issues raise concerns. A world built on the consumption model is changing as we shift towards essential. Thoughts of tomorrow lead us to reflect on choices made yesterday affecting today. Toxic air, poisoned water, resource depletion and shrinking habitats leave us vulnerable. We're using more to build bigger profits processing chemical treats with less nutrition. In 2011, we began questioning the role of the consumer in global economies. Since then, what's important has been drowned out by what's urgent. The resulting predictable changes did not factor in a pandemic. Our health and wellbeing battles time needed to pay the bills. Kids plugged in along with us means natural rhythms cease. The endless inbox keeps us mentally tied to technology. The importance of balance is rising to urgent levels. Reconstructing wealth is part of that process. We are learning that less can mean more. How will you reconsider urgent? Naturally,
Founder Listen to your own heartbeat. Serving Hong Kong since 2001 ... naturally "We learn from our gardens to deal with the most urgent question of the time: How much is enough?" Wendell Berry Visit the calendar. Shop the marketplace. Browse the directory. Explore membership. Follow on social media. |
 My birthday wish is to slow the spread of disposable masks in public so I launched a fundraiser to bring out the best in all of us. I will donate 100% of all September profits from NextGen smart masks to relevant local charities. Buy durable masks for the homeless and support ImpactHK or get one for yourself with donations to Redress, Oceans Asia, Plastic Free Seas and Feeding Hong Kong. Get a present and give a gift to our little blue planet … naturally -- read more |
Vision 2020Support our local charities who make it easy to make a difference. Our 2020 global migration has begun, starting with a new HK directory. You can help by suggesting a new category or a new listing. Reserve your print copy and save 50% on the retail price. Book a listing or display ad by Sept 30 and save 25%. |
 On my morning walk down to the beach recently, I noticed a startling new trend in this quiet, remote, tiny fishing village – used surgical masks discarded into the river, ready to be swept into the sea with the next rain. With three rubbish bins within a one-minute walk, the senseless of this insensitive behavior left me incensed -- read more. |
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Impact Hong Kong is are often asked how to help when you see a homeless person. Take a moment to acknowledge that right now there are hundreds of homeless individuals living outdoors in Hong Kong, frightened and alone and without hope. We are happy to provide an easy option based on our local experience supporting more than 600 homeless individuals every week.-- get details. |
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Hong Kong provides a critical part of the home range for the broader dolphin population, but local dolphin abundance here has dropped by over 80 per cent in the past 15 years, threatened by habitat loss and degradation, as well as dwindling fisheries, marine traffic and other human threats. We need your help to secure their future -- sign our petition. |
Stay in touch -- follow usVisit the calendar to find out what's on, find updates in the Facebook group and check with the organizers. Our members are at your service. Join the conversation in our Facebook group and stay in touch on our page, enjoy fresh pics on Instagram and get updates on the website Twitter feed. Support our volunteer community with sponsored campaigns for their ongoing social programs. |
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