Joe Lau

Workshop on rocket stove

Rocket stove is a recent invention which is being promoted in developing countries. This workshop will introduce the technology and allows participants to build their own stoves and use them to cook a meal and perhaps even make some coffee.

Date: Saturday 13 April 2-5pm

Venue: o-farm (an organic farm) in Fanling : http://www.o-farm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=34

facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ofarmhk

Cost: $30 each

Language of instruction: Cantonese (Participants will be organized into groups. So if you are not a Cantonese speaker but is able to join with a friend who can do some translation for you, that's perfectly fine.)

Transportation: Free van from HKU to the venue leaving at exactly 1pm that day. No transportation is provided for the way back. There is a mini bus from the venue to Fanling station.

Registration (first come first served, around 24 places):

  1. Only open to CCHU9005 students
  2. Fill in this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i1GCCX9mD_TkcMAI1lL53SQbwZJpzBC0ER2EzXNeFZc/viewform
  3. Go to the Philosophy Dept and pay Loletta $30. (She is away until 14 March)
  4. Your fee will NOT be returned if you fail to attend the workshop for any reason, or if you are late for the pickup van.

Important

  • A van will leave HKU at 1pm on Saturday 13 Apr INSIDE the Knowles Building Carpark ON THE GROUND FLOOR - SAME LEVEL as the main entrance of the main library / Startbucks.
  • Please do not be late. The bus will not wait for you. Get there 5 minutes earlier.
  • A map of the location: http://goo.gl/maps/kh9CE
  • I will have to get there earlier and won't be travelling with the van. Please check the map and if necessary help the driver with directions.
  • You should get off at a rubbish dump that is located right before a bridge. There will be two footpaths next to the rubbish dump. There should be a sign next to the footpath that says "old farm" in chinese with a picture of a peanut. You should take the left path and walk about 10 minutes and you will see the entrance.
  • At the workshop you will most likely make a stove (in a group) and cook hotpot rice and coffee. The workshop will finish around 5 to 6pm. Every hour on the hour and at half-past there is a minibus that passes by the rubbish dump and goes the Fanling train station.