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by Sarah Goodyear.

Take three minutes out of your day to watch this absolutely
beautiful short video portrait of Michael Leung, a product designer and
beekeeper in Hong Kong. (It’s part of a promotional campaign for Nokia called “Success Redefined,” but don’t let that put you off.)

Leung is the founder of HK Honey:

HK Honey is an organisation of Hong Kong beekeepers, artists
& designers who aim to communicate the value of bees to the human food
chain & the benefits of locally produced honey. With a network of bee farms
and a design studio, Michael and HK Honey harvest local honey & design
products and services relating to urban beekeeping.

The film elegantly juxtaposes bees in their hives with
images of the hivelike skyscrapers where people live. This is a city terribly
short on green space, where awareness of food sources is nearly
absent. In this context, bees are more than pollinators—they are a radical
reminder of a lost connection with nature, with the potential to renew and
refresh the human environment.

Leung’s tenderness as he cares for his bees—a task he
calls “almost Zenlike”—reveals the power and necessity of bringing the
natural world into the urban context. Watch.

(h/t Yurbanism)

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by Ashley Braun.

Oxygen bars are so Japan circa 1997. Huffing canisters of “Fresh Air” is where it’s at.

At only two Hong Kong dollars a pop (that’s one shiny U.S. quarter), Hong Kongers can finally huff and puff and blow their birthday candles out … just “like the rest of the world does.” With a deal like that, why would you breathe anything else?

Unfortunately for the seven million residents respiring in Hong Kong, they have to breathe some of the dirtiest air in the world. Which is exactly why the Clean Air Network produced this video as a cheeky warning of how their future may look—and smell (flavored like vanilla! and beach! and … horses?).

Personally, I’m not holding my breath over the prospect of mastering “exciting new skills, like balloon animals and yodeling.” Balloon animals are tricky!

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