KFBG Blog
Changing the World: the Pudding of Experience
A Better World
According to quantum physics, there is no scientific basis for distinguishing between mind and matter. This matches the assertions of many ancient spiritual traditions. The yoga philosophy states it...
Saving the only flying mammals
Animal Stories
Short-nosed Fruit Bats roosting in a Chinese-Fan Palm. Mammals that Fly Bats are the only true flying mammals in the world. Their forelimbs have evolved into webbed wings, which are full of touch-sens...
KFBG Honey: "Bee" sweet to nature
Animal Stories
While feasting their eyes on sylvan upland vistas and seasonal blooms, visitors to KFBG will also see lots of bees around the Farm. Although honey is not a staple product of our Sustainable Living &...
Society and Spirituality
A Better World
A healthy, sustainable society must have as its basis a correct understanding of the world: dysfunctional people create dysfunctional structures. When our experience of the world is fragmented, the ...
Over 100 rare reptiles returned to their native homeland
Animal Stories
Mindanao Water Monitors (endemic to the Philippines) On 1st August, 2012, 39 Philippine Pond Turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis), 46 Southeast Asian Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis amboinensis), 19 Min...
2012 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) Course
Activity Report
The 2012 Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, which spanned 72-hours across 13 Sundays starting from April 2012, ended last month in June. It is the second year that KFBG has held the PDC c...
Python Excitement
Animal Stories
The Burmese Python (about 4 m) when first encountered by KFBG staff. On the 24th of April, the Fauna Conservation Department received an excited walkie-talkie message from a member of the Flora Team t...
Soil, Soul and Society: Public Talk by Dr. Satish Kumar
Activity Report
On 8th and 9th November last year, the renowned educator and writer, Dr. Satish Kumar of Schumacher College, in UK, shared his views on "Holistic Education", and, the "Future of Food" at the Univers...
"Whispers in Nature" Installation Art Exhibition : An exploration of human relationship with nature
Activity Report
While the Upper Farm areas are swarming with sightseers in the Cherry Blossom season, two fibre sculptors from Taiwan are busy working with their hands in the Kwun Yam Garden at the Lower Farm. With...
Life on the Fishing Line
Animal Stories
HOOKED UPX-rays of a Grey Heron, showing ingested hooks in the mouth (above) and stomach (below). In the months of October & November, the Rescue Centre received nine similar cases of nine birds ...